Pray for Las Vegas Victims
Praying for the victims and injured in Las Vegas, many Californians among them. Los Angeles Deputy Fire Chief Trevor Richmond told us yesterday that a number of off-duty Los Angeles first responders attending the concert quickly involved themselves in the crisis, helping the wounded and working with local authorities. Some were injured. More on California […]
State & Local Tax Deduction Debate: An Old Story; a New Political Twist
The debate over the effects of state and local tax write-off from federal taxes in California is not new. Forty years ago, it was part of the historic battle over the iconic tax reduction measure Proposition 13. Forces opposed to Proposition 13 argued that lowering property taxes meant smaller deductions for California taxpayers on federal […]
Why We Shouldn’t Wait on Washington for Better Health Care
Let’s face it, health care in California is a mess. For the average person, buying insurance and accessing care is expensive and confusing. Small business owners must choose between paying enormous amounts of money to insure their employees, or hiring from the much smaller pool of people who have some other way of accessing care. […]
How Santa Rosa Became Inescapable
Adjust your California maps: The little dot marking Santa Rosa needs to be a lot bigger. Dramatic changes in housing, aging, transportation, and criminal justice are altering the Golden State’s geography, and no place in California stands to benefit more than Santa Rosa. The charms of this Sonoma County seat have been sung at least […]
Why unions and the private sector should work together as partners in job creation
Five million Californians earn less than $12.50 per hour whereas 2.5 million of us are members of a union. Ominously, for those who are concerned with economic justice, California union membership is expected to drop by over a half million people following next year’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Janus v. Illinois, a case about […]