Remember When Brown Was For Local Control?
When I used to write that Gov. Jerry Brown didn’t have much of a plan or an idea behind his second go-round as governor, the protests came back hard. No, no, he’s for local control. The case for Brown as champion of the locals went like this. He did realignment in criminal justice to give […]
All that Analysis of the Glazer Victory
According to the Democratic Party analysis of Steve Glazer’s victory in Senate District 7, Glazer ran a “cynical” campaign appealing to Republicans and, “We know that low turnout elections favor Republicans. When Democratic voters show up and vote, Democrats win.” I suppose one way to interpret that analysis is that those who only pay attention […]
LA Finally Wises Up On ADA Compliance
In April, the City of Los Angeles reached a deal to repair the city’s broken and crumbling sidewalks, at a cost of more than $1 billion over 30 years. Just how bad are the city’s sidewalks? One city estimate found that 40 percent of the city’s sidewalks needed to be fixed. A plan to fix the sidewalks […]
California Environmental Quality Act, Greenhouse Gas Regulation and Climate Change
(Editor’s Note: This is the introduction to a new report, California’s Social Priorties, from Chapman University’s Center for Demographics and Policy. The report is authored by David Friedman and Jennifer Hernandez. Read the full report (pdf).) California has adopted the most significant climate change policies in the United States, including landmark legislation (AB 32)2 to lower state […]