Author: Tom Elias

By Tom Elias, Columnist Anyone who knows California well will realize that Palo Alto does not look much like nearby...

By Tom Elias, Columnist If California’s often misguided utility regulators wanted to prove they are determined to favor privately owned...

By Tom Elias, Columnist Even before a proposed homeowner-inspired measure aiming to restore full zoning powers to local governments hit...

By Tom Elias, Columnist There will be plenty of political battles next year, starting with likely reelection challenges to Gov....

By Tom Elias, Columnist It’s happening. Despite the best efforts of California’s highly ideological, developer-financed state legislators, the solution to...

By Tom Elias, Columnist It was inevitable from the moment Gov. Gavin Newsom in mid-September signed this year’s two most...