The Real Joke of the Lieutenant Governor’s Debate
Here is a joke: the Sacramento Press Club held a debate among candidates for California lieutenant governor. That’s the whole joke. No punch line needed. Follow up one liner: only 5 of the 11 candidates showed up. 11 candidates! Get it? 11 candidates for a job that’s a joke. California doesn’t need a lieutenant governor. And […]
Beverly Hills Reacts to the State’s Housing Crisis
You know when you’ve struck a nerve: when the whining starts. The wounded soul, in this case, is the Vice Mayor of Beverly Hills, John Mirisch, who cried and complained loudly about state legislation in this space recently. The source of the Vice Mayor’s rant was Scott Wiener, freshman Democrat occupying the San Francisco senate seat just-previously held […]
Californians Back Fee to Fix Statewide Drinking Water Problems
Californians have an intense concern about the potential for drinking water contamination and strongly support the bipartisan efforts by state and local governments to address it, according to a poll released today by FM3 Research for the broad coalition of more than 110 public health, agricultural, and environmental justice groups behind Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposal […]
California Leads in Promoting Higher Education Equality
Recently, a leading New York educator lamented that “too many academically talented children” from low income families are “shut out of college or turned away from selective universities”. This is a national problem, but one where California is making progress that should be a model for the nation. The latest good news on this front […]