Black Bart Nominee: Newsom Out Front On Tough Issues
Last June, when a divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriage was a right and that “No longer may this liberty be denied,” the decision’s roots stretched back to 2004, when a newly elected San Francisco mayor decided on his own to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry. In 2013, the state’s lieutenant […]
Watch Out for the Polling Issue Trap
The world is watching Paris as world leaders and other interested parties (including a delegation from California) gather in France’s capital to negotiate collective (but voluntary) actions to address global climate change. To policy leaders and advocates who are particularly concerned about climate change, the general lack of action both in the United States and […]
California Employment Careens into 2016…Though the Handwringing Continues
The California economy careens into 2016. November state employment numbers will be released this Friday, and should follow the job gain trends of the past few years. In the most recent job numbers through October 2015, California had gained over 2.1 million payroll jobs since February 2010, 463,000 payroll jobs in the year from October […]
Thumbs Down on Neighborhood Integrity Initiative
By now, you may have heard of a new anti-growth effort, the Neighborhood Integrity Initiative, being promoted by a group called the Coalition to Preserve L.A. The initiative would impose harsh restrictions on projects that require major changes to city planning rules – including putting a moratorium of up to 24 months on development projects […]
California’s Ever-Expanding High School Football Season Is Risky
How many state champions does California need? There’s a new answer to this question: 13. That’s how many state football champions California will crown this weekend during five state bowl games at Sacramento State’s Hornet Stadium and eight other games around the state. And that’s a big increase from the five state champions we had […]
Democratic Dreams; Republican Opportunity
There are at least three reasons for California Democrats to be proud of themselves this week. First- guess what? Turns out California has a GREAT business climate, after all! All this doom and gloom about environmental regulations and business taxes is for naught. What’s Joel Kotkin even talking about? Second- in Paris, our leaders are […]