Kevin de Leon’s Long Game
The California Democratic Party executive committee vote this weekend endorsing Kevin de León reflects the continued leftward march of party activists that just may be leaving many rank-and-file Democratic voters behind . Despite de Leon nearly capturing the party’s endorsement from the activists over Dianne Feinstein prior to the primary, the U.S. Senator walloped the […]
40 Million–And About to Fall?
This should be the summer when the population of California finally surpasses 40 million. We should celebrate by reflecting on just how small we are. Of course, we won’t. California, like an insecure male lover, is always bragging about how big it is. And so reaching 40 million threshold—there is no red-letter date, though, by […]
Climate-Change Mitigation – Not So Fast
The best thing we can say about the 10-year-old SB 375, according to a recent report by the University of California, Berkeley’s Terner Center for Housing Innovation, is that it “offers valuable lessons for other states and regions attempting to mitigate climate change through sustainable development.” That’s it. We’re not able to report that this […]
Watch Out! Here Come the ‘Woke’ Tech Oligarchs
Once the rich protected themselves by aligning with Republicans who would protect their property from high taxes and their firms from regulation. Some still do—notably the Koch brothers—but this breed of right-winger is gradually losing out to more progressive tilted plutocrats. In 2016, according to Open Secrets, three of the four largest billionaire political donors—hedge fund manager […]