More Labels For Fish = More Confused Consumers
Before Hollywood, before biotech, before container shipping, before international tourism, even before the Navy – the economy of coastal harbors was tied to fishing. Sardines, tuna, swordfish and seabass were caught and processed by the ton, supporting thousands of jobs. Now fishing and seafood processing is a global enterprise, but San Diego, San Pedro, Monterey, […]
The Lessons of Six Californias
What a fiasco. Tim Draper’s misguided proposal to declare California a failure and break it into six pieces has failed to qualify for the November 2016 ballot, despite his investment of nearly $5 million in an army of signature gatherers, media consultants and lawyers. Had Draper’s “Six Californias” initiative not imploded last week, it would have certainly failed at the ballot box in 2016. So Draper avoids spending untold […]
Would Arkansas Have Saved Six Californias?
Tim Draper’s Six Californias measure won’t be on the ballot, because just two-thirds of signatures in a random check were valid – meaning that there weren’t enough signatures to qualify. If Draper had been collecting signatures in Arkansas, that wouldn’t have been the end of the story. California initiative law is inflexible, and designed to […]
Vote for Legal Reform!
This week is California Voter Registration Week. The Secretary of State is encouraging businesses, community groups, nonprofit organizations, and public agencies to inspire people to take part in the November 4th election. California had a pretty dismal turnout for the June primary, as roughly 18% of the 17.7 million registered voters in California turned out […]