Elias: Adults living with parents probably not a stable California trend
No one can reliably predict the situation's evolution over the next 10 years, but a big question is how long it can last.
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Elias: A modest proposal to solve California’s retail theft problem
"We can do it without (changing) Prop. 47," Gov. Newsom says, by adding up the total value of goods that repeat offenders steal.
Elias: California’s housing problems not fixed by allowing more density
Some areas' rents are already so high that new buildings get few takers, and insurers are increasingly leery of crowded places.
Elias: California tenants surprisingly faring best in the pricey Bay Area
A study found that lower costs don't help much in the state's less expensive areas, where rents consume a larger fraction of incomes.
Elias: New attempt to alter California retail theft law likely to succeed
Current effort careful not to completely gut 2014 Prop. 47, which made stealing under $950 of goods a misdemeanor.
Elias: California energy panel should limit oil refiners’ profit margins
If they don’t pay a price now for their unfair business practices, when any price-gouging industry ever would do so is hard to see.
Elias: California’s insurance crisis pales in comparison to other states
Florida and North Carolina's issues are another example of grass only looking greener elsewhere but still being fraught with problems.
Elias: California utility bills to rise for decades after PUC’s solar move
Removing rooftop panels' benefit reduces their use, which will cause dependence on expensive transmission lines from desert solar farms.
Elias: California’s denser housing ‘solutions’ are failing badly
The state's homeless population and median house prices have kept rising despite development requirements forced on cities.
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Elias: California housing policy based on state’s bad forecasting
Despite no recent population growth, legislators have chosen to encourage more crowded living conditions.