Goodnight to “Tonight” as California’s Star Shines Less Bright
This evening, the legendary Tonight Show with Jay Leno will have its last hurrah in “Beautiful Downtown Burbank” before packing for New York. Another entertainment show that is leaving Southern California and taking with it about 160 jobs. As Deadline.com reported, when Leno replacement Jimmy Fallon as a guest on the show recently “naively joked […]
Best Workforce Strategies for Californians with Greatest Barriers?
What are the best workforce strategies today for Californians with greatest employment barriers–ex-offenders, ex-addicts, workers with physical or neurological disabilities or mental illnesses? Beyond the current minimum wage debates, what of workers who can’t even get minimum wage jobs? Ms. Carla Javits, the President & CEO of REDF, has thought about these questions since she […]
What a New Report on the L.A.’s Apathy Gets Wrong
When your city’s civic leaders issue a big report called “A Time for Truth,” it’s natural to wonder if they’re admitting that everything they’ve told you in the past is bull. And if they’re actually leveling with you now. The city of Los Angeles—where examples of the weakness of civic life are outnumbered only by […]
New Transparency Website Reveals True Costs of Payroll and Pensions for California’s Public Employees
In light of the strong public policy supporting transparency in government, an individual’s expectation of privacy in a salary earned in public employment is significantly less than the privacy expectation regarding income earned in the private sector. – Excerpt from California Supreme Court Ruling, 8-27-2007, IFPTE v. Superior Court This week the California Public Policy Center launched […]
Unintended Consequences Lead to Higher Healthcare Costs
“One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.” Milton Friedman Every time Congress passes a law that establishes some new program or benefit, the members pat themselves on the back and tell us what problem or perceived problem the program is intended to address. Because […]