Will Business Jump into the Gov. Race?
Word that big money flowed into a charter school inspired independent expenditure organization in support of former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa raises the question if major business interests will soon make a similar effort with money or endorsements. As the governor’s race takes shape with less than two months to go before the June […]
Lawmakers Offer 269 Billion New Reasons for Taxpayers to Leave California
Most of California’s 39.5 million residents are here because they or their relatives decided at some point to pack up their belongings and head west, leaving behind homes, families and friends for the hope and opportunity that beckoned from the Golden State. Things have changed. Today, domestic immigration statistics and forecasts show that people are […]
The PPIC Statewide Survey: Reflections at the 20th Anniversary
This year, the 20th anniversary of the PPIC Statewide Survey, is an important one in California. The state is at the forefront of many major national issues, and our voters will be electing new leaders across the board. Over the past two decades, PPIC has conducted nearly 175 public opinion surveys, interviewing more than 350,000 […]
Cold Truckee, Hot Development
One of California’s hottest development projects can be found in one of its coldest towns. In an era of neighbor-bites-neighbor fights against big developments, perhaps it’s fitting that an antidote should emerge from the Donner Pass. Tiny Truckee—a snowy municipality of 16,300—is doubling the size of its downtown. The Railyard Project—it’s a railyard conversation—shows that […]