We Have to Create Accountability or California Will Keep Bashing Businesses
Recently, when my firm completed a study that found about ten thousand companies left California in the last eight years, it hardly surprised leaders in the business community. Some say there is one thing in California worse than taxes – and that is the complex set of directives enforced by unforgiving state inspectors. In fact, […]
How California Got Broken to Pieces
Wherever you live in California, your county probably doesn’t fit you. In mountainous and rural areas, your county may be too small to do the big things you need; 24 of the 58 California counties have populations under 140,000, the number of people who live in my hometown of Pasadena. Yet in inland exurbs, your […]
The Challenges Facing Conservatives Who Support Public Safety
Everyone supports public safety, but conservatives are a special case. In modern times, it was conservatives, reacting against the rebellious sixties and the lawless seventies, who supported law enforcement when it was fashionable for liberals to see them as pawns of a discredited establishment. It was also during the 1960’s and ’70’s that we saw public […]
California Crime On The Rise
After a decades-long decline in violent and property crime, early indications from cities across California point to a significant increase in lawbreaking. In California’s 68 largest cities, violent crime jumped 11 percent in the first six months of 2015 compared to the same period in 2014. Among major U.S. cities, three California cities saw the largest […]
Will California Stop Trump?
In June, the state has another chance to put its stamp on history by halting the progress of someone who in the minds of many could be destined to become the first despot elected to the U.S. Presidency. A despot is defined as “somebody who behaves in a tyrannical way toward other people,” or “a […]