Governor’s New Power to Cut Red Tape and Create Jobs has a Narrow Window
Acknowledging that there are "too damn many regulations" thwarting business development and job creation in the state, Governor Jerry Brown signed a pair of bills in Los Angeles Tuesday to fast track approval of the new Los Angeles football stadium and allow similar fast approval for other big projects throughout the state. The focus of […]
Bake sales aside, SB 185 won’t make much of a difference
The “diversity bake sale” by the Berkeley College Republicans and the resulting whirlwind of counter-protests prove yet again that Berkeley suffers no shortage of self-righteous ire, left or right. The irony is that the pending legislation lying at the center of the whole flap is essentially meaningless. The Republicans staged their bake sale as a […]
How Unions Can Help Innovation
President Obama is the most union-friendly president in decades, but his pro-labor tilt has hurt U.S. job creation. Consider how in just the last few months, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has discouraged companies from investing in the United States and hiring American workers. In just the past year, the NLRB has forbid Boeing […]