Who Wants a Party Label?
In Gavin Newsom’s first television ad of the fall campaign he doesn’t mention he is a Democrat. In Harley Rouda’s race for Congress against Dana Rohrabacher, his recent television ads ignore the fact he is a Democrat. In Dante Acosta’s bid for re-election in the 38th Assembly District his mailings and handouts don’t mention he’s […]
Pardon Rod Wright Or Lock Up Tom McClintock
Who cares where politicians live? What matters if they are any good? As I wrote here previously, the prosecution of former State Senator Rod Wright for lying about living outside his district was wrong. And now that wrong might be righted with a pardon. And future legislators would no longer have to abide strict limits […]
California Must Stop Trying To Stomp Out Suburbia
We may be celebrating — if that’s the right word — the tenth year since the onset of the financial crisis and collapse of the real estate market. Yet before breaking out the champagne, we should recognize that the hangover is not yet over, and that a new housing crisis could be right around the […]
Capitol Lawsuit Hints at the Limits of #MeToo Laws
In one of the first legal challenges since the #MeToo movement forced the California Legislature to confront its history of dismissing sexual misconduct in its own workplace, the Senate is trying to fend off a former employee’s lawsuit with arguments that she’s not covered by new whistleblower protections and that the Capitol, as part of […]