On SB 350—What’s the Hurry?
Will passing the mandate to cut petroleum use 50-percent in 15 years result in lines at gas stations like California experienced in the 1970s? I don’t know, but the California Driver’s Alliance, which opposes SB 350 argues that if the bill becomes law gas rationing could result. Gas rationing could lead to those frustrating long […]
Don’t Believe All The Hype Around Straight Outta Compton
Reading about the new hit movie about the groundbreaking rap group N.W.A., you might think the biggest problem facing Compton is its unfair and outdated reputation for the violence and gangs that were the subjects of N.W.A’s music. But today, Compton may have a bigger problem: the reality that it’s boring. The Compton depicted in […]
San Jose City Council Capitulates to Police Union Power
“He told the class to take advantage of the academy, and then find jobs elsewhere. The police union tries to get us to leave the department.”– Anonymous source to NBC Bay Area, television report “Another San Jose Police Recruit Says Union Tried to Get Cadets to ‘Find Jobs Elsewhere’,” Oct. 28, 2014 (excerpt begins at 1:38 in […]
Two Californians—Together a Disaster
Driving across California is like going from Mississippi to Massachusetts without ever crossing a state line. Consider the disconnects: California’s combined income and sales taxes are among the nation’s highest, but the state’s deficit is still about $16 billion. It’s estimated that more than 2,000 upper-income Californians are leaving per week to flee high taxes […]
The Changing Patterns Of U.S. Immigration: What The Presidential Field Should Know
Public concern about illegal immigration, particularly among older native-born Americans, as well as the the rising voting power of Latinos, all but guarantees that immigration is an issue that will remain at the forefront in the run-up to the 2016 elections. Nor is this merely a right-wing issue, as evidenced in the controversy over “sanctuary cities”; even the progressive Bernie Sanders has […]