Archives

This is the archive area for December 1998.

To read the issue in which you're interested, click on its date.

  • Volume 2, Number 22: December 7, 1998
      The buzz word among journalists in the state Capitol these days is "legacy" -- as in Pete Wilson's legacy -- and political reporters are busily crafting what each believes to be the definitive account of Wilson's eight years as governor.

  • Volume 2, Number 23: December 14, 1998
      It's one of the most powerful government agencies in California, and its decisions serve as models for other states and the federal government. Yet the Air Resources Board has an extremely low profile -- not one Californian in a thousand can name the chairman, much less the members -- even though this panel has made more decisions directly affecting more people than perhaps any other state agency.

  • Volume 2, Number 24: December 21, 1998
      Both beaming, U.S. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt and lame-duck Gov. Pete Wilson looked on as a long-awaited report on California's water future -- arguably the single most important issue in state politics -- was finally released amid much hoopla and self-congratulations at a mega news conference at the Sacramento Convention Center.

  • Volume 2, Number 25: December 28, 1998
      Every politician carries a pocketful of outstanding IOUS, those political favors that must be repaid after a successful election. And Gov.-elect Gray Davis, who takes office in a week, is no exception.