The structural well-being of the University of California system and UCLA rests in voters’ hands Tuesday, and they should approve Proposition 55. The bond measure would provide the state’s schools with much-needed funds to renovate buildings and construct new projects necessary to accommodate surging numbers of California students. Read more...

California is one of three states requiring a two-thirds vote to pass the state budget ““ a requirement that has led to deadlock, partisan brinkmanship and the bullying of legislators. Read more...

Reading the text of Proposition 57 will remind you of what it felt like to open your January Visa bill, except it’s one million times worse. Read more...

Pursuing her third term as a U.S. senator, Barbara Boxer is the best choice to represent California. Running unopposed in the democratic primary, Boxer was first elected to the senate in 1992, when California became the first state to have elected two women to serve together as senators. Read more...

American voters will make a crucial democratic decision in November. At an important time in United States history, will the country continue on with four more years of tax cuts for the rich, environmental deregulation, inadequate health care, special interests gone wild and misplaced priorities in a war on terrorism? Read more...

With an estimated budgetary shortfall of $15 billion for the coming year, two propositions on the March 2 ballot aim to bring California out of debt. Read more...

Dolores Huerta’s term as a regent expires today, and though Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has not said whether he will offer Huerta another term, his office has received over 1,800 e-mails and at least 50 letters asking that he reappoint her. Read more...