An Old Tale: Help is Coming for Public Unions from Legislative Majority
Spooked by the imminent prospect of losing mandatory dues from bargaining unit employees, widely anticipated in the soon-to-be announced Janus case, California government employee unions have hauled out some of their most ambitious countermeasures to date and are rushing them through the legislature. SB 866 would cement union control over access to individual employee decisions on whether to continue paying union dues, should […]
Want to Take the Border Seriously? Ask California How It’s Done
Increasingly, the Trump administration’s brand of “zero-tolerance” immigration enforcement has attracted the skepticism it deserves. To date, Congress has refused to fund the border wall—a costly adventure of questionable utility. Recently, the Washington Post editorial board denounced a suite of practices that erode asylum-seekers’ ability to find safety in the United States. And then there is the […]
$120,000 for California Preschool
Since the 1990s, California’s leaders have promised to make preschool universal for every child. Maybe they’ll actually do it by the time I have grandchildren. It’s already too late for my own kids. The youngest of my three sons graduated from preschool last week. I celebrated by writing my final preschool check, for monthly tuition […]
Less than 50% of Victims Report Crime, Victimization Survey Says
A tremendous amount of coverage of the criminal justice system is focused on the perpetrators of crime and what should happen to them upon arrest and conviction. However, the unexplored and uncovered story is the number of violent and property crimes never reported to police, and the fact that few victims of violent crime receive […]