Grappling with California’s Housing Crisis
We see California’s housing crisis every day as the homeless permeate our streets, businesses and neighborhoods. To address that, I participated in the joint informational hearing of the Senate Transportation & Housing and Governance & Finance Committees on October 2. The title: “Housing for Working Families: How Do We Pay for It?” The video and […]
CalPERS Must Focus on Fiduciary Responsibility, Not Social Issues
Recently California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) – whose former board president, Priya Mathur, was discarded as a board member by a landslide vote of 57% to 43% – signed a letter asking the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to develop metrics for requiring listed companies to report on their compliance with environmental, social, and […]
California Should Count the Last Ballot Not the First Ballot
California is counting the wrong ballots. Sometimes voters get two ballots in the mail. On occasion, they get three. And sometimes voters submit more than one. So what happens? Only one ballot counts of course. In California, the rule is: the first ballot that is submitted is the one that counts. Everything that comes in […]
Prop 6 Opponents Ignore Truth about Transit Spending in Gas Tax Increase
Spending gas taxes on public transit isn’t a misuse, it’s what California voters wantis the title of the LA Times editorial promoting opposition to Proposition 6 (the gas tax repeal). Such an editorial would be expected from the Times editorial board, which still advocates building the $77 billion (and climbing) cost for the High Speed […]