Democrats See Opportunity in California
Despite being in office for less than 100 days, there is anecdotal evidence that the Trump Administration has fueled a surge in progressive enthusiasm across the country. The CA34 special election last Tuesday marked the first Congressional Special Election scheduled during the Trump Presidency. While Republicans make up 9.33% of that district’s registered voters, and […]
Book review: Recovering institutional memory
Assemblyman Willard M. Huyck served two terms in the Legislature shortly after the end of the Second World War. Though little-remembered today, Mr. Huyck is still alive – the only surviving member of the 1940s-era Legislature, a living link to the reigns of Governor Earl Warren and lobbyist Artie Samish. Also in the 1940s, as […]
The cost of California’s public pensions is breaking the bank. Here’s one reason this problem is so hard to fix
More than 20 times in the last 15 years, political leaders looking to control California’s fast-growing public pension costs have tried to put reform initiatives before the voters. None of the proposals has made it onto the ballot. Often, advocates could not raise enough money for signature gathering, advertising and other costs of an initiative […]
The Other California: A Flyover State Within a State
California may never secede, or divide into different states, but it has effectively split into entities that could not be more different. On one side is the much-celebrated, post-industrial, coastal California, beneficiary of both the Tech Boom 2.0 and a relentlessly inflating property market. The other California, located in the state’s interior, is still tied […]