U.S. v. California
This past week was Admission Day, the holiday marking the date – Sept. 9, 1850 – that California was admitted into the Union. Maybe 163 years is too long for this marriage. Yes, Democrats hold the White House and the U.S. Senate in Washington DC, and they have the governorship and big legislative majorities in […]
BART Unions Must Honor a No-Strike Contract Clause
I have introduced legislation that would compel BART employees to honor the no-strike clause in their labor contract. SB 423 was introduced to prompt a solution and provide the San Francisco Bay Area some relief from the pending BART strike in October. In a letter to Governor Brown, I asked that the governor call a […]
Mayor Bloomberg Had A Bad Election Day
As tough a week as it was for President Obama–playing international and Congressional bumper car– last week’s elections can’t have been too heartening for New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Not only has Bloomberg’s staunchest critic–Bill De Blasio–emerged atop the Democratic pack of mayoral candidates, two Bloomberg supported state senators in Colorado were ousted in recall […]
No Nixon-Goes-to-China for Obama on CA School-Testing Retreat
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said last week that testing students was vital to measuring their progress and to improving student and teacher performance. Duncan warned California not to proceed with a reckless move away from standardized testing. That didn’t sway the Legislature, which passed AB 484 — the legislation Duncan ripped — or Gov. […]