CTA Supports Occupy Wall Street – Look for “Tax the Rich” Initiative
The California Teachers Association announced its support of Occupy Wall Street yesterday. The teachers declared they are part of the 99% who seek tax fairness — which sets the organization up for announcing a “tax the rich” initiative, which probably will come about soon. CTA, along with other public unions are considering a number of […]
Congrats to Assemblyman Henry Perea!
Every once and a while, I get glimmers of hope on the prospect of legal reform in California. The passage of AB 1219 by Assemblyman Henry Perea (D – Fresno) is one of those times. Back in February of 2011, the California State Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Pineda vs. Williams Sonoma that zip codes […]
Lip Service to Business Community, Lip Service to Protesters — Corruption as Usual at City Hall
Cross-posted at RonKayeLA It was one of those gloriously only in L.A. moments when our hypocrisy and contradictions were on full display before the world. The city’s business community filled the City Council Chamber for two hours before the regular Council meeting last Wednesday to present a report on the city’s economy broken down by […]