Steven Greenhut

SACRAMENTO – The average age of an owner-occupied house in California is 45 years, which is a reminder that your home was probably built relatively recently.

FILE – A map of a new proposed community in Solano County, Calif., is displayed during a news conference in Rio Vista, Calif. on Jan. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Janie Har, File)

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California's presidential electors are a foregone conclusion. Likewise, the state's decision on a U.S. Senate race is not even worth pondering. On statewide races, Californians te...

California would benefit from building more housing and having more experimentation with how public services are delivered.

We probably can’t change the nation’s political dynamics, but we can be happy warriors who eschew government intervention.

This combination of photos shows Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, left, speaking at a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden, Oct. 27, 2024, in New York, and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, right, speaking at a campaign event at the Ellipse near the White House in Washington, Oct. 29, 2024. (AP Photo)

The Legislative Analyst's Office nine years ago pointed to a problem that's only gotten worse: chronic underbuilding, especially in coastal communities.

We probably can’t change the nation’s political dynamics, but we can be happy warriors who eschew government intervention.

SACRAMENTO – Few Americans were thinking about historical and political trends when they cast their votes for president on Tuesday, as confirmed by

I’ll enjoy my tax cuts and smile at his efforts to promote energy production, but I’ll be sad to recognize, as Le Monde puts it, “The end of an American world.”