Should Sacramento Govern Like Beijing or Singapore?
Should Sacramento govern like Beijing or Singapore? The question might be easily dismissed as ridiculous – because California is a democracy, right? But California isn’t that democratic – our legislative elections are fixed and our direct democracy is open only to people and interests with millions of dollars. And California’s elected officials are far less […]
Munger Campaign Poll Highlights Some Tax Choices—But Not All
The campaign to raise income taxes for schools headed by civil rights attorney Molly Munger released a memo on a campaign poll that argues voters would embrace her plan if they knew all the facts. The Munger campaign, which handily filed enough signatures to qualify the tax measure for the ballot, has been fighting the […]
Why Republicans Should Seize the Adult Education Issue
You can always tell a Republican, but you can’t tell him much. So it’s probably a waste of breath to give the GOP free advice. But here it goes, anyway. The big cuts to adult education programs in Los Angeles and around the state represent an opportunity. Democrats and Gov. Jerry Brown have opened the […]
California’s Cap-and-Trade Auction Creates Billions in Needless Costs
Crossposted on MPowered The California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) cap-and-trade auction will create needless costs for employers at a time when our state must compete, scrap, wrangle, advocate and fight for every high-wage job we can get. These costs will seriously hamstring our ability to grow. What most people don’t know is that CARB is […]
Vote No on Prop. 28 – Don’t Let Politicians Forget Who Put them in Office
Original published in the San Francisco Chronicle Proposition 28 represents the latest effort by politicians and their special interest supporters to try to fool California voters into gutting California’s voter-approved term limits law. Prop. 28 is designed to trick voters into thinking it strengthens terms limits when it does the opposite. The measure weakens term […]