A Budget Forecast Using a Cloudy Crystal Ball
The Legislative Analyst’s Office tried to do its best with the impossible—layout a budget forecast for the next four years in uncertain times. The budget estimates offered yesterday assumed state and federal laws and policies remain in place . But policy changes from a new administration in Washington will come and probably produce counter policy moves […]
California Is Different
With the stunning victory of Donald Trump in the presidential election, it is easy to overlook the significance of the California vote. The political experience here was starkly different from the US in ways that went beyond our normal “blue state” election performance. I’m going to focus on election and polling trends that caught my […]
Silicon Valley Keeps Us Stuck in the Political Past
As long as Silicon Valley and its futuristic technologies dominate our politics, we’re doomed to be stuck in the past. The big story of the poisonous 2016 elections was how new digital media tools ended up crowding out two big topics from our conversation: the present and the future. This phenomenon went way beyond the […]
With Election Over, Commercial Breaks are Safe Spaces Again
Congratulations. If you are reading these words, you have survived the 2016 election. On TV news, peace has returned to the commercial break. Did you ever in your life think you’d be grateful for the return of ads for reverse mortgages? A month of wall-to-wall political advertising is enough to make a person yearn to […]
GO-Biz Hosting Over 30 Workshops for Businesses Interested in Applying for $100 Million in Tax Credits
(Editor’s Note: The following release is from Go-Biz, the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development) GO-Biz Partners with Advocacy Groups, Ethnic Chambers of Commerce, and Local Business Organizations Sacramento, Calif. – The Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) today announced a series of workshops across California designed to help businesses apply for the California Competes Tax […]