Janus: the Beginning of the End of California’s Pension Crisis?
Cities in California are already starting to crash and burn because of an unsustainable pension system for public employees. With CalPERS expected to significantly raise rates cities are paying each year just to keep up with the liabilities, Oroville is just the latest example of a Californian city on the brink. Thanks to the US […]
KCET Fills Public Affairs Programming Gap in LA
Not enough local and state affairs find its way on television but Los Angeles’ independent public television station, KCET, works to fill the gap. Debuting this month on KCET will be two shows dedicated to local life in LA—the award winning SOCAL CONNECTED returns along with a new series, TOWN HALL. While SOCAL CONNECTED is […]
A California-Catalonia Secession Connection?
In a year when protests against federal government has become as fashionable in California as board shorts, the protests on the last Saturday of September stood out. They were for the right of Catalonian sovereignty. Yes, that’s Cataloania, one of Spain’s 17 semi-autonomous regions, home to 7.5 million people and the exquisite city of Barcelona. […]
Are We Ready For Legal Psychedelic Mushrooms?
Kevin Saunders, a mayoral candidate in Marina, a town near Monterrey, recently filed a state ballot initiative to decriminalize mushrooms containing the psychedelic compound psilocybin. Sensing a shift in public sentiment in the wake of California’s historic legalization of marijuana, scheduled to go into effect in early 2018, Saunders was evidently also inspired because of […]