First created among the post-Watergate government reforms aimed at increasing oversight and decreasing corruption and inefficiencies in federal departments, the Office of Inspector General began in 1976 after an act of Congress was passed.

The open question: How long will this “war,” which really began almost eight years ago, drag on and how much will it damage Californians?

Things are broken and if we want to fix them and we want high standards, then we have to start holding everyone to the standard, not just the people with whom we disagree.

Was the attorney general looking for a real unscrupulous character, or …?

You soon could be paying even more for gas at the pump. That’s because of a cynical attempt to use the wildfires tragedy to attack California’s oil companies. Sponsored by state Sen. Scott Weiner, D-San Francisco, Senate Bill 222 would let individual persons or insurance companies sue “a party responsible for a climate disaster or […]

That’s the opposite of being open for business.

This case reminds us of government’s constant inability to police itself, its heel-dragging resistance to reform and the lack of appropriate consequences.

It may not be a military invasion to turn on the water, but it’s close enough for government work.

Bass will push the limits of partisanship in Los Angeles and let us know once and for all how much city residents are willing to put up with to stand behind the incumbent Democrat only because she’s a D.

Newsom’s action begs the question, if CEQA creates roadblocks that should be suspended in times of crisis, why not suspend CEQA for all of California in response to its housing crisis?