Tom Steyer in Conversation – And Some Follow up Questions
Assembly member Jacqui Irwin had a sit down conversation with environmentalist and NextGen Climate president Tom Steyer in Ventura County Tuesday, probing his positions and asking questions based on criticism of his agenda. There needed to be follow-up questions to Steyer’s answers. For instance, Irwin asked about poorer communities, especially in central California, where there […]
Increase Voter Participation by Improving Government
Last month, the State Assembly passed bills to make voter registration easier in hopes of increasing participation in elections. Our democratic system of government cannot work well without informed and active engagement by the people, so I have supported several efforts over the years to boost voter participation, including one of the bills running through […]
Why Californians Are Such Suckers For Superheroes
California faces a peculiar overpopulation problem: We have too many superheroes. Missed this news in The Daily Planet? Fear not—your ignorance is understandable. California is not as closely associated with superheroes as New York City (and its fictional doppelgangers), where Superman, Spiderman, and Batman all based operations. So it’s easy to miss the menace that […]
Unemployment Rates For Los Angeles Tell A Disappointing Story
Last Friday, the California Employment Development Department released the Employment Report for June. The California unemployment rate stands at 6.3 percent, the County of Los Angeles is 7.4 percent and the City of Los Angeles is 7.7 percent. The U.S. unemployment rate is 5.3 percent. While all of these numbers are better than a year […]