Why Newsom Should be Rooting for Faulconer to Run
After last year, you may not want to hear this, but in California another election year has already arrived. The reason is that under the top two primary in a one-party-dominant state, ultimate outcomes in 2018 will be largely determined by the makeup of the candidate field in the primary. And for potential candidates, the […]
If the question is upward mobility the answer is California colleges
What’s the most effective tool to improve economic mobility in California? Higher minimum wage? No. Mandatory employment benefits? Nope. Higher redistributive taxes? Nada. It’s the California State University and community colleges. According to a landmark study for the Equality Opportunity Project, Stanford’s Raj Chetty and coauthors found that certain state and community colleges offer effective pathways to higher incomes […]
The State Is Cutting My Kids’ Schools
The email from the school superintendent dropped like an anvil in small school district (just one high school and middle school, and three elementary schools) where I live. Under Gov. Brown’s January budget proposal, our schools would get $900,000 less from the state than they did in 2016-17 budget. The superintendent admitted to surprise. This […]
Equality of poverty spreads in California
Tucked away in Gov. Jerry Brown’s 2017-18 budget was some very disturbing news about jobs in California. Although new jobs have been created, they don’t pay much. The governor’s budget proposal says the tax revenue coming into the state treasury isn’t growing fast enough to keep up with spending because over the last four years, […]