Trump’s California team has been maximizing water deliveries this year, flirting at the edge of the rules. Next year could be an epic fight.

California’s last wild salmon are one drought, and one more round of mismanagement, from vanishing from the state’s rivers, says Sacramento Bee opinion writer Tom Philp.

The Golden State was once heralded for a leader in global environmentalism. What would it say about us if we let salmon go extinct?

Gov. Gavin Newsom isn’t about to redraw congressional lines throughout California. Only voters can do that. And they should get that choice.

The Sacramento City Council’s opposition to a huge Natomas housing project next door in the county sends a message to supervisors to collaborate.

Sacramento County is banking on the city to provide water for a controversial project, but there is no agreement. How can supervisors approve this?

California was on a path to joining a new western energy market until legislators got involved, writes columnist Tom Philp.

Running out of time and with no lasting water achievements, the governor is resorting to the leverage of the budget process for a chance at victory.

A new executive order lifts federal restrictions on showerhead flows. California has mandated more efficient devices for years, with huge savings.

A bill assigning oil companies with legal responsibility for big fires lost in its first legislative test in Sacramento, for fear consumers would pay.

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Nearly a quarter of state spending on the Medi-Cal program goes to undocumented residents because the federal government provides nothing.

A powerful developer wanted the city’s help to study a new industrial park near the international airport. Staff did so without the council’s OK.

When former City Manager Howard Chan announced a new “advisor” role in January, the real manager asked him to take down the social media posting.

Sacramento State bought land for CapRadio’s tower, yet neither ever owned the property. Its owner rejected a university audit and gave the tower away.

The state capital has seen its more than its share of incivility to interrupt meetings, but columnist Tom Philp says this racist porno is a new low.

Rival proposals are emerging to control power sales from Mexico through Canada. California is both the prize and the problem, says columnist Tom Philp.

The federal Bureau of Reclamation runs some of the state’s largest water facilities. It now must plan to lose as much as 40% of its workforce.

When repeatedly aiding Ukrainian families by renting their flats near the front lines, opinion writer Tom Philp has found that hope is fading.

We elected him governor in Sacramento, not chief podcaster in Marin County, writes opinion columnist Tom Philp.

With clever bills and political theater, the Sacramento Republican agenda has prompted retaliation by the majority party, says columnist Tom Philp.

Where President Donald Trump is taking America remains unclear after Tuesday’s prime time speech

There is no greater teamwork than government — and there’s no running from who we are, write Marcos Bretón and Tom Philp.

Newsom and Biden had all the money needed to build the San Joaquin leg of a statewide system. They squandered the opportunity. Now, enter Trump.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has requested nearly $40 billion in aid. A weary and divided Congress is likely to add strings to any money, whenever it arrives.

“The most significant hurdle standing in the way of Prop. 36’s success is the legislative majority and governor’s willingness to fund it.”

The two Sacramento governments have co-led an affordable housing agency since 1982. Supervisors are studying greater oversight, the city is not.

“Trump’s uninformed, shoot-from-the-hip style does not bode well for addressing the many connected, complicated issues facing western water managers.”

Silicon Valley Congressman Ro Khanna has emerged as a leading voice to challenge Republican leadership and defend the fiscal role of Congress.

The county’s transit district has claimed that it and the county have lost $183 million in a decade to other governments. Those are fighting words, writes columnist Tom Philp.

Financial clouds are gathering over Sacramento as the aftermath of the Los Angeles fire begins to hit home, writes opinion writer Tom Philp.

To fulfill a social media promise, the White House orchestrated a needless release of water down two San Joaquin Valley rivers. Farmers said nothing.

The former city manager’s rise in power came as he oversaw the disbursement of $200 million in COVID relief funds. Did the money buy him influence?

Recent focus groups by a county consultant found locals who couldn’t name their supervisor. They would be angry if they paid attention, writes columnist Tom Philp.

Water managers were relieved Thursday evening after the Army Corps of Engineers agreed to back off of a sudden decision earlier in the day to dump massive

The president has falsely talked of an LA water shortage, military intervention and a giant “faucet.” There may be a strategy behind the bluster

Sacramento banned the measurement of residential water in 1920, but it changed our future for decades. Now saving every drop counts, writes columnist Tom Philp.

The new president issued an executive order Sunday that looks to maximize pumping of the Central Valley Project. It’s the only one he can control.

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.

The new president would have to quickly change his own regulations to produce more water. That’s not how things work, writes opinion writer Tom Philp.

Mayor Kevin McCarty vows an open, transparent process to select Sacramento’s most powerful official. At least one secret meeting was likely unlawful.