Model for CA GOP Gov. May Be Found in New England
The California gubernatorial election is 22 months away but already the media is filled with stories about the coming campaign. Given the superiority in Democratic voter registration in this state it is assumed that a Democrat will succeed Jerry Brown in the corner office. Yet, for Republicans there may be hope when witnessing the success […]
It’s Time to Hold Climate Change Policy-Makers Accountable
In reaction to the election of Donald Trump California’s Governor, state legislature and Air Resources Board have made clear their intention to double down on our state’s already strictest-in-the-nation climate change policies. Making such claims is easy when ignoring the current cost burden of the state’s climate policies on consumers and businesses, and how much […]
California’s Racial Politics Harming Minorities
Across the country, white voters placed Donald Trump in office by a margin of 21 points over Clinton. Their backing helped the GOP gain control of a vast swath of local offices nationwide. But in California, racial politics are pushing our general politics the other direction, way to the left. Some of this reflects California’s […]
Eric Holder to Save the CA Economy?
What caught my attention when legislative leaders hired former United States Attorney General Eric Holder was not the obvious rationale expected of the Democratic majority promising resistance to a Trump presidency on issues of immigration, climate change and health care, or even the need and expense for such a move considering the state Attorney General’s […]
Suburbs Still the Choice for Housing Consumers
Let me hear it again. What’s wrong with the suburbs? Nothing, says the latest report of the Urban Land Institute (ULI). While urban centers are experiencing a revival, suburban areas are thriving, too, according to the recently published report, Evolving U.S. Suburbs Continue to Shape Residential Demand and Development. Indeed, the white-picket fence enclosing a large […]
My Pasadena Homie, Obama
I recently learned that, in the second grade, I was part of presidential history. Every morning during the 1980-1981 school year, I walked the five blocks between my family’s home in southwest Pasadena and Allendale Elementary School, where I was in Beverly Thomas’ class. Sometimes I went back in the evening to play in the […]
Big Opportunities for 2017
2016 finished strong for the Los Angeles County economy. Employment during the year grew by 65,300 jobs and the unemployment rate declined to 5.1 percent. Voters expressed their willingness to invest in transportation (Measure M), housing (Measure HHH) and education (Measure CC) at the Nov. 8 election by 71.15 percent, 77.14 percent and 75.92 percent […]
How Arizona vs. United States Will Stop Democratic Immigration Efforts
Sorry, California Democrats, but you have already lost the battle over stopping President-elect Trump’s immigration policies. You lost five years ago when the state of Arizona tried, as sanctuary cities are doing now, to upend federal immigration laws, and the US Supreme Court said no. In 2010, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed into law SB […]
Is California About to Pick a Governor? Or a President?
California needs to take its next governor’s race more seriously. 2014’s contest between Jerry Brown and Neel Kashkari felt like an experiment in voter suppression—no one followed it, and few bothered to cast ballots. 2010’s race turned on meaningless issues around the wealth and housekeeper of Republican Meg Whitman. In 2018, the stakes are much […]