Everyone Hates the Think Long Jedi Council – Which Is Why It’s a Worthy Proposal
When everyone in California’s journo-political elite — from Joel Fox to Peter Schrag — is criticizing something, that something deserves a close look. Such is the case with the Citizens Council for Public Accountability – which is the heart of the new reform proposal from billionaire Nicolas Berggruen’s Think Long Committee. The council has been […]
ReFund Plan Should be ReJected
At the UC Regents meetings scattered around the state at four UC campuses, some students demanded that Regents sign a ReFund Higher Education pledge. Promoting the pledge are public employee unions using the student unrest to push their agenda. Point 5 on The ReFund California Pledge reads: “Reversing tuition increases, layoffs, and cuts to public […]
California is Dismantling Medi-Cal
Medi-Cal is California’s Medicaid health care program. This program pays for a variety of medical services for children and adults with limited income and resources. But the program, relied on by millions of Californians, has needlessly been placed in jeopardy. Medi-Cal and Medicaid programs in states across the country are a partnership between state governments […]
Let’s Build Bridges Across California
With 38 million people and the eighth largest economy in the world, California has the resources to achieve great things for its citizens. But we don’t always use those collective resources to our advantage. Besides the obvious political differences between Republicans and Democrats in Sacramento and Washington, D.C., we allow long standing geographic differences to […]