Raising Wages
The Department of Labor’s new overtime rules come at a jarring time for California businesses which have seen recent changes in California laws to increase both the minimum wage and mandated leave. Small business employers can’t catch a breath before a new mandate comes down affecting their employees and ultimately their bottom line. The Department […]
Irreverent and Unsolicited Advice to Transit Advocates – Part 4
(Editor’s Note: This week Fox and Hounds is running a five part series by Norm King dealing with transportation issues based on his years of experience as a city manager and transportation consultant) Sustainability & Mobility Plan Strategies Are Unsustainable Give up trying to increase densities as a realistic way to reduce greenhouse gases and […]
Small Business Day: Buttressing Optimism with Support
There’s a lot of current media attention on the extent of the recovery from the Great Recession. And indeed, numerous surveys are showing that employers are feeling more optimistic in 2016 than in recent years. That’s good news – and bad news. It’s wonderful that business owners are more confident about the future, and we’re […]
Why California Keeps Failing to Grade Its Schools
It’s a California educational reality worthy of Kafka. Our state’s leaders keep asking parents and communities to take bigger roles in making local schools better—even as those same leaders keep us in the dark about how our public schools are doing. In the 2013-14 school year, the state suspended the Academic Performance Index, or API, […]
We Need a New Owner of the LA Times
More than likely, our Los Angeles Times will have a new owner as Gannett, the publisher of USA Today and the largest newspaper publisher in the country, has offered to buy Tribune, the owner of The Times and the Chicago Tribune, in an all cash deal for $15 a share, double the price of Tribune’s […]