Emily Hoeven

Despite its soak-the-rich rhetoric, California cannot decide what it thinks about wealth.

Emily Hoeven If concerns over public safety dominated the 2024 election in California - culminating in voters' overwhelming approval of

OPINION: Gov. Gavin Newsom’s struggle to understand himself may very well be the most humanizing thing about him, columnist Emily Hoeven writes.

Man-about-town boosterism is a central component of Daniel Lurie’s mayorship in San Francisco. He says he’s not willing to abandon it despite a viral incident that left a bodyguard injured.

OPINION: California makes it nearly impossible to review local judges’ rulings to get a feel for their reasoning and temperament, columnist Emily Hoeven writes.

OPINION: SoMa and the Tenderloin have long served as de facto corridors for San Francisco’s most pervasive social woes. Residents want economic development, columnist Emily Hoeven writes.

OPINION: Many politicos view it as inevitable that Steve Hilton will face off against either Xavier Becerra or Tom Steyer in November. Don’t let that impact how you vote, Emily Hoeven writes.

OPINION: The leading Democratic candidates in two key positions have shown themselves to be disconcertingly receptive toward a disastrous idea, columnist Emily Hoeven writes.

OPINION: The progressive movement in San Francisco that Aaron Peskin helped build is flailing. Here’s his strategy to reignite things, columnist Emily Hoeven writes.

OPINION: If California policymakers are determined to keep us tethered to PG&E, the least they can do is try to make the relationship a little less toxic, columnist Emily Hoeven writes.