Old Columnists Think Yesterday’s Votes Should Control Today’s Leaders. I Don’t!
Dan Walters, George Skelton, and Joel Fox say the Democrats don’t believe in democracy. Because once a majority of the electorate—which might be a tiny minority of the actual population, but who cares?–vote on something on one day, they’ve decided it for all time. That’s the Walters-Skelton-Fox logic, at least. In democracy, apparently, you shouldn’t […]
Oh No! The 2026 Gubernatorial Race is Already On!
The pace of competitive politics is picking up at breakneck speed. We haven’t had the 2020 presidential election yet, Gov. Gavin Newsom barely has begun his first term in office and yet at the Sacramento Press Club yesterday three women constitutional officers when asked by moderator Politico California’s Carla Marinucci if they were considering a […]
Should CEQA Reform be Given a “Fair” Hearing?
The evidence suggesting the dire need to reform the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) appears to have reached a critical mass in recent months, but there appears to be at least a few holdouts in the California State Senate, state-funded academic community, and political stakeholders who benefit from the status quo. The key argument for […]
More Housing Due in San Jose
The mayor and members of the San Jose City Council were recently seen in celebration mode: shaking hands and patting one another on the back after reaching agreement on a price for the sale of a downtown property that will pave the way for a massive Google expansion project. San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo was […]