GOP Voters Could Decide Governor’s Race
The Public Policy Institute of California poll revealed a tight race for governor between Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom and former Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa with nary a Republican in sight. Yet, in the end it may be Republican voters who could choose the next governor because of California’s top two primary system. With the […]
New ZEV Bill Would Hurt the Least Well Off Californians
Some bad ideas go away others just morph from bad to worse. Last year, Senator Nancy Skinner (D – Berkeley) introduced legislation (SB 802) that would have required certain highly automated vehicles to be zero-emissions vehicles (ZEVs) as a requirement of their registration. Fortunately, that effort was amended into irrelevance and eventually failed. This year, […]
Relief for California in Bipartisan Budget Deal
This has been a difficult year in our state as wildfires took more lives, burned more homes, and destroyed more communities than any of us would have imagined. Not only must we rebuild, we must also do everything in our power to make our communities even more resilient after these disasters. For months, the House […]
Shooting Our Own Eye Out—Too Much Regulation
I was watching “A Christmas Story” with my kids recently, and it rang a little too true. You will recall that our hero, Ralphie, really, really wants a Red Ryder BB gun – and when he gets it, he nearly shoots his own eye out. All kids have this experience to some extent. Happily, my […]