L.A. Hotbed for Governor’s Race
If you want to see a candidate for California governor go to Los Angeles. The leading Democrat in the governor’s race, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, will be in Los Angeles much of the summer, piling up speaking engagements. The only announced Republican in the race, John Cox, has dozens of speaking engagements on his calendar […]
Don’t Delay Programs to Grow Manufacturing Jobs in CA
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. This sage advice should be followed as lawmakers consider extending two pro-manufacturing bills this year. The first provides funds for workforce skills training, the second encourages new manufacturing equipment purchases. Both are important to support manufacturers who pay $83,000 salaries on average and provide a middle class lifestyle for hundreds of […]
Sacramento Legislation We Don’t Need
Last Friday marked the deadline to get bills out of the house of origin for the California Legislature. More than 600 bills were voted on last week. The good news is that the business community had some significant victories in defeating or stalling legislation that would have made it harder and more expensive to do […]
Prop. 57: Criminals far and wide love it
The ADDA and prosecutors throughout California have grown hoarse warning about the public safety disaster known as Prop. 57. But even we didn’t envision that it would actually incentivize crime by luring criminals here from other states. Yet that’s exactly what appears to be happening. As Torrance police arrested two suspects from Colorado late last month in […]