Court Support of AG on Initiative is Understandable
No one should overreact in defense of the initiative process to the court decision allowing the Attorney General to throw out an initiative that is reprehensible and clearly unconstitutional, but we must be sure that the decision is not a step in expanding the power of any official to determine if an initiative is or […]
With Court Decision to Block Gay Murder Initiative, Its Time to Kill Initiative Fee Hike
There’s good news from the courts about the initiative process. Will that good news stop bad news in the legislature? To that good news: a judge effectively stood up for reason when it comes to ballot initiatives, ruling that that Attorney General Kamala Harris did not have to circulate a measure requiring the murder of […]
The Cities Winning The Battle For Information Jobs 2015
We are supposed to be moving rapidly into the “information era,” but the future, as science fiction author William Gibson suggested, is not “evenly distributed.” For most of the U.S., the boomlet in software, Internet publishing, search and other “disruptive” cyber companies has hardly been a windfall in terms of employment. As jobs in those areas have […]
California Still Has Massive Obligations
There’s been a great deal of political puffery lately about how the Golden State’s finances have improved. The state government keeps getting described as “flush with cash.” You’d think Sacramento was suddenly beset with gorillas, what with all the chests being thumped. And that set off a predictable dustup last week over how to spend […]