John Seiler

John Seiler is a veteran California opinion writer. He wrote editorials for the Orange County for almost 30 years. He is a U.S. Army veteran and former press secretary to California State Sen. John Moorlach. He blogs at [email protected]

The California State Capitol. (File photo)

Despite deficit, California legislators float several costly pension bills

June 6, 2025 at 12:27 p.m.

When is the greed going to end?

Former Rep. Katie Porter, pictured at an election night party in Long Beach, CA in March, 2024, is running for California governor in 2026. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Katie Porter walked back her criticism of the high-speed rail boondoggle. Why?

May 31, 2025 at 12:40 p.m.

Porter needs to take a more antagonistic stance against Arnold’s Folly, including demanding Newsom and the Legislature remove that funding.

FILE – In this Nov. 19, 2014, file photo, California Gov. Jerry Brown, right, gestures while speaking out against tuition increases as Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, listens during a meeting of the University of California Board of Regents in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Newsom should’ve paid more attention when Brown was governor

May 15, 2025 at 10:39 a.m.

For eight years Gov. Jerry Brown showed his lieutenant governor, Gavin Newsom, how to balance a California budget every year, but Newsom didn’t listen.

Author and former Fox News host Steve Hilton listens to video presentations as he announced his run for California governor during an event in Huntington Beach, CA on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. Hilton, 55, is the latest to jump into an already crowded field of candidates vying to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is prevented from running again because of term limits. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County /SCNG)

Can Steve Hilton flip California Republican?

May 8, 2025 at 2:21 p.m.

He’s setting a high standard for the other candidates.

California’s tax-hikers are busy dreaming up more ways to take more of your money

April 3, 2025 at 9:09 p.m.

Better binge watch your favorite series now before you can’t afford to.

In this photo released by the Russian Defense Ministry in March, a Russian tank fires at Ukrainian troops from a position near the border with Ukraine in Russia’s Belgorod region. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Opinion: Ukraine can’t win. The U.S. should end all aid to force peace.

March 21, 2025 at 6:03 a.m.

Here’s why the United States should stop ing Ukraine, ending all military and intelligence aid: So many Ukrainian men have been killed, the country’s only chance of survival is an...