Bullet Train: Show Us the Money
Funding for the high-speed rail is still the big issue even though groundbreaking for the project occurred. California taxpayers are paying a share thanks to a bond passed six years ago and a decision by the legislature to funnel a portion of the cap-and-trade money to the rail project. But where’s the rest of the […]
Legislature Should Resolve to be More Transparent in 2015
With the New Year upon us, we traditionally make resolutions to better ourselves. In keeping with that spirit, the State Legislature can make one simple resolution for 2015 – give legislators and the public enough time to review the bills that will be voted on. Every day, legislators are faced with policy proposals that will […]
The CalPossible Report: December 2014
A report released in December by Californian’s nonpartisan Legislative Analysts Office confirmed what news reports have been saying all year: The Golden State’s $2.2 trillion-a-year economy is humming. It’s long been true that California’s economy, the world’s eighth-largest, dwarfs that of other states, even during the recent Great Recession. But dig deeper into the report and […]
Would Albert Einstein Come to Los Angeles Today?
LA must work harder to harness its talent and competitive advantages to create quality jobs On New Year’s Day 1931, Albert Einstein arrived in Pasadena to take up a winter appointment as a Visiting Fellow at the California Institute of Technology. What drew him here were the theories of a Caltech professor, mathematical physicist Richard […]
California Comeback or Continuing Crisis
As the California Legislature reconvenes this week for the new session, Californians will hear two decidedly different messages from both politicians and political pundits about the “state of the state.” Governor Brown will surely tout the “California comeback” and argue that the state is in much better fiscal health than just a couple of years […]