L.A. Business Dissected in Roundtable/Urban League Study
As I reported here last month, the California Business Roundtable and the Los Angeles Urban League have teamed up to study the effect of regulations on business development in local communities, in particular focusing on job creation. The organizations hosted a second review of data prepared by UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs last Friday […]
Down with Lemonade Stands? Never!
There’s this thing online called “trolling.” It’s when you post something really outrageous just to get a reaction out of people. That’s what I think the online magazine Slate was doing recently when it posted an opinion piece critical of lemonade stands. I’m not making this up. In a piece headlined, “Down with Lemonade Stands,” […]
Launch of Searchable CalPERS Pension Database Blocked by Retirees’ Concerns
Last week, the planned launch of a CalPERS website that would reveal an abundance of information on pensioners, including names and monthly retirement allowances, was blockaded by several groups representing retirees. These groups, which include the Retired Public Employees’ Association of California, plan to introduce legislation that would alter the decades-old California Public Records Act […]
Will Detroit’s Bankruptcy Lead to Stockton Deal?
Bond insurers who walked away from mediation last year before Stockton filed for bankruptcy are at the table this summer. A deal could avoid a precedent-setting legal showdown on whether public pensions can be cut in bankruptcy. Attorneys for the city and bond insurers told U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Klein last week that mediation, presided […]