Court Action Puts Focus on FPPC Recall Funding Decision
The Fair Political Practices Commission decision on Thursday about whether elected officials can exceed limits to help in a recall campaign became more urgent for Sen. Josh Newman when a Court of Appeal froze the new law that would have delayed the recall. The lawsuit brought by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association challenged recent changes […]
Single Payer Requires A Vote of the People
Of all the many incredible claims made in support of SB 562 – the so-called “single payer” health care bill that doesn’t actually establish a single-payer system – is this one: Single-payer can be established without a vote of the people. If only that were true. But this is California, where doing almost anything butts […]
It’s Time to Deal with Recidivism
California needs a comprehensive approach to lowering incarceration rates – a plan that will not only lower incarceration levels, but preserve the historically low crime rates we currently enjoy. Sacramento’s current approach to this problem is mass early-release for felons – potentially at the expensive of public safety. A more ambitious and effective strategy – […]
The Alt-Right’s Young Men of Means
Last weekend’s events in Charlottesville, Virginia still reverberate around the country. The white, nationalist, Nazi-inspired marchers invaded the idyllic college town and brought the fury of racial hatred and poisonous ideology with them. Watching myriad news reports it’s clear these were young men of some means. Many wore white polo shirts and khaki pants with […]