The Oroville Dam and the Fight for Infrastructure Funding
Might a pending disaster of the Oroville Dam spillway collapse move the legislature to a compromise on infrastructure funding? One of the criticisms that has arisen since the threat of a water deluge is that the dam and spillways were not maintained properly even when warnings about the structure were raised more than a decade […]
Andy Puzder, Abandoning California
President Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Labor, Andy Puzder, is being scrutinized for his finances and his business record. There are real questions about his ethics and how he has treated workers. But there can be little debate about his record as a California: he was a traitor to the Golden State. Puzder was a […]
When Did Young Tech Workers Become the Enemy in San Francisco?
How did San Francisco, which welcomed newcomers for so long, decide that the tech workers flocking to it were no longer welcome? And why should those of us outside of tech care about this? Over the past few years, tech workers have been blamed not only for the city’s worsening traffic congestion and sky-high housing, […]