Today on TAP: An imperfect solution to California’s electoral problems
Gavin Newsom
Vaccination Mandates: Not Just Good Policy, Also Good Politics
Today on TAP: Public opinion increasingly supports vaccine and mask mandates
Cuomo Dispensed With; Time Now to Save Newsom
Today on TAP: California’s crucial recall election
How a Newsom Recall Could End the Democrats’ U.S. Senate Majority
Polls show the September vote will be close. Here’s how the Democrats can prevail.
California’s Recalls and Voters Themselves
Today on TAP: Jonah Goldberg in the L.A. Times
Evictions Halted for One More Month, but Rental Assistance Is Stalled Too
With existing funds, we could cover back rent for all low-income tenants during the pandemic. That it hasn’t happened is a matter of priorities.
A Green Transition for California
Today on TAP: Robert Kuttner speaks with study author Robert Pollin
California’s Taxes: The Only Ones Suited for the 21st Century
Today on TAP: The Golden State continues to levy the most progressive taxes in the nation
Gavin Newsom Has Never Been More Powerful, or More Vulnerable
The California governor is facing a recall election at the same time that he’s making numerous appointments to fill seats emptied by Vice President Harris and others.
The Crisis in State Governments Isn’t the Budgets, It’s the Governance
Statewide tax revenue paints a better-than-expected picture, but the political climate says something else.

