How Will Business React to L.A. Minimum Wage Boost?
The Los Angeles City Council tentatively voted to increase the city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020. The business community opposed the move. How business will react is unclear but there was much discussion during the debate over the issue about lost jobs and eyeing more friendly business locations. The wage increase is […]
A California Columnist in Arab Spring’s Court
Living in an exceptional place is hard work. Especially when your place needs big changes. Californians know this well. We feel such an obligation to live up to our reputation as “The Great Exception” among U.S. states, as the writer Carey McWilliams famously called us, that we routinely embrace novel schemes that other American places […]
21st Century California Careers
California is undergoing profound change. Most strikingly, people are leaving the Golden State, which was once the preferred destination of migrants worldwide. California’s domestic migration has been net negative for over 20 years. That is, for 20 years, more people have been leaving California for other states than have been arriving from other states. The […]
Lorena Gonzalez Leads Party Into Workers’ Comp Fight
Lorena Gonzalez doesn’t shy away from a fight. After less than two years in the state Assembly, the former San Diego labor organizer has established herself as the state’s leading advocate for workers. Last year, Gonzalez successfully authored legislation to force companies – large and small – to provide paid sick leave to nearly all of their employees. This year, […]