Donor Rule Challenge is all about Politics
On Friday, Common Cause filed a complaint about the Arizona organization that donated $11 million to our PAC, which is primarily formed to oppose the Proposition 30 tax increase and support Prop 32’s political contribution reforms. The governor piled on over the weekend saying the donation was illegal. The donation is not illegal, SBAC has […]
The $11 Million Gift to Jerry Brown
The mysterious $11 million dropped into the No on Proposition 30 and Yes on Proposition 32 campaign last week is proving a godsend for Gov. Jerry Brown and his union allies because they can now scream about money laundering by shadowy out-of-state groups rather than defending the merits of the Brown tax proposal that is […]
Dumbest Donation Ever?
If I were one of the people behind that $11 million anonymous donation from an Arizona-based nonprofit to the No on 30/Yes on 32 campaign, I wouldn’t want anyone to know my name either. Because I wouldn’t want people to know that I’m that stupid. Seriously, do you remember a more counterproductive donation than this […]
California Voters Declaring their Independence
Crossposted on Healthy Cal It’s conventional wisdom in political circles that California, like the rest of the country, has become more polarized in recent years. Just watch any election campaign or session of the Legislature and it seems clear that we are a hopelessly divided people. But is that really true? It might not be. […]
The Job Network and Our Autism Job Club
This week’s Fox and Hounds California employment posting is a dispatch from our Autism Job Club. It links to an essay that was first published last week at Zocalo Public Square. In this essay, I discuss the limits of traditional job search assistance and job placement assistance, and the development of more extensive job networks, […]