The Editorial Board

The editorial board and opinion section staff are independent of the news-gathering side of our organization. Through our staff-written editorials, we take positions on important issues affecting our readership, from pension reform to protecting our region’s unique natural resources to transportation. The editorials are unsigned because, while written by one or more members of our staff, they represent the point of view of our news organization’s management. In order to take informed positions, we meet frequently with government, community and business leaders on important issues affecting our cities, region and state. During elections, we meet with candidates for office and the proponents and opponents of ballot initiatives and then make recommendations to voters.

That kind of tit-for-tat is the wrong way to run a republic.

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California’s Republican House delegation could use a constitutional lesson from Rep. Tom McClintock

February 9, 2024 at 8:01 a.m.

That kind of tit-for-tat is the wrong way to run a republic.

Americans have every reason to be concerned about the president's mental acuity.

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Special counsel report and Biden’s response highlight the president’s concerning mental state

February 8, 2024 at 6:05 p.m.

Americans have every reason to be concerned about the president's mental acuity.

We don’t believe anyone with a drunken driving conviction and is currently on probation should be rewarded with a seat in Congress

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Testy race for 47th congressional district highlights Dave Min’s drunken driving

February 7, 2024 at 10:03 a.m.

We don’t believe anyone with a drunken driving conviction and is currently on probation should be rewarded with a seat in Congress

Well, lawmakers have their work cut out for them dealing with this situation in the new session. It’s a mess entirely of their own making.

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California makes a mess of utility billing structure

February 6, 2024 at 9:25 a.m.

Well, lawmakers have their work cut out for them dealing with this situation in the new session. It’s a mess entirely of their own making.

Check out our regular cartoon gallery featuring some of the best cartoonists from around the world, and across the political spectrum, covering current issues and figures.

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Biden’s border battle: Political Cartoons

February 5, 2024 at 6:01 a.m.

Check out our regular cartoon gallery featuring some of the best cartoonists from around the world, and across the political spectrum, covering current issues and figures.

Virtually every university, government agency and major corporation has embraced some type of diversity, equity and inclusion policies — widely known as DEI — to ostensibly promote a more open, equitable and, well, inclusive workplace.

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Federal judge shines a light on DEI hypocrisy

February 4, 2024 at 7:50 a.m.

Virtually every university, government agency and major corporation has embraced some type of diversity, equity and inclusion policies — widely known as DEI — to ostensibly promote a more open,...

Here are our endorsements to date for the March 5, 2024 election.

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Orange County Register endorsements for the March 5, 2024 election

February 8, 2024 at 10:47 a.m.

Here are our endorsements to date for the March 5, 2024 election.

Despite their role in overseeing Orange County’s $9.3-billion budget, county supervisors often fly under the radar.

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Endorsement: Re-elect Don Wagner to the Orange County Board of Supervisors

February 2, 2024 at 11:21 a.m.

Despite their role in overseeing Orange County’s $9.3-billion budget, county supervisors often fly under the radar.

This is the first major Disney proposal since Anaheim was shaken by a corruption scandal that, as this Editorial Board argued, was rooted in cozy deal-making between Resort Area interests and City Hall.

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Disney proposal seems like good deal for Anaheim

January 31, 2024 at 7:52 p.m.

This is the first major Disney proposal since Anaheim was shaken by a corruption scandal that, as this Editorial Board argued, was rooted in cozy deal-making between Resort Area interests...

One of our recurring frustrations is that California policy makers continue to shovel enormous piles of taxpayer cash to address our state’s pressing problems — from homelessness to infrastructure to public schools — and yet we see little real-world progress. The state’s annual total budget approaches $311 billion. That budget is more than double the state budget only a dozen years ago.

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Public pay data show root of budget ills in California

January 31, 2024 at 8:35 a.m.

One of our recurring frustrations is that California policy makers continue to shovel enormous piles of taxpayer cash to address our state’s pressing problems — from homelessness to infrastructure to...

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