California’s ‘Net Neutrality’ Bill is About National Politics, Not Policy
California legislators make a good point about “net neutrality” – the concept that the Internet should remain open and that Internet providers shouldn’t use access to their services to favor particular worldviews, products or websites. But, as is often the case at the state Capitol, state lawmakers are using their power to make a national political statement […]
Crime Initiative Thwarted by Registrar’s Bureaucracy
It is rather disturbing that the statewide ballot initiative called the “Reducing Crime and Keeping California Safe Act of 2018” will not appear on the November ballot, not because it lacked valid signatures, but because a number of County Registrar of Voters failed to validate signatures by the deadline. That failure has prevented this common […]
Summer in Redding
If you love California and haven’t figured out where to go for summer vacation, here’s a suggestion: Go north! You could, for example, go to Redding. Sure, the city of 92,000 at the northern end of the Sacramento Valley probably isn’t high on your list of preferred destinations. But the pleasures are all the more […]
Coy About Taxes and Pension Costs
California’s economy may be booming, but throughout the state, local governments—including school districts—are feeling the financial pinch and asking their voters to approve new taxes of one kind or another. There were 111 local tax measures on the June primary election ballot, the vast majority of which passed, according to municipal finance guru Michael Coleman […]