Poll Finds Arguments Sway Voters on Prop 30 and Prop 13 (Yes, they’re still polling on Prop 13)
A poll sponsored by Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE) and USC’s Rossier School of Education contained more than just a glimpse on how the governor’s Prop 30 was doing, although most media reports centered on that measure. The poll also targeted views on a familiar target, the one initiative measure that, no doubt, has […]
Legislators Lose Chance to Slip One By
The hasty plan to revise the state’s long-standing environmental quality law died a quick death in Sacramento Thursday and that’s good news for California. Not that the California Environmental Quality Act might not be ripe for an update, or at least a public, no-holds-barred discussion of how the law is being used and whether it’s […]
‘J.B.’ Says CEQA Reform is ‘God’s Work’
Crossposted on CalWatchDog In Archibald MacLeish’s 1958 play “J.B.,” the devil disguised as a popcorn vendor destroys the property and children of a wealthy banker named “J.B.” to test his faithfulness to God. God, portrayed as a balloon vendor in a circus, offers to restore J.B.’s life if he returns to the religion he rejected. […]
Unemployment Rate Won’t Decide Election
There has been a dubious bit of “conventional wisdom” that has been floating around for the past couple of years. “No President has been re-elected when the unemployment rate has topped 8%” goes the mantra. Well, looking at the elections since World War II, that is true. It is also true that no President has […]
Children Who Need Fathers Do Not Care about Race, Color or Creed – So Why Does the California Legislature?
Originally State Senator Michael Rubio (D-Shafter) introduced a resolution (SJR 12), which urges the President and Congress to pursue a comprehensive approach affirming that fathers and positive adult men are critical parts of the lives of children when addressing issues facing boys and men. I supported this measure, because I believe it is important that […]