Golden State Report
Golden State Report, Jon Regardie, Robert Greene, Mariel Garza, Paul Thornton, Dan Morain, Sam QuinonesYour source for fearless, informed news analysis in California, via Los Angeles. Founded by Mariel Garza and Paul Thornton, former editors and writers at the L.A. Times Opinion section.
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The foremother of Gavin Newsom’s anti-death penalty stand
A Nov. 5 screenshot of Gov. Gavin Newsom's website announcing the commutation of 548 death sentences.
Dan Morain is a former Los Angeles Times reporter as well as Sacramento Bee editorial page editor. His book about mental healthcare will...
These are the tax increases Californians love most
A screengrab from a campaign ad for Measure FD, a half-cent sales tax increase in the city of Los Angeles to fund the fire department.
California voters might have done billionaires a huge favor by putting Proposition 40 on the road to def...
Will gerrymandering take down one of California’s most experienced Democrats?
A screen grab from a televised debate between Rep. Mike Thompson, left, and his 35-year-old challenger Eric Jones.
Dan Morain is a former Los Angeles Times reporter as well as Sacramento Bee editorial page editor. His book about mental hea...
Did the billionaires win in California? Josh Gohlke, Mariel Garza and Paul Thornton talk ballots and blue tsunamis
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Nithya Raman surges, Prop. 50 pays off and other election highlights
At the L.A. County Democrats’ election night party at Loews Hotel in Hollywood, left, attendees mingle after Mayor Karen Bass addressed supporters. It was a more subdued atmosphere than at the City Councilmember Nithya Raman’s party at the...
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Fearless and informed news and commentary from California via Los Angeles.
I love Los Angeles, and also the machinations that make L.A. so L.A.
Robert Greene is a journalist based in Los Angeles
Co-founder and executive editor of Golden State and Golden State Report and veteran California journo for: LA Times, Sacbee, Los Angeles Daily News, among others. Many others.
Co-founder of Golden State Report, editor and journalist, lifelong Californian, half Norwegian on my mother’s side.
My book about the history and politics of our mental health system due in April 2027. Author of “Kamala’s Way, An American Life.” Worked at the LA Times, LA Her-Ex, SacBee and CalMatters.
Journalist/author of five nonfiction books. Latest: THE PERFECT TUBA, about tuba players/band directors. Before that: DREAMLAND (OxyContin/heroin), & THE LEAST OF US (fentanyl/meth). It all fits. Newsletter is all that+ Real. Independent. Journalism.
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