Is a Blacklist Back?
Is a blacklist back in fashion in the town that made term “blacklist” famous? One gets that feeling when the Los Angeles City Council voted this week to draft a law that will ask contractors to disclose if they have been hired to work on the wall between the U.S. and Mexico. What could be […]
For California: A New Political Party Seeks to Upend the Status Quo in the Golden State
Love it or hate it, identity politics is playing a greater role in what motivates voters. Thanks to increased access to information in our modern times, like-minded individuals can easily communicate and come together to work towards mutual goals. To prioritize these newly defined goals, people should reconsider, reorient and refocus their long-standing affiliations. Given this shift […]
The Great Migration Myth
Tell me if you’ve heard this story before: thanks to sky-high housing costs, over-taxation, and/or failed liberal policies, Californians, especially the middle class, are fleeing the state. There’s one huge flaw: Californians aren’t actually leaving the state at anything like a significant rate. According the U.S. Census, between 2014 and 2015, California had thesecond lowest out-migration rate after […]
To Fix ‘Unfair’ Bail System, Will California Copy Kentucky?
“It’s rare that a California lawmaker seeking a policy model would turn to Kentucky. But with the Legislature on summer recess, that’s precisely what Sen. Bob Hertzberg is doing. The mission: travel to the Bluegrass state to investigate how Kentucky gets its defendants awaiting trial to show up for court dates and keep them from […]
Brown’s blunder down under
The biggest news story last week appeared in the classifieds. The legal notice declared a summons for all interested persons to appear in court in Sacramento as a defendant in a lawsuit. The lawsuit names the California Department of Water Resources vs. All Persons Interested in the matter of the Authorization of California Water Fix […]