A Bad Week for Mayor Garcetti
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti had a rough week with the defeat of school parcel tax Measure EE, which he championed, and a report revealing a dramatic 16% increase in homelessness in the city despite his successfully convincing voters in 2016 to raise taxes to overcome the problem. And, you can pile on the recent […]
Not Learning the Lessons of Measure EE’s Defeat
A parcel tax measure for the L.A. Unified School District went down to defeat—an ugly defeat, not even achieving a majority—in a recent special election. But the measure’s biggest backers are responding in ways that show they haven’t learned their lesson. Instead of taking stock of the campaign’s many mistakes, they are suggesting they were […]
Special Legislation that Pads Trial Lawyers Pockets is Bad for California
California’s trial lawyers are having a field day in Sacramento and the latest trial-lawyer entitlement bill is just another ambulance chasing recruiting tool being masked as good public policy. At issue is AB 1510, a bill that would extend the statute of limitations for victims of USC gynecologist Dr. George Tyndall to allow lawsuits to […]
New Suburbanism – A Smart Alternative to “Smart Growth”
Solutions to California’s housing shortage invariably focus on increasing the density of preexisting cities and suburbs. Legislative solutions include SB 375, passed in 2008, which “incentivizes” cities and counties to approve high density land developments, and the failed (this time) SB 50, which would have forced cities and counties to approve high density development proposals. […]