A Proposition 98 for Law Enforcement Realignment
Governor Jerry Brown’s says he wants a constitutional guarantee for state funding for law enforcement realignment that will shift certain prisoners from state to local control. Mention a constitutional guarantee for funding and immediately Prop 98 comes to mind. Prop 98 guarantees about forty-percent of the state general fund money for schools. When state lawmakers […]
Don’t ask for something, You may get it
This piece originally appeared in the Capitol Morning Report. Democratic legislators, at the request of their union allies, have passed SB 202, shifting all ballot measures qualified after July 1 from the June 2012 election to November 2012. This is because the pro labor forces expect to see an initiative on the ballot next year […]
“When Virtue Loses All Her Loveliness”– Perspectives on California Jobs Strategies
In California, we are facing our highest unemployment rates since World War II, and searching widely for the correct “jobs strategies”—spend more on the state level, spend less, cut environmental regulations, cut payroll taxes, add hiring tax credits, green economy, technology economy. To get perspective on our next steps we might turn back to the […]
Private Investors Shun Brazil High Speed Rail Bid
Cross-posted at New Geography. In April of 2011 the California High Speed Rail Authority held a meeting of potential investors and vendors interested in participating in the proposed Los Angeles to San Francisco high-speed rail project. Project sponsors have insisted they could gain substantial private investment for the project. The Authority indicated that the meeting […]