An Initiative Storm is Coming
With the legislature out of session, focus on lawmaking has turned to the initiative process. We are only a year and two weeks away from the November 2012 election and plenty of initiatives have been filed. However, there is much anticipation about initiatives that have not been filed yet by important state political players but […]
Republicans at Idle
Is it me? Or do California Republicans need something to do? The decision by the GOP and its backers to throw $400,000 more into a referendum of the redistricting commission’s state senate districts suggests that the California party has a serious case of boredom. And since the party can’t drink or smoke weed or watch […]
Governor Brown, A Tort Reformer?
This has definitely been a wild year for legal reform in the State of California. With a Democratic Legislature and governor, you would think the trial lawyers would be cleaning up in the Golden State. Especially when you consider that they outspent the Civil Justice Association of California (CJAC) by 8 to 1, according to […]
America’s Demographic Opportunity
Crossposted at newgeography Among the world’s major advanced countries, the United States remains a demographic outlier, with a comparatively youthful and growing population. This provides an unusual opportunity for America’s resurgence over the next several decades, as population growth elsewhere slows dramatically, and even declines dramatically, in a host of important countries. This demographic vitality, […]