SB 54 Makes California a Sanctuary for Dangerous Criminals
California’s Sanctuary State legislation was noticeably absent from the Senate floor Monday. Last week it passed in the Senate Appropriations Committee after some deceptive changes were made in a cynical move to fool people into thinking it would keep dangerous criminals off the streets. Sacramento’s dance of deceit is in full view here. They don’t […]
Gorsuch on Direct Democracy
While partisan wrangling kicked off the hearings for Judge Neil Gorsuch’s Supreme Court nomination, an interesting sidebar is Gorsuch’s take in a case followed closely on this site that ultimately could affect California’s oft-used initiative power. A little refresher: A case out of Colorado has been kicking around for years that challenges a successful initiative […]
PAGA Lawsuits Crush Small Business
In 1971, the Day family opened their business, Timely Prefinished Steel Door Frames, in Pacoima, California. Since then, they have employed thousands and had generations of families and friends grow up with thecompany. Together, we have seen the good times, the difficult times, and the bad times. And like a family, we have always stuck […]
LAUSD and Detroit Have This In Common: Pension costs will be higher than projected
Last month Detroit mayor Mike Duggan claimed he had been kept in the dark about calculations used during Detroit’s 2014 bankruptcy proceedings to predict future pension payments. Realizing now that payments will be much higher than projected, the mayor is considering a lawsuit because “we did not know that [the projections] were based on optimistic […]
If There’s Money for a Wall, There’s Money for High-Speed Rail
President Trump and the Republicans wants to spend more than $20 billion building a border wall even though there’s always plenty of physical barriers at the border. Even though a border will stop nobody and accomplish nothing, other than poisoning relations with our country’s vital ally and southern neighbor, Mexico. The determination to build the […]