As billionaires blast off into space, Americans increasingly support federal and state wealth taxes.
Glendale Water & Power says it is obligated by law to meet generation requirements — opponents say it’s ‘gaslighting.’
The clock is ticking as the state's most vulnerable water users face a tough reckoning.
The GOP seeks to spark an improbable conservative comeback in a true-blue state in the Sept. 14 vote.
Many American families are mortgaging their futures to pay for the present.
But teachers and their allies are fighting back in Arizona, Kentucky and elsewhere.
More than 1,300 county residents who lacked housing died last year.
Political scientist Janelle Wong on the growing power of the Asian American vote.
With votes on Propositions 20 and 25, California shows its thinking on punishment and bail.
Donors to a campaign claiming to represent small shopkeepers and homeowners include North America’s largest freight railroad network, two New York real estate giants and one...
What happens in one DA's race could set the course for the future of law enforcement in America.
Despite California's epic affordable housing crisis, many state legislators from the dominant party are beholden to real estate interests.
The former presidential candidate discusses climate change campaigns, bipartisanship and his support for Joe Biden.
Opponents of Measure A, led by the real estate industry, have spent $1.72 million to defeat the anti-sprawl ballot initiative.
Youth, the elderly and whole families are tumbling into homelessness at a faster rate than they can be helped onto their feet.
An election reversal for L.A. charter school forces. Oakland teachers' uneasy victory. Betsy DeVos backs a bill everyone hates.
After two of the most devastating fires in California history, environmentalists and urban planners question why Los Angeles County, or any county in the state, would...
Advice for California's new governor collected from interviews with three authorities on poverty and income inequality, and from stories in our Waiting for Gavin series.
Most experts don't believe that the governor-elect's target of creating 3.5 million new units by 2025 is achievable. Still, they are energized by his bold plans.
Co-published by Westword The total absence of climate change discussion in Colorado’s 2018 election was striking, considering the state’s intensified floods, droughts and wildfires.