Policy, Not Election Reform, Determined Outcome of Major Bills
On Friday, fellow F&H columnist Joe Mathews blamed the failure of climate change and tax bills to pass out of the legislature on the top two primary system in California. Sorry, Joe, it was the policy not the election reform that sank these measures. Mathews argues that the top two primary created the need for more […]
High Costs Of Climate Change Policies Don’t Help California Manufacturing
Next 10 released an issue brief “California’s Manufacturing and Benefits of Energy Efficiency” (September 3, 2015) in which they engage in magical thinking to conclude that California manufacturers enjoy a competitive advantage and are prospering due to California’s ambitious energy and climate policies. They highlight four facts in support of this conclusion, repeated below with […]
An Open Letter to GOP Presidential Candidates
Dear Republican Presidential Candidate: We look forward to seeing you at the Presidential Debate at the Reagan Library on the16th. As a candidate for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Barbara Boxer, I thought you might be interested in what I have learned spending the year traveling this incredibly diverse state of over 38 […]