Rose Reports that CEQA’s Perfect As Is: Don’t Worry, Be Happy
A few days after we released our “In the Name of the Environment” update on CEQA litigation abuse, which reported on three years of CEQA lawsuits (2012-2015) filed to block construction of about 14,000 housing units (and a 200-bed homeless shelter) in the 6-county, 191-city region included in the Southern California Association of Governments, the […]
Bigfoot Is One Scared Californian
By Bigfoot (as told to Joe Mathews) I’m so famous for keeping a low profile that some people doubt my existence. So I’m here to tell my fellow Californians than I’m proudly one of you. I travel widely in California (Bigfoot sightings have been reported in every county of this state), and as I do, […]
Case Study Reveals Downside of Minimum Wage Hikes
Los Angeles and California embarked on an unprecedented experiment this past year, when both voted to phase in a $15-minimum wage over a period of years. In L.A., the rate will reach $15 in 2020 for businesses with 26 employees or more and in 2021 for smaller businesses. In California, the $15 rate will be […]
How the Middle Class Lost the Election
Middle-class rage has dominated this election, but ultimately 2016 seems destined to produce not a populist victory but the triumph of oligarchy. Blame goes to a large section of the middle and working class itself, which, in rejecting political convention, ended up with a candidate who never would have served their interests. You can blame […]