Those Expensive Green Jobs—If They All Are Green
Thanks to reporting by Julia Horowitz at the Associated Press we learned that only 1700 of the promised 33,000 green jobs that were supposed to be generated over three years after voters raised taxes on corporations with Proposition 39 in 2012 have been created. And, all those jobs may not be true green. While voters were […]
Legislature Taking Up Climate Change and Social Change
The Legislature is back in session after a summer recess. On the agenda, according to sources inside the Capitol, nobody seems to have any new issues circulating at this point. Some think that Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, will still try to move for something on low income housing or homeless housing, but there […]
Top Two a Victory for Uncle Bob
Dear Uncle Bob (Hertzberg), You are the Great Gatsby! F. Scott Fitzgerald famously said that “the test of a first-rate intelligence intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.” Uncle Bob, you are a first-rate intelligence. I can’t tell you how […]
California Lawmakers Reflect On Effects Of Top-Two Primary At Upcoming Summit
The subject of California’s top-two primary is expected to draw up to 200 people on August 19 in Sacramento. That’s when the Independent Voter Project and California Forward are sponsoring a daylong discussion of the electoral reform, which is now five years old. “The goal was to elect candidates who would be reasonable, pragmatic and open […]
Tom Steyer’s “Fair Shake”… And Ours
Last week, Tom Steyer announced the establishment of his “Fair Shake Commission On Inequality and Opportunity in California”. The Commission’s charge: to come forward by later January 2016 with solutions to “growing income inequality in California”. The announcement did not receive extensive coverage, beyond a San Francisco Chronicle report. The lack of media coverage probably […]