Are Death Penalty Poll Results a Good Indicator of a Future Vote on the Issue?
If you take the results of Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) poll question on the death penalty at face value you could conclude that Gov. Gavin Newsom is a pretty persuasive fellow. The survey showed that all adults favor life imprisonment without the possibility of parole over the death penalty by two to one […]
Embrace Your Inner Cow, Devin
Devin Nunes needs a thicker hide. You know a politician has gone off the rails when he can’t take a joke, as Nunes has failed to do, suing a Twitter account “Devin Nunes’ cow” as part of a $250 million lawsuit against his critics. You have to worry about a politician who lashes out when […]
Should CEQA Reform be Given a “Fair Hearing?” PART II
The accidental result of the new UC Berkeley academic studies and testimony presented at the March 12 joint legislative hearing appeared to clearly implicate CEQA as a major driver of the state’s skyrocketing housing development costs. The first panel was intended to give an overview of CEQA and its streamlining provisions. It was composed of […]
Curbing Corporate Welfare and Government Funded Political Campaigns
Should the government spend money to benefit private companies? Should the government spend money to influence voters? In California, they do it all the time. There are laws specifically written to prevent this, but they are undermined by aggressive exploitation of loopholes combined with lax enforcement. And to be fair, genuine ambiguity often makes it […]