The Water Bond Is Another Missed Opportunity
If the state of California could tax self-congratulation over missed political opportunities, we might have the money to rebuild our water infrastructure. The water bond placed on the ballot by the legislature is of a piece with other less than impressive triumphs of the Brown Era. Presented with events and political possibilities to make big […]
Is Litigation Costing You Your Kid’s Education?
As Californians prepare to send their children back to school, local school districts are preparing to welcome students, teachers, and staff back into the classroom. In recent years, however, high litigation costs have contributed to cutbacks in school budgets placing added pressure on the budgets of school districts, parents and teachers. California Citizens Against Lawsuit […]
A Look at Growth in Manufacturing and Other Sectors vs. The U.S.
In light of 4,600 new California manufacturing jobs reported in July, we thought we’d take a look at how some of the largest job sectors were doing against the rest of the country since we began to come out of the recession in 2010. The CMTA chart below shows each sector’s growth and average salary […]
Vergara Appeal Decision
To an astounding degree, prominent California Democrats have so far avoided substantive comment on Judge Rolf Treu’s landmark — but tentative – June 10 ruling in Los Angeles Superior Court that teacher tenure laws are so harmful to minority students in poor neighborhoods that it “shocks the conscience.” A spokesman for Attorney General Kamala Harris told […]
2000s Job Growth Continues to Follow Population
The United States lost jobs between 2000 and 2010, the first loss between census years that has been recorded in the nation’s history. The decline was attributable to two economic shocks, the contraction following the 9/11 attacks and the Great Recession, the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. Yet, even in this moribund job […]