Democratic Immigrant Protection Bills Don’t Solve Poverty Problem
Legislative Democrats heralded a package of bills they purport to aid and protect undocumented immigrants. Acknowledging the humanitarian concern behind the package, the plan will do little to help immigrants achieve the American Dream if something isn’t done to provide middle class jobs. Without them, many immigrants here and those attracted by California ‘s largesse […]
The Importance of California’s Tax Ranking
California voters are often asked to make important tax and spending decisions at the ballot box, yet their mastery of basic fiscal facts is poor. PPIC’s surveys have consistently found a “knowledge gap” between what voters know and budget realities. In our January PPIC survey, just 8 percent of likely voters correctly named both K-12 […]
A Response: I’d Love to Live in Joe Mathews California
I’d love to be a resident of the California that Joe Mathews lives in: one where the problem is the lack of growth. The number of payroll jobs in Los Angeles may be smaller now than 26 years ago but, unfortunately, the city’s population isn’t. Those jobs have simply moved to surrounding cities as the […]
Piketty’s Wealth Driven Inequality: Virtually All in Housing?
The Economist headline reads: “Through the roof: Rising house prices may be chiefly responsible for rising inequality” This is no surprise to those of us who have been chronicling the loss of destruction of middle income housing affordability where urban containment policy has been implemented from Australia to Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom […]