Welcome Back Legislators. Now Cut Down on the Lawmaking
Today’s column is easy to write because I’m actually pulling up a column I think is worth repeating when welcoming legislators back to the capital. Don’t drown us with so many new laws. In fact, spend some time getting rid of old ones. No one can possibly keep up with all the bills that actually […]
New Sacramento Battle Is Same as the Old: Education Vs. Health
You can safely ignore most of the personality-based analyses you’ll soon read of Gavin Newsom’s first budget and state of the state speech. Because the more Sacramento changes, the more it stays the same. And in Sacramento, there is one fight that is greater than all the others. Education vs. Health.
San Diegans to Ask for Growth-Control Powers
If local demonstrations or a lawsuit using the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) don’t stop a new housing project, just vote it down. That’s the new NIMBY (“not in my backyard”) sentiment prevailing among residents of San Diego County. To back up their concerns about new housing, they’ve qualified an initiative for the 2020 ballot […]
Study Confirms Business Flight from California Accelerating
The evidence is more than anecdotal. According to a recent study, business flight out of California has accelerated to an unprecedented level. In 2016, the year for which the most recent data is available, 1,800 businesses moved out or “disinvested” from California. This is the highest one-year total in the nine-year history of tracking by […]