Looking at the Whole Story in Quest for School Taxes
The new Public Policy Institute of California Poll confirmed what I have noted here and elsewhere: that the Proposition 30 tax extension starts with an advantage and has a decent chance of passing. One reason for this, according to a question asked by the pollsters, is that likely voters (by 60%) think that schools need more […]
Shutting Down New Paths To Opportunity
AB 1727 Hurts California Consumers, Workers and Employers California employers lead the way in so many important technologies and industries. The jobs we create fuel our economy and improve lives. However, many of California’s thriving industries are now in the crosshairs of a legislative proposal that would make it harder for them to work with […]
Trump Is America’s Problem, Not California’s
Sorry, America, but we Californians are not going to stop Donald Trump for you. To believe otherwise is to misunderstand California. I can see how you got your hopes up. Trump might be less popular here than Bill Cosby. Polls show at least three out of every four of us don’t like him. California Republican […]
Minimum Wage Hike Won’t Solve Poverty
Blink and you’ll miss it. Special interests have struck a backroom deal to raise California’s minimum wage to $15 per hour in just six years. The deal was rushed through the Democrat-controlled Legislature—with little public input—and signed into law by the governor in less than a week. It’s almost as if no one wanted to […]
On Schools, Villaraigosa Parts With Gov
As he eyes a run for governor, former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is spotlighting the lagging academic performance of Latino and African-American students and saying the state should do more to hold schools accountable. The 63-year-old Democrat says parents have a right to know how their schools are doing and he doesn’t see a […]