A Committee of Two
Here’s a state committee that might actually produce recommendations that would bring change. The fact that Governor Jerry Brown and University of California president Janet Napolitano will form a Committee of Two to take a look at the costs that drive the University of California system is an excellent idea. Here you have two leaders […]
The University of California vs. Hollywood
We are at the point in the UC vs. Jerry Brown budget movie when both sides have drawn their arms and made their threats. But no one has fired. The UC has drawn on Brown, with the regents approving tuition hikes that go away only with more support from the legislature. Brown responded in kind […]
Obama Doing What He Does Best…But Is That Good Politics?
As we head into the President’s annual trip up Pennsylvania Avenue to the House for the State of the Union (SOTU), talk of a more functional federal government is but a faint glimmer on the horizon. Instead, the typical dysfunction that Americans have grown to expect looks likely to intensify for the Obama Administration’s final […]
The Year the Woman Retires: California’s Aging Congressional Delegation
1992 was “The Year of the Woman.” 2016 could be “The Year the Woman Retires.” U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer‘s retirement announcement earlier this month kicks off a major demographic shift in California’s congressional delegation — as aging Democratic women move closer to retirement. The numbers don’t look good for Democratic women, who, after achieving parity with […]