The Best/Worst Bills of 2015-2016 & A Critique of California’s Initiative System
Over the last two years, the State Legislature has introduced and considered over 5,000 bills, resolutions, and constitutional amendments. Over the last few months, I’ve taken a cursory look at some of these, nominating the best and worst bills under consideration. Today, I announced the winners in each category. BEST: To recap, the nominees are SB 1248, AB […]
Terminating Farm Worker Jobs
We can’t predict whether Gov. Jerry Brown will sign Assembly Bill 1066, which the Legislature just passed and which imposes stricter overtime rules on farm labor. But even if he vetoes it, a similar bill will be passed in 2019 and signed by the next governor. That’s all the incentive farm owners need to keep […]
Your Homework Assignment: Read Goodwin Liu’s Dissent in the Robles Case
It was a good week for the educational status quo in California. Our state’s Supreme Court declined to hear challenges to rules that make it hard to fire teachers and to the state’s low funding for K-12 education. That’s the bad news. The good news is that 3 of the 7 justices on the Supreme […]