California Budget Disaster Looms, but Slowly
The California budget is beginning to look like a slow-motion train wreck, which everyone can see is coming but no one can do much about. You might remember the 2011-12 budget. That’s the one Gov. Jerry Brown first vetoed as an unbalanced travesty in early June and then happily signed two weeks later after state […]
Vanity Fair Looks at the Monster that is Eating San Jose
For those of you old enough to remember the TV show, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, (a salute here to former state senator Sheila Kuehl who was a star on that show), character Maynard G. Krebs (played by Bob Denver) often referred to his favorite movie, The Monster That Ate Cleveland. In reading Vanity […]
The Big Apple Makes Big Payouts
If you’re familiar with California Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (CALA) you will know that we focus a lot of attention on private lawsuits. However, we also spend a lot of time discussing public sector lawsuits. We have done reports in recent years on the cost of lawsuits to cities, counties, schools and prisons and and […]
Half Baked – UC Berkeley’s diversity machine loses its mind over cupcakes
Tuesday’s now infamous affirmative-action bake sale at the University of California at Berkeley is unlikely to dissuade Governor Jerry Brown from signing a bill that would reintroduce race and gender preferences into the state’s public universities. It has nevertheless served one useful function: it has clarified just what Berkeley’s vice chancellor for equity and diversity […]