Gavin Newsom Is Getting Restive

California’s Lt. Governor Takes Himself and California To Task

Californians and their leaders need to move beyond longstanding battles over minor policy changes and begin new, broad debates about how to transform the state’s economy and educational system, argued Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom during an event in downtown L.A.’s Grand Park, presented by Zócalo in partnership with the Music Center.

Speaking in a raspy voice with his rapid-fire delivery, Newsom—who was questioned at dusk by NBC4 Los Angeles reporter and “News Conference” host Conan Nolan before a large audience—mixed specific policy ideas on everything from climate change to homelessness with …

October 8, 2012

If You Can’t Stand the Giants, Take a Walk

A Few Ways that L.A. Can Learn From San Francisco’s Example

October 4, 2012

San Francisco and Los Angeles are longtime rivals. They are very different places, but they also are both globally oriented cities in the very same state. And while the idea …

Make Yourself Not At Home

The Appealing Menace Of Port Costa, the Town Of Zero Change

by Julian Moore | July 5, 2012

For as long as I can remember, and for reasons I can’t entirely explain, I’ve been in search of a place fully isolated from the rest of the world. I …

Maybe It’s Time to Hate Riverside

A Zócalo Panel Contemplates California’s Newest Divides

October 4, 2011

What was traditionally California’s most heated rivalry–that of north versus south–may soon give way to a different divide. At an event co-presented by the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the …

State of Power

Who Runs California: L.A., San Francisco, or Someplace Else?

October 2, 2011

The power centers of California have traditionally alternated between San Francisco and Los Angeles. Today, though, the old patterns are being disrupted, and new spheres of influence have arisen. Who …