Were Harris’ Motives Really Political?
“You can’t be too rich or too thin,” Wallis Simpson is reported to have said. Or too cynical. Especially about politicians. But you can see too quick to see politicians’ actions as primarily political when they’re not. That’s what has happened in the reaction to Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris’ decision to ask a court to […]
Assembly Bill Benefits Parents Saving Early and Often for College
It’s safe to say that the college experience is different for our kids than it was for many of us. We paid thousands of dollars less per unit, bought cheap text books and left college with no debt and a head start on building our lives. Now, as parents, we share our kids’ trepidation with […]
Calling Out the High-Tech Hypocrites
The recent brouhaha over Indiana’s religious freedom law revealed two basic things: the utter stupidity of the Republican Party and the rising power of the emerging tech oligarchy. As the Republicans were once again demonstrating their incomprehension of new social dynamics, the tech elite showed a fine hand by leading the opposition to the Indiana […]
Five Things You Need to Know About Water
We marked the launch of the PPIC Water Policy Center by convening a panel of leading experts to discuss key issues in state water policy. Participants were Richard Frank, director of the California Environmental Law and Policy Center at the UC Davis law school; Matthew Rodriquez, secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency; and Karen […]
LA to Time Warner Cable: Release Those Dodger Fan Hostages Now
The wizards from Time Warner Cable were the smartest guys in all of Southern California when they agreed to pay the Los Angeles Dodgers $8.35 billion over the next 25 years to distribute its regional sports network, SportsNet LA, outbidding Fox Sports by a rumored $2 billion. This deal was predicated on a revenue model […]