Three States Legal Challenge Faces Hurdles
I’m not a fan of the Cal 3 States initiative filed by Silicon Valley entrepreneur Tim Draper and I’m not a legal scholar but I wonder if a court would reject a lawsuit filed to take the measure off the ballot before voters decide the question. On rare occasions, courts in California have removed qualified […]
Cal 3 Promises to Restore the California Dream for Families Like Mine
California is definitely going in the wrong direction. The “Golden State” was once the land of opportunity. Now, it is tragically turning into the land of the super-rich and poor who depend on government handouts. What’s being lost are families like mine – our middle class. Families are leaving California for states with more responsive […]
Harvard Study – Affordability Squeeze (Part 2)
(This is the second in a two-part series reporting on a recent study by Harvard University’s Joint Center on Housing Studies called The State of the Nation’s Housing. Part 1 appeared yesterday in Fox and Hounds.) Every year about this time the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University publishes its evaluation of the nation’s housing condition. […]
Withdrawal of the Taxpayer Protection Act could haunt the American Beverage Association
By now, political observers have heard how a series of negotiations in Sacramento resulted in three initiatives slated for the November ballot being withdrawn by their respective proponents. The blame (or credit, depending on your perspective) for these deals has been attributed to a 2014 bill authored by then-Senate Leader Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, which allows […]