We Won’t be Bullied in Seeking Education Reform
We launched Parent Revolution just over three years ago on the weekend of President Obama’s historic inauguration, because we felt as though his campaign was a proof point that community organizing and grassroots movements can lead to transformative change. As progressives, we believe that the status quo in public education is unacceptable, particularly for low-income […]
No Longer Waiting for California to Change
Many Californians seem to be wallowing in a collective depression – and not just of the economic variety. For many, the California Dream seems to have taken on the patina of the new Greek tragedy. Somewhere on the emotional scale – just beyond cynicism and just before surrender – is a kind of irrational c’est […]
Will the PUC Force California to Become the First State to Regulate the Internet?
Last Friday, Facebook became a $140 billion company, the latest success story in the Golden State’s technology industry that employs nearly 930,000 Californians, according to an estimate from the TechAmerica Foundation. Yet incredibly, even with Gov. Jerry Brown telling the Silicon Valley Leadership Group that his administration is moving to cut regulations, the California Public […]
Access vs. More Lawsuits – Is There a Balance?
By the time this is published, the first stakeholder meeting regarding the compromise legislation to stop abusive Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) lawsuits, SB 1186 by State Senators Darrell Steinberg and Bob Dutton, will have occurred. CALA is supportive of the intent of this legislation and applauds this bipartisan effort to simultaneously fight abusive ADA lawsuits and […]
Contra Costa County Supervisor Gayle Uilkema Was One of a Kind
Gayle Uilkema, a woman who served as a Contra Costa Supervisor in District 2 for 16 years, passed away this past weekend from ovarian cancer. She was only 73. Gayle’s record of public service is well known – her 16 years as a Supervisor was preceded by 19 years on the Lafayette City Council. She […]