The Election Changes of SB 450 Are Good Ideas – And Miss the Point
I feel sorry for the people who handle our elections in California – our county clerks and the Secretary of State. They have spent years, even decades, making smart changes to make it easier for people to vote. And they’re about to do it again, with the thoughtful legislation known as SB 450. It would […]
Farm Overtime Bill Will Have Devastating Impacts
We are deeply concerned with the passage of AB 1066 today and the devastating impacts this bill will have on our small, independent farmers and the workers they employ. This mandate does not consider the thousands of agricultural workers who will lose their jobs and the billions of dollars in lost crop production resulting from […]
For Small Business, One Good Bill, One Bad
There are obviously more than two bills that the Legislature is considering which would affect small business in either a positive or negative way, but for this writing, two to focus on is a measure to help small business gain the resources necessary to thrive while also looking at one of those gut-and-amend measures that […]
Pay Attention to Manufacturing in the Climate Debate
In the wake of the Legislature passing new climate change bills this week, Governor Brown was asked about the impact on jobs. Part of his answer was “Manufacturing has been declining as a part of the American workforce for decades, and the decline in America generally is very similar to California.” Manufacturing is actually thriving […]
Geographies of Inequality
(Joel Kotkin’s new report, “Geographies of Inequality,” is the latest in a series of ahead-of-the-curve, groundbreaking pieces published through Third Way’sNEXT initiative. NEXT is made up of in-depth, commissioned academic research papers that look at trends that will shape policy over the coming decades. In particular, we are aiming to unpack some of the prevailing assumptions that […]