Minimum Wage Hike a Blow to Young Job Seekers
Governor Brown has indicated he will sign a two-dollar increase in the minimum wage, which he brokered in the Legislature. This is unfortunate news for young and unskilled workers, who will be hardest hit by the mandated 25% hike over the next two years. (In 2012, the California minimum wage was $8.00/hour, compared with the […]
Focus on Changing Prop 13 Still Hot
While a just released Public Policy Institute study suggested that lowering the two-thirds vote for school parcel taxes would be limited in effect, don’t think for a moment that the effort to cut Prop’s 13’s requirement to raise taxes won’t be pushed by the legislature next year. There are still six active bills focused on […]
The Best College in California?
What’s the best university in the state? Stanford? UC Berkeley? By one measure – the earning potential of their alums – the top school in California – and indeed the nation – is Harvey Mudd College in Claremont. Payscale puts out rankings that evaluates colleges and universities on the financial return of attending the school […]
Why Are CA Democrats Defunding Democracy?
There are three ways legislators can attempt to prevent a law from taking effect – and they vary in terms of transparency to the public. The first, most obvious way is that they can vote against it, and hope to persuade enough colleagues on board to vote with them. But once passed into law, a […]