Made in California
Our friends at Small Business California sponsored a bill carried by Senator Corbett to create a Made in California label to encourage consumer product awareness and the purchasing of goods made in the state. The bill, SB 12, passed its Senate committee unanimously and why not? Anyone promoting business in this state should be proud […]
Cancel This Election! The Rational Non-Voting Majority in LA
Why don’t those terribly apathetic people down in LA do their civic duty and cast a vote for mayor? How can Angelenos defend sub-20 percent turnout they saw in initial counts from March’s first round of the 2013 mayoral elections? Easy. Being mayor doesn’t matter. Says who? Says many of the same civic leaders who […]
A New Set of Eyes on City of L.A. Finances
When I arrived in Los Angeles in 2006, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the L.A. City Council were facing a $200 million budget deficit even though the economy was booming and city tax revenue was growing by 5 percent annually. The Council balanced the budget with cuts in expenditures, but in 2007, the same story unfolded […]