Scoring the Legislature and Governor on Business Related Bills
A mixed record for business in this year’s legislative session got a bit of a boost when the governor signed a slew of bills intended to help business. While the latest flurry of bill signings is good news, big issues still concern the business community. The ballyhooed effort at the beginning of the legislative session […]
The Initiative Doesn’t Need Reform, It IS Reform
The people’s initiative power has commenced its second century amidst strong public support and reformers’ continuing itch to tweak it. The latest entry in the initiative improvement sweepstakes is from the Public Policy Institute of California, whose president, Mark Baldassare, has proposed several recommendations – in the name of voters – “to mend, not end, […]
Consumers Pay the Price for Lawsuit Abuse
We have all been bombarded with advertisements on the latest and greatest ways to lose weight and shape up. From crazy food diets to silly exercise equipment, they all promise to help you shed pounds with little to no effort. Most people know the best way to be healthier is to eat better and exercise. […]
California Can No Longer Coast
Poor Gov. Jerry Brown. He apparently still thinks it’s the 1970s. He’s been saying lately that California’s progressive legislation – environmentalism, greater rights for immigrants, wealth redistribution – is setting the trend for the entire nation. A template for all to follow. “We can do a lot of things in California to shift the (political) […]