Bill to Move Initiatives is Opposed 3 to 1 in New Poll
A Field Poll this week indicated that SB 202 to move initiatives from the June 2012 ballot to November and moving a rainy day fund/spending limit scheduled for 2012 to 2014 was welcome by voters. However, a new poll giving more background to the question than the Field Poll question shows the reverse. By a […]
Field Poll: Hands off Prop 13!
Memo to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa: The voters of California do not want to change Proposition 13. The mayor put a spotlight on the subject in an August speech to the Sacramento Press Club. He said it was time to revisit Proposition 13, emphasizing the idea that commercial property should pay more in property […]
Brown’s Decision Making Familiar to Voters
Pundits and politicians on the left and right continue to express amazement about how unpredictable Gov. Jerry Brown has been. On the one hand he’s slapping down a union-sponsored card-check measure for farm workers and suggesting in a veto message that "not every human problem deserves a law." But then he’s also signing bills to […]
Nixon: China as Perry: California?
I have a sneaking suspicion that Rick Perry, for all his weaknesses, might make a pretty good president for California. That sounds nuts, given the plain fact that Perry’s values and swagger don’t fit the California mainstream. And of course, Perry has made California and its economy a rhetorical punching bag – and a target […]
LAUSD Test Gains — A Reason to Cheer
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) teachers, administrators and staff deserve our congratulations and support. Despite significant budget cutbacks, LAUSD students achieved a 19-point Academic Performance Index (API) percentage gain for the 2010-11 school year. This increase in performance exceeded the State average for the second year in a row and was the highest gain among urban […]