What Should the Next Senator Be?
California’s political class, predictably, is having the wrong conversation again. We’re talking about who should replace Barbara Boxer in the U.S. Senate. Instead, we should be talking about what should replace Boxer. Boxer had strengths – as a strong, progressive voice that represented her state and as a better fighter for dollars than her reputation […]
Head Scratchers in the State Political Scene
Suspicious or odd reasoning is behind some political moves that came out of three news items over the last week. The first deals with the cap-and-trade bill and its influence on consumer gas prices. The second involves a minimum wage study in the City of Los Angeles. The third, a demand from a consumer group […]
Where California’s Jobs Are Being Created and Sustained
Last Thursday, Ross DeVol, chief research officer at the Milken Institute (MI), came to San Francisco to unveil the findings of the MI annual Best Performing Cities study. The presentation not only set out the rankings of metropolitan areas for 2014, but also addressed the current and projected key drivers and dynamics of job growth. […]
CEQA Reform Needed To Meet Environmental Goals
California’s political leadership is setting up 2015 to be the year for taking the already aggressive state climate goals and imposing new, far reaching requirements. However, if California intends to meet these climate goals and impose new requirements, then a corresponding change in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) must be made to achieve these […]