The Trouble With Measure EE
California’s schools are woefully underfunded. Taxes on property should be higher. So why am I rooting against Measure EE, the L.A. Unified School District measure on the June 4 special election ballot? Because process matters when it comes to democracy. And L.A. Unified flunked the basics of process on this measure, even when it didn’t […]
Why We Need to Pass Measure EE
The Encino Chamber recently honored its 25th Annual Teacher of the Year. I’ve chaired this event, and you know what our teachers of the year “win”? A cart of classroom supplies like markers, paper and paper towels. Things they pay for from their own pockets because of the funding crisis in our local schools.\ I […]
Gavin Newsom’s Future of Work, and Ours
Since his days as a San Francisco Supervisor in the late 1990s, Gavin Newsom has spoken and written about the interplay between technology, government, and employment: how technology is changing the types and structure of jobs, how it can improve government services, how it can generate greater citizen participation.\ Earlier this month, Newsom, now Governor […]
Blue-state California now harassing journalists
Let’s assume, hypothetically, that an independent journalist working in Washington somehow obtained a confidential FBI report on the death of a prominent Trump administration official that described its lurid circumstances, including the presence of a woman not his wife and the use of illegal drugs that caused, or at least contributed to, his demise. Let’s […]