Recalling a Great Achievement
The famous profile was only illuminated from the lights of LA far below. We were flying back to Santa Monica after a long, successful trip. For someone known around the world by his first name, Arnold rarely talked about his inner feelings. But it was late, the pace that day had been hectic and his […]
The New Driver’s License Bill Reflects a Political Shift Ten Years after the Recall
Ten years ago, California voters recalled the governor and put in his place an actor who soon fulfilled a campaign promise to rescind a bill approving driver’s licenses for people in the country unlawfully. Almost ten years to the day after the recall election, another governor signed a bill to allow for those driver’s licenses. […]
My Top 5 Recall Memories
Ten years later, the recall of Gov. Gray Davis hasn’t had the impact that its backers (a revolution! We’re saving California!) or its detractors (a Republican takeover of California! A fascist attack on representative government!) predicted at the time. But it lives on as a singular moment in the life of California. And in my […]
Lawsuit Abuse Awareness Week Reminds Us All That We Need Legal Reform
As I travel around California visiting with our many small business members, these mom and pop employers have told me almost every story of lawsuit abuse imaginable: customers pretending to slip and fall in order to sue a business, lawsuits over the blue paint on a parking space being faded, businesses facing Prop. 65 lawsuits […]