Will Taxpayers Come to the Aid of Sanctuary Cities?
President Donald Trump started the process of denying federal grants to cities that don’t cooperate with federal immigration laws. Mayors of many large California cities, but not all, have declared they will resist the order and keep sanctuary status for undocumented immigrants. If the president is eventually successful in denying funds to sanctuary cities will local […]
Measure S Would Be a Giant Step Backwards for Los Angeles
The sponsors of Measure S claim that this two-year construction moratorium is altruistic, to halt greed and improve life in Los Angeles. They claim that this draconian measure will increase housing affordability and decrease traffic. The exact opposite is true. It is not progressive to minimize housing supply and drive up rents for everyone. It is not […]
California’s Economy has Prospered Due to State’s Ambitious Climate Efforts
Tackling climate change is one of the greatest economic opportunities of the 21st century. As an organization that works with companies large and small, across many business sectors, including apparel, electric power, financial services and technology, and investors managing more than $15 trillion in assets, we can see first-hand how California’s bold climate change policies are […]
Big Changes In California’s Spending
Jerry Brown just proposed his sixth budget since taking office in January 2011. Boosted by a bull market and tax rate increase, General Fund revenues are budgeted to be 32% higher than the fiscal year in which Brown took office. But not all spending has kept the same pace: FY2010–11 Enacted Budget; FY2017–18 Governor’s Budget […]
Voter Fraud: If It Can Happen In Beverly Hills …
In a city in which an election was won four years ago by seven votes, every vote should count. But only the votes that should count should count. And that’s a problem in Beverly Hills. Voter fraud is real. It’s alive. It’s happening. And we have to stop it. Whether or not it happens at […]
Michael Barone Makes the Case for #Calexit
Michael Barone is one of the greatest journalists and political scholars of our times. (Full disclosure: he’s also a family friend). He also just made a very strong case for #Calexit. That does not appear to be the intention of his recent Washington Examiner column. Barone was defending the Electoral College—by arguing that it prevented […]