Progressive Policy Agenda Could Benefit with Advanced Primary Election
While the focus on Sen. Ricardo Lara’s bill to move California’s presidential primary from June to an earlier date so as to increase the state’s influence in presidential contests, there is an overlooked aspect to the change that could also advance the progressive state issues cherished by the majority in the California legislature. While moving […]
Redevelopment: Pathway to a California Housing Renaissance?
On these pages I have consistently advocated for limited government interference when it comes to building the housing California desperately needs. After all, housing markets function best when left alone to the private sector and the proper signals are left free to be sent – to builders and to consumers. Rewards go to the developer […]
After Robots Take Over Our Jobs in California, Then What?
After robots take over our jobs, what is next? Guaranteed incomes? A public service job creation program? More conferences on “the future of work”? Today, not a week goes by without a new study being released or conference convened on robots replacing jobs or a newspaper account of a new use of robots taking the […]
CalPERS State Rate Doubles in Decade to $6 Billion
The annual cost of state worker pensions would increase to $6 billion in July in a recommendation from CalPERS actuaries, up $521 million from the current fiscal year and double the amount paid a decade ago. School districts would pay $2 billion next year for the pensions of non-teaching employees, up $342 million from the […]