Initiative Reform: Been There, Didn’t Do That
I served on three state commissions that dealt either in whole or in part with initiative reform, so when Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg said after the election – with supermajorities in hand in both legislative houses – that he would pursue initiative reform, he certainly attracted my interest. Two reforms that he suggested […]
Parent Trigger Recognized at National Education Summit
The year 2010 was a game-changing year for parents in the United States. For far too long, many parents with children in failing schools across the country have been left to fend for themselves as best they can. That began to change for a few California communities in 2010. In 2010, California became the first […]
CA Republicans Must Fight for Latino Voters
The battle for Latinos in California must be joined- immediately. Without a concerted, well planned, well funded fight, the California Republican Party will become politically irrelevant as it shrinks from 30% registration. An imploding CRP will not just mean an ”immigrant-friendly” multicultural and social welfare agenda with higher taxes pushed by the far left. Worse, […]
Where Americans are Moving
The red states may have lost the presidential election, but they are winning new residents, largely at the expense of their politically successful blue counterparts. For all the talk of how the Great Recession has driven people — particularly the “footloose young” — toward dense urban centers, Census data reveal that Americans are still drawn […]