Ezra Klein – California Globe

Ringside: The Grand Water Bargain

June 26, 2025 3:05 amJune 26, 2025 3:06 am

For the last few decades in California, the conventional wisdom has been that farmers and urban water consumers have to improve efficiency and reduce consumption. To the fullest extent possible, rain and snow falling on watersheds must proceed unimpaired from...

California High-Speed Rail Needs $7 Billion for Bakersfield to Merced by 2026

March 27, 2025 2:45 amMarch 27, 2025 2:46 am

The California Legislative Analyst’s Office told lawmakers in an Assembly Transportation budget hearing Wednesday that California High-Speed Rail needs $7 billion in funding by June 2026 or else the first Bakersfield to Merced leg of the system could be delayed...

Does Elizabeth Warren Have a California Problem?

March 2, 2020 1:15 pmMarch 3, 2020 11:42 am

Does Elizabeth Warren Have a California Problem? It appears that Democratic Presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren hasn’t received an endorsement from one Mayor of a California city. It also appears that Warren hasn’t received the endorsement from one California newspaper editorial...