California FocusOpinionElias: Can Prop 1 really fix homelessness?Thomas D. EliasMarch 13, 2024 March 13, 2024015 Possible passage raises a basic question: Could Prop. 1 help solve homelessness or merely be another financial boondoggle?...
California FocusOpinionElias: State gun control working, for nowThomas D. EliasMarch 6, 2024 March 6, 2024055 State-by-state standings on deaths from gunfire form a striking contrast between Republican- and Democratic-led states....
California FocusOpinionElias: Is California exodus ending?Thomas D. EliasFebruary 28, 2024 February 28, 2024095 Strong signs abound that this year will mark the end of the over-publicized California exodus....
California FocusOpinionProposition 47 changes look certain for voteThomas D. EliasFebruary 22, 2024 February 22, 20240404 It's increasingly clear that voters blundered in passing California’s Proposition 47 in 2014....
California FocusOpinionElias: Rains again show need for creative thinking on homelessThomas D. EliasFebruary 14, 2024 February 14, 2024027 Programs to help California’s approximately 180,000 unhoused are utterly inadequate....
California FocusOpinionElias: After price gouging, limit gas prices nextThomas D. EliasJanuary 31, 2024 January 31, 2024063 Refiners actually cause most of the gas price differential between California and other states....
California FocusOpinionElias: State primary a test of loyalty to TrumpThomas D. EliasJanuary 24, 2024 January 24, 2024152 California voters come closer than any other state's to matching the nation’s demographics....
Community CommentaryOpinionElias: Paying the price for PUC conflictsThomas D. EliasJanuary 17, 2024 January 17, 2024060 What happens when the five PUC commissioners are essentially immune from public pressure during their terms....
California FocusOpinionElias: Forces align over anti-tax measureThomas D. EliasJanuary 9, 2024 January 9, 2024074 A proposed state ballot initiative would make passing new taxes and increasing fees all but impossible....
California FocusOpinionElias: Time to make utilities commission electiveThomas D. EliasJanuary 3, 2024 January 3, 2024171 if there’s ever been an agency that favors the industry it regulates over the consumers it’s supposed to protect, that is the PUC....
California FocusOpinionElias: A Newsom veto may help driversThomas D. EliasDecember 27, 2023 December 27, 2023086 Decision stands out as possibly the best thing the governor did for consumers in 2023....
California FocusOpinionElias: Housing ‘shortage’ persists amid boomThomas D. EliasDecember 20, 2023 December 20, 2023039 It’s hard to find a 2015-or-later vintage market-rate building without huge signs advertising vacancies. ...
California FocusOpinionElias: The elephant in the debate roomThomas D. EliasDecember 13, 2023 December 13, 20230423 Each for his own reasons, Govs. Gavin Newsom and Ron DeSantis both skirted a key point in their recent debate....
California FocusOpinionElias: PUC again favors utilities in solar energy fightThomas D. EliasDecember 6, 2023 December 6, 2023099 It voted unanimously in mid-November to remove one of the major benefits of placing solar panels on homes....
California FocusOpinionElias: Let foster kids keep their moneyThomas D. EliasNovember 29, 2023 November 29, 2023066 Gov. Gavin Newsom was wrong to veto a bill that promised to put money into the hands of youngsters who need it most....