BART Strike and Fiscal Issues Test Unions’ Relationship with Democrats
A weekend article by San Francisco Chronicle columnist Andrew Ross suggests that the Bay Area BART strike could weaken the ties between unions and Democratic politicians most often found in the unions’ corner. As polls show the public’s anger over the strike aimed mostly at the unions, some California Democrats are considering whether to pass […]
California, The One Metric State
California is a big and diverse place that could be judged by any number of measures. But in this state, political and media elites are obsessed with just one metric: The budget, and whether it’s balanced. When the budget is out of balance, we’re in chaos. We’re broken. On those occasions when it appears balanced, […]
CEC Regulating Consumer Electronics
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) recently adopted new incentives to promote and prioritize energy efficiency, furthering a utility culture focused on energy savings, rather than energy generation. We applaud and share the CPUC’s belief that a comprehensive set of policy tools is necessary to achieve complex and critical energy goals. However, we hope this […]
Brown Saying “No” More Than Twice As Much as He Used To
Of the 896 bills lawmakers approved in 2013, Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed 96 of them – just under 11 percent – the lowest percentage of his current term, according to How Often Do Governors Say No?, an annual tabulation by the Senate Committee on Governance & Finance. In 2012, the Democratic governor was sent 996 […]