Cheers and Jeers for Gov. Brown’s Bill Signings & Vetoes
It is apparent that Gov. Jerry Brown doesn’t always listen to the advice I offer freely through commentaries on this page. With the governor finishing the Herculean task of deciding on over 1000 bills, I looked over past articles I wrote for this site on specific bills to see if my suggestions were followed. Of […]
The Prop 55 Conundrum
Proposition 55, which would extend the Prop 30 taxes on high-income Californians for another 12 years, renews a puzzle that California has been facing for more than a decade. That puzzle: Should we go for a small temporary tax increase that plugs a budget problem temporarily? Or hold out for smarter tax reform that produces […]
Charter Schools Under Attack
For years, teachers’ unions have tried to kill charter schools—but only on odd-numbered days. On even-numbered days, they tried to organize them. Things lately have become very odd, at least in California; the unions are in full-assault mode. United Teachers of Los Angeles president Alex Caputo-Pearl has long groused about how charter schools don’t play by the […]
California Forward Kicks Off “50 State Solution”
We are excited to launch the 50 State Solution. Our hope is that this effort will provide a platform and soft infrastructure to support and expand the critically important work of reforming our democracy at the state level. Our goal is explicitly not to try to get the state-based reform movement on the same page, or […]