New Ideas for our Fiscal Path Forward
The topic of conversation, lately, no matter who you’re talking to, seems to revolve around California’s budget nightmare and the trickle-down effect it has, starting from the top, the state, to the bottom, with municipalities. How did we get here and what drastic measures need to be taken in order to get our Golden State […]
My Christmas Wish: A New Initiative Process With a New Ballot Design
What do I want for Christmas? A new initiative process. Regular Fox & Hounds Daily readers know that I’m a fan of the Swiss three-question ballot initiative. Some have written to say it’s too complicated. Some say it’s politically unrealistic. It’s neither. State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg has offered a counter-proposal of sorts […]
Happy Talk
According to several media accounts in the days since the election, California has turned a corner and will soon resume its rightful place as the best place in America — nay, the world — to live, raise a family and start a business. It’s Nirvana all over again. Perhaps what started all this happy talk […]
Filner Signals he’ll Block Further Reform in San Diego
As I wrote for CalWatchdog just after last month’s election, there was a strong chance that successful reforms with a heavy libertarian flavor were going to be blocked going forward here in California’s second-largest city with the election of paleoliberal Bob Filner. This weekend, Filner made it all but official, expressing skepticism about continuing with managed […]