THOMAS ELIAS: When AB101 passed, lawmakers said the putative course of study had “guardrails” against bigotry, including anti-Semitism. Plainly, there are paths around those guardrails.
THOMAS ELIAS: Increasingly, city governments are becoming the last resort for resistance to policies adopted by both elected state officials and appointed functionaries who assume authority normally reserved for votes
THOMAS ELIAS: Bet on this: when Gavin Newsom is termed out of the governor’s office at the end of 2026, he will not go quietly into retirement, as Jerry Brown
THOMAS ELIAS: Sexual infidelity did not harm Schwarzenegger at the polls and has not hurt current Gov. Gavin Newsom there, either, perhaps because he has abjectly apologized for his affair
THOMAS ELIAS: Never has it been more clear than today that a majority of just a few, even one or two, votes in the House of Representatives can have massive