A Proposed Amendment to the Three Days In Print Bill
The idea is back. The requirement that a bill be in print and online for 72 hours before final passage is moving forward in the legislature. This was part of legislation, and a ballot initiative, thwarted last year. And it’s a good idea. People ought to know what they’re voting on. But there’s one big […]
What Are Public Sector Lawsuits Costing You?
CALA recently released a report finding that just 17 of California’s 482 cities and 58 counties spent more than $1.09 billion on lawsuits over a four-year period from 2008-2012. And that’s just on verdicts, settlements and outside counsel. It does not even take into account the cost of in-house counsel and other administrative costs associated […]
California High Speed Rail: Part One, Arguments For
Fox & Hounds has given me a huge opportunity— a three part series on California high speed rail (HSR). HSR is so complex and important that the blank canvas—wonderfully large— is still inadequate, but I’ll do my best. I will assume basic knowledge of the facts. In Part One, I’ll argue a Republican-conservative case for […]
Enemies of Prop. 13 Make Clear their Intentions
It is fitting that on Tax Day, April 15th, those who seek to destroy Proposition 13 have now revealed their intentions. We already knew about all the bills currently pending in the California Legislature that would weaken Proposition 13, either by lowering the two-thirds vote for most local taxes or by taking away Proposition 13’s […]