School Funding Proposals Face Pitfalls
While Governor Jerry Brown’s school funding plan doesn’t include provisions to increase local school revenue with new taxation, the proposal to make it easier to raise parcel taxes for schools is seen by some connected to the plan. Brown has called for dividing state generated school dollars on a needs basis. While all schools across […]
Tax This Post!
LA Times columnist George Skelton this week came out in favor of a brand new tax: on the emails you send. He likes the idea of a Berkeley city councilman who believes we can cut down on spammers with a tiny per email tax. It would hit only those people who send a lot of […]
How Proposition 8 Passed in California — and Why it Wouldn’t Today
Lost amid today’s Supreme Court oral arguments on California’s Proposition 8 is a simple question: How did a gay marriage ban pass in one of the most liberal states in the country just four years ago? The answer is both fascinating and complex, and reveals just how much the Golden State (and the country) has evolved on […]
California Is in for a World of Hurt
California’s political class, led by Governor Brown, has been patting itself on the back for solving California’s problems. This celebration is ludicrous. What they’ve done amounts to a mere slowing down in a long-term political, fiscal, and demographic decline. Demographic trends themselves are creating a crisis brought about by a population that is simultaneously losing […]