Lawsuit Seeks to Remove Illegal, Unnecessary Revenue Raising Auction from Cap-and-Trade Market Mechanism
Cost effective implementation of California’s greenhouse gas reduction law, AB 32, not only has been a high priority of the California business community, but is a mandate in the law itself. Nonetheless, when designing the market mechanism to reduce GHG emissions, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) insisted on taking the costliest approach: including a […]
Memo to Republicans: I Wish you had Listened!
In August of 2009, I wrote in an article for F&H Daily titled “Reach out, Republicans, or lose!.” In that article, I wrote that unless the California Republican Party is able to persuade significant numbers of Latinos, Asians and other people of color to register in their party and/or vote for their candidate, they will […]
Why Democratic Supermajority Could be Good for Reform
Dan Walters wrote recently that the Democratic supermajorities likely meant the end of reform. He very well could be proven right. But it also opens new options for reform. And the Democratic supermajority could be a big step forward for the broader constitutional redesign California needs – even if those supermajorities do nothing for reform. […]
For A Preview Of Obama’s America In 2016, Look At The Crack-Up Of California
Crossposted on Forbes Conservatives of the paranoid stripe flocked to the documentary “America: 2016” during the run up to the election, but you don’t have to time travel to catch a vision of President Obama’s plans for the future. It’s playing already in California. Some East Coast commentators like Jeff Greenfield saw the election as […]
Carmen Warschaw Remembered as California Political “Powerhouse”
Crossposted on Prop Zero Editor’s Note: In the 1990s, I served with Carmen Warschaw on the Los Angeles County Blue Ribbon Budget Task Force working to improve the County’s financial condition. Despite political differences, we worked well together toward that goal. Long before “feminism” became a potent political movement in the U.S., Carmen Warschaw cracked […]