Top 5 Taxes You May See on the November 2016 Ballot–Version 4
Tis the season for proposed initiative filings given how much time proponents have to go through the process of qualifying a measure for the November 2016 ballot and there has been some movement on the tax initiative front. This is the fourth column dedicated to prognosticating the interconnected ebbs and flows of tax proposal strategy […]
The World Needs More Darkness
Remember the good old days when Californians were scared of the dark? When Hollywood was king and we all knew that there was no monster or ghost scarier than the one we couldn’t see—the one lying there in the dark? Those days are over. Today, the light is scarier than the dark ever was. It’s […]
The Looming Political Battle of the Ages
The old issues of class, race and geography may still dominate coverage of our changing political landscape, but perhaps a more compelling divide relates to generations. American politics are being shaped by two gigantic generations – the baby boomers and their offspring, the millennials – as well as smaller cohorts of Generation X, who preceded […]
What’s Wrong with CalTrans: A Tale of Two Bridges
The Bay Bridge debacle is the most serious sign that Caltrans is a broken agency. There needs to be an immediate top-to-bottom review of its management and structure, followed by house cleaning and reorganization. It’s a tragedy that Californians pay the highest transportation taxes and have the worst roads to show for it. This Week’s […]