The Health Care Issue in California and Beyond
Good move, Mr. Speaker. The single payer health care measure incorporated in Senate Bill 562 was “woefully incomplete” as Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon declared. Rendon’s move to bury the bill in the Assembly Rules Committee was driven by both policy and political concerns. The health care improvements cannot be fixed by one state alone, even […]
Pelosi Forever
It’s hard to believe that many Democrats are ready to put Nancy Pelosi’s leadership behind them. Pelosi seems to have trouble with departure, too, telling the New York Times that she’s worth it. I can’t help but agree. In these confusing and fast-changing times, Pelosi provides the continuity the country needs. Democratic candidates are tied […]
Re-regulating Markets is No Solution to State Housing Crisis
By almost all accounts, economists, academicians, social scientists, policy makers and industry experts agree that at the root of California’s housing problems is a profound lack of supply. Accordingly, what’s needed as a solution, these notables say, are more incentives for the private development sector to do what it does best: build. However, judging from […]
Gun Enhancements Should Not Be Rolled Back Because Victims Are Lucky Enough to Survive
Last month, the Association of Deputy District Attorneys exposed how a key witness told outright lies to a state Senate committee while advocating for SB 620, which would eliminate mandatory enhancements for gun crimes. The ADDA showed that the story told about the young criminal whose case supposedly spotlighted the unfairness of enhancements was untrue. So the bill’s […]