An Historic Republican Win in San Diego
Better get to know Kevin Faulconer. He is now the highest ranking Republican elected official in California and the most important urban Republican in America. Not bad for a guy who was hardly known at all just a week ago. Faulconer, a San Diego city councilman, was elected as the city’s mayor on Tuesday, making […]
Moving ‘The Tonight Show’ to New York Robs Our State of Its Biggest Stage
It’s dangerous for a people to declare one man their enemy and hunt him down. It’s unwise for a state to scapegoat one man for its problems. Nevertheless, I think California should make an exception and declare war on Jimmy Fallon. Yes, I know. The comedian who is taking over The Tonight Show next week […]
Is California Comfortable With Manufacturing Investment Levels?
California’s economy is improving. Our unemployment rate is down two percentage points over the last year and our state revenue growth has, for the first time in a while, allowed the Governor to project a small surplus in 2013. Still California has far too many workers either unemployed or underemployed. The state currently has the […]
Art For The Economy’s Sake
Creativity is California’s not-so-secret weapon. Seemingly against all odds, the Golden State’s economy has made a big comeback from the depths of the worst recession since the Great Depression. Employment has rebounded, the State’s fiscal picture has brightened and entrepreneurship is thriving. Creativity and innovation have been the driving forces behind much of this newly […]
How Does “Zero-point-Eight at Sixty-Eight” Sound for a Pension Plan?
The economy is picking up steam. State, city and county employees have willingly accepted millions upon millions of dollars in cuts to their pensions. California’s largest pension fund has recouped every single investment penny it lost from the Great Recession. So I thought perhaps California police officers, teachers, firefighters, and other public employees could finally exhale. […]