State’s Archives

Opinion March 28, 2018

Top 4 System Could Revive State’s Republicans

By Tom Elias Imagine for a moment that California now had a top four primary election system instead of the top two it now uses. In that alternate – for now – world, the four […]

Opinion September 21, 2017

New EPA Threat to State’s Smog Standards

By Tom Elias Californians interested in keeping this state’s toughest-in-the-world standards for automotive pollution heaved a sigh of relief when the federal Environmental Protection Agency in early August reversed an earlier decision to delay imposition […]