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Opinion December 4, 2017

No Punishment for Corruption Under Brown

By Tom Elias On the day Gov. Jerry Brown returned to his office after 12 days wandering around Europe preaching the ills of climate change and the current United States response to it, a […]

Opinion November 20, 2017

Brown Still Helping Developers Evade CEQA

By Tom Elias “I’ve never seen a CEQA exemption I don’t like.” – Gov. Jerry Brown. Brown made that observation shortly after starting his second go-‘round as California’s chief executive in early 2011, reacting […]

Opinion September 27, 2017

Disclose Act: For His Legacy, Brown Must Sign This

By Tom Elias Most attention given putative new laws passed in the waning moments of this year’s legislative session in Sacramento has gone to items like a “sanctuary state” compromise making California safer for non-criminal […]