“They” is Not Amused
In the spirit of “You Just Can’t Make This Up,” I offer you California State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson’s latest order. In her never-ending quest to be politically correct – and make sure all the rest of us are, too – she has mandated that in the Judiciary Committee, which she chairs, she is now to […]
California Scores in Milken Institute Best Performing Cities Study
The Milken Institute issued its annual best performing cities rankings and a number of California cities got high marks. But not all concerns often raised about the state of California cities were weighed in the report. Number one among those is pension liabilities. The Milken calculator measures a “metro areas economic performance using outcomes-based metrics […]
Governor Sues Huntington Beach Over Housing
In a move that may signal more to come, Governor Newsom is backing up his get-tough language with California communities by announcing that he is taking the City of Huntington Beach to court for failure to meet its housing need. The unprecedented action startled some at the Capitol while pleasing many who remarked that the […]
Fire Your Sheriff!
The county sheriff is the problem child among California elected officials. No office is less accountable, or more reliable in producing scandal. Once elected, sheriffs in all 58 counties have power over jails and policing, and act pretty much as they please. When sheriffs do wrong, as there is little that Californians can do to […]