Charles Munger, Jr.: ‘No Plans to Run More Initiatives’
Charles Munger, Jr. who spent more that $35-million in the recent election initiative campaigns told the California Chamber of Commerce Post-Election Public Affairs Council Meeting yesterday that he has no plans to support any California initiative campaigns soon. Munger, a physicist by profession who served as the conference’s keynote speaker, said he would spend time […]
God’s Open Letter to Jerry Brown
Pressed a few weeks back by a Los Angeles TV reporter about the use of state trucks for personal business by some employees at Caltrans, Gov. Jerry Brown said: “there are 300,000 employees in the state of California, and I’d like to watch over all of them, but I think only God can accomplish that.” […]
Full Time Work Disappearing in California
Earlier this month when the national unemployment numbers were announced, most of the California media put forward an upbeat narrative of continued job recovery, noting the national unemployment rate number (7.9%, still below 8%) or the payroll jobs number (gain of 171,000 jobs). At KPIX-CBS, Channel 5 in the Bay Area, Ms. Sandra Lee, the […]
A Bright Spot in the State’s Economy: California’s High-Tech Cable Industry
While California’s economy continues to struggle, there are positive signs of life beginning to emerge. The jobless rate is starting to dip. Our state is adding jobs faster than the national average. In fact, more than 300,000 jobs have been added within the past year, with the most rapid growth occurring in advanced technology and […]