A New Tool for Understanding Local Economies
Seeking to fill the gap between opinion and factual information about job creation and sustainability, as well as economic trends in California, the Center for Jobs and the Economy recently launched a more robust website so that anyone will be able to better see and understand the nexus between California’s job environment and the economy. […]
Ballot Designations: Identifying A Candidate in Three Words or Less
The Secretary of State will set the field for the 2014 primary election on March 27, when she publishes the Certified List of Candidates appearing on the June 3 primary ballot. That list includes each candidate’s name and their “ballot designation” – up to three words that identify the candidate’s “principal professions, vocations, or occupations.” […]
Dear Alec Baldwin, L.A. Ain’t For You
Dear Alec Baldwin, Let me be the first to welcome you to the great state of California. I know you haven’t arrived yet. But, in a piece published in New York magazine that made headlines across the country, you made it plain that after years of being terrorized by Manhattan’s media and increasingly nosy public, […]
Public Sector Pension Plans Do Not Pass the “Smell Test”
“Pew’s relationship with the Arnold Foundation does not pass the smell test,” said Meredith Williams, Denver-based executive director of the National Council on Teacher Retirement. – ”Pension Funds Press Pew to Cut Arnold Foundation,” Philanthropy Today, March 4, 2014 If you’re looking for an example of how, increasingly, political debate in America is framed as […]