Obamacare 2014 – More Losers Than Winners
Covered California’ the state’s Obamacare exchange, has racked up one accomplishment. Thanks to its policies, there are more uninsured Californians in January 2014 then there were one year ago. According to media reports, some 430,000 people signed up for health insurance through Covered California during the three month sign up period to be covered January […]
Historic Prison Reform Raises Fundamental Questions
California’s historic experiment in prison reform remains a work in progress, raising new questions about the exact combination of law enforcement, prison time and rehabilitation that will achieve the lowest crime rates. It’s an explosive issue, because any change of the magnitude California is attempting is likely to impose short-term costs, and those costs might […]
An Immigration Breakthrough?
The latest Pew Hispanic poll is an eye opener. According to Pew Hispanic, 55% of Latino immigrants will settle for a green card that allows them to work but not vote. As a group, Latino immigrants aren’t particularly interested in US citizenship. In fact, Mexican LPRs (legal permanent residents) have the lowest rate of citizenship […]