Secretary of State Padilla Hits the Wrong Target
Secretary of State Alex Padilla is barking up the wrong tree when it comes to election cyber security. Last month he went after House Republicans for refusing to provide extra federal money to “further protect and modernize our nation’s election infrastructure. Protecting the integrity of our elections and ensuring confidence in our elections should never […]
Business Reacts to Filing of Split Roll Initiative
With the announcement by supporters that enough signatures were gathered to qualify for the 2020 ballot a ‘split roll’ measure that would raise property taxes on commercial property, the business community issued a condemnation of the effort and reasons why it is unnecessary. But the response that should be monitored is not the words but […]
Prop 10 Argues That the Disease Is the Cure
California’s local governments already have too many incentives not to create new housing, and too many tools to block it. The result is a massive housing shortage and rising housing prices and rents. And a new statewide ballot initiative to make it easier for local governments to control rents. The logic of Prop 10 amounts […]
Environmental Mugging
A dispute has arisen in San Diego over whether or not developers should be able to offset their contribution to alleged greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions. The contestants include, of course, developers, the County of San Diego and a sampling of California’s most aggressive environmentalists. And, to settle the argument the latter interests have chosen to sue. […]