The Biggest Obstacle to Increasing School Spending
It’s almost cliché to declare that California spends more on K-12 education than any other single budget program. Public schools are obviously a top priority for increased state funding and for the attention of state policy makers. But schools aren’t the most richly-funded government function. That distinction goes to Medi-Cal, the state’s healthcare program for […]
Chancellor Brown?
Could Gov. Jerry Brown be his own chancellor of the University of California? If he were anyone but the governor, you’d think he was auditioning for the job. Over the last several months, Brown has effectively set policy on a host of financial matters, blocking fee hikes and successfully pushing for online education. He’s also […]
California’s Politics of Farce
Karl Marx wrote, “History repeats … first as tragedy, then as farce.” Nothing better describes how California, with its unmatched natural and human riches, has begun to morph into what the premier California historian Kevin Starr has called “a failed state” – a term more usually applied to African kleptocracies than a place as blessed […]
Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Republican
It may come as a surprise to many but according to many public documents, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Republican. Before someone goes suggesting this is some sort of public relations spin on behalf of my party, allow me to present the cold, hard evidence. There’s no spin here. These are facts: Martin […]
That Day in Court May Take a While
Resolving a divorce, a custody tussle, a contract dispute, a landlord tenant fight, an unpaid debt or any number of multimillion-dollar or small claims civil issues takes longer and costs more than it used to. And it’ll get costlier and even more time-consuming, experts say, because of the steady diet of state budget cuts force […]