A Busy Week in California Politics—Ballots, Business & Strategy
Threat to the Secret Ballot? Assemblyman Marc Levine’s idea to allow selfies of voters’ ballots could lead down a path of upending the secret ballot. Perhaps an overwrought notion but consider: Levine argues in a press release that, “California law should encourage voter pride, political speech, and civic engagement through social media.” Current law prohibits […]
Bringing Film And Television Production Home – Tax Credits Kick In!
California is on its way to reclaiming its position as the film and television capital of the world, thanks in large part to the enhanced tax credit program approved by the legislature last year to curb runaway production. Although the stepped-up program was launched just a few months ago, the results are already impressive. A […]
California’s High Speed Rail Should Look Like Germany’s
Will California’s high-speed rail system be German enough? That question is not a joke, as I learned last month while riding Germany’s popular high-speed rail. In fact, it’s a more important question than the ones Californians have been myopically asking for years about the costs, funding, and construction deadlines of the state’s controversial project. The […]
High-Speed Rail is Failing. California Must Have the Courage to Change
The liberals in Sacramento have blinders on. Their tunnel vision focus on completing this high-speed rail project in California regardless of the cost, delays, and lack of ridership interest puts California taxpayers at big risk for little, if any, gain. The evidence keeps coming in that Sacramento has broken its promise to the people of […]