Despite Attempts to Move Commuters out of Cars, More Californians Drive Alone
If you drive to work alone then you are not, well—alone–in a manner of speaking. It seems that single use occupant vehicles have increased as a percentage of the commuter population while other more communal modes of transportation use has generally stagnated over the last three-plus decades. A report issued by the California Center for Jobs […]
Can Everyone Sign Up for the Kamala Harris Expedited Initiative Service?
It is nice to have friends in high places, especially if you’re an initiative sponsor. But why does Gov. Jerry Brown get faster service than other initiative sponsors do from Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris? It happened again this weekend. Late Friday, the California Supreme Court stepped in to save a compromise ballot initiative that Brown […]
California’s New Assembly Speaker Sees Benefit Of Recent Democracy Reforms
When Assemblymember Anthony Rendon (D-Paramount) is sworn in as Assembly Speaker next Monday, he will become what some Californians are describing as the “reform speaker.” The Speaker’s chair has been a bit of revolving door in recent years thanks in large part to the term limits that allowed an Assembly member to only serve a […]
California Counties Experience Huge Drop in Net Value Due to Unfunded Pension Liabilities, Several Counties Deemed “Balance Sheet Insolvent”
Many of the new financial reports are out for cities, counties and special districts in California and as expected they show a significant drop in the “net position” (aka “net value) of major California counties due to the inclusion of large unfunded pension liabilities. Several years ago the Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB) discovered a […]