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Will Sacramento Enact This Bad End-of-Life Bill? Sep. 15, 2015

Debra J. Saunders

California Gov. Jerry Brown convened a special session of the Legislature to fix a $1 billion shortf... Read More

Politi-speak: Who Needs Clarity? Aug. 23, 2015

Debra J. Saunders

I get paid to listen to people (mostly politicians) talk at length while saying as little as possibl... Read More

In the Wake of Proposition 47, California Sees a Crime Wave Aug. 16, 2015

Debra J. Saunders

"The Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act" isn't living up to its promise. Also known as Proposition 4... Read More

Kevin Cooper Is Guilty; That's a 'Death Row' Story Jul. 26, 2015

Debra J. Saunders

Last year, CNN's "Death Row Stories" ran an episode about a California woman convicted of first-degr... Read More

San Francisco: Repeat Offenders, Come and Stay Jul. 16, 2015

Debra J. Saunders

San Francisco is not likely to change its ill-conceived sanctuary-city policy because City Hall must... Read More

Public Safety Was the Last Thing on Their Minds Jun. 21, 2015

Debra J. Saunders

Everyone has a story: The time an unlicensed driver rear-ended me. The time an unlicensed driver ran... Read More

Sacramento's Idea of Health: Undocumented Welcome Jun. 14, 2015

Debra J. Saunders

"There are also those who claim that our reform effort will insure illegal immigrants. This, too, is... Read More

Yes, California, There Is a Death Penalty Feb. 10, 2015

Debra J. Saunders

What happened to California's death penalty? There has not been an execution since 2006, when a fede... Read More

UC's New Motto: Take the Money and Run Dec. 07, 2014

Debra J. Saunders

When California Gov. Jerry Brown was pushing Proposition 30 in 2012, he sold it with the promise tha... Read More

Tuition Hikes at the University of Compensation Nov. 23, 2014

Debra J. Saunders

University of California Regent Richard Blum confessed that he was "apoplectic" at the Board of Rege... Read More

Is There a Viagra for Bored Voters? Nov. 09, 2014

Debra J. Saunders

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Democrats won every statewide office and a comfortable majority of the co... Read More

Ebola: Trust a Politician or an Expert? Nov. 02, 2014

Debra J. Saunders

"I would not be inclined to make a political decision on something as serious as Ebola," Gov. Jerry ... Read More

The Most Boring California Election Ever Oct. 23, 2014

Debra J. Saunders

Most years, California offers up supersize election stories — an embarrassment of riches for t... Read More

Jerry Brown: Caucus of 1 Oct. 19, 2014

Debra J. Saunders

I know Republicans who voted for Jerry Brown in 2010. They thought he'd be like Richard Nixon going ... Read More

California Schools Chief Race Is About Tenure Oct. 05, 2014

Debra J. Saunders

At last month's California gubernatorial debate, Republican hopeful Neel Kashkari praised Gov. Jerry... Read More

Who Cares What Ideology Drives the High-Speed Train? Aug. 12, 2014

Froma Harrop

In Texas, a private company wants to build a bullet train joining Dallas and Houston. In California,... Read More

Jerry Brown Passes Buck on Troubled New Bay Bridge Aug. 10, 2014

Debra J. Saunders

"Who is responsible for the Bay Bridge?" I asked California Gov. Jerry Brown at a San Francisco Chro... Read More

Marijuana Prohibition Doesn't Work Jul. 29, 2014

Debra J. Saunders

The New York Times has seen the light. On Sunday, the paper editorialized in favor of an end to the ... Read More

Shakedown on the Bridge! Jun. 29, 2014

Debra J. Saunders

When I think of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, I think of the decadeslong building of the new... Read More

What Do the California GOP and the Alamo Share? May. 11, 2014

Debra J. Saunders

It tells you how completely California has become a one-party state that practically no one in Sacra... Read More