Could Fires Influence Tax Decision?
Firefighters are battling the Rim Fire near Yosemite, one of the largest fires in California history — but that’s not all. According to Cal Fire, the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection site that monitors fires in the state, as I write this column, 8300 firefighters are battling a dozen California wildfires. The tongues of […]
Let’s Not Pick and Choose Which Seniors Have Access to Quality Health Care
Protecting our seniors is the right thing to do from both a health care and economic perspective. That is why Republicans and Democrats are working together to reverse Medi-Cal cuts to hospital-based skilled-nursing facilities. Here’s some background and history demonstrating why we must act. Skilled-nursing care tied to hospitals is different from that of a […]
What Would Cesar Chavez Think?
For many years Cesar Chavez traveled the dusty farm roads of California organizing migrant farm workers into what was to become the United Farm Workers (UFW) union. It was a long hard struggle between the growers and the workers, but eventually they came to an agreement that benefited both sides. And California is the better […]
California’s Clean Energy Drive will Increase Prices
California is a national leader in pushing renewable energy, lower greenhouse gas emissions and energy efficiency. State manufacturers have contributed to the effort by installing cost-effective technologies and instituting lean manufacturing processes to reduce their demand for electricity, natural gas and transportation fuels. No other state’s manufacturers have done as much. But with more climate […]