The CA Bullet Train is Not Dead, Just Ask Joe Biden
In the pundit and prognostication business you sometimes have to own up when you get a prediction wrong and I find myself in that place in relation to California’s high-speed rail. Less than a month ago, I wrote a column under the headline: Don’t Look for the Next President to Rescue the Bullet Train. Then […]
California Small Business Owners Thankful Federal, Not State, Policies Drive the Economy
After a brief hiccup over a government shutdown, the small-business economy across America is back humming, according to the latest Small Business Economic Trends (SBET) report released today. Now, it remains to be seen how much damage California policymakers can do to it with purposely self-inflicted wounds. Federal policies have always prevailed over state ones, […]
California’s Per Pupil Spending
New Haven Unified School District students are finally returning to school this week after the district and teachers reached agreement on a new contract. But a close vote and angry words are signs no one is happy. The settlement is temporary, just as in LA and Oakland earlier this year. That’s because the district and the […]
More Than Just Another Piece of Nonsense Legislation
Nobody in the United States Patent Office ever actually said, “Everything that can be invented has been invented.” The faux-quotation was a joke that became famous sometime around 1900, when there was a general feeling of being overwhelmed by the fast-paced development of new technology and gadgetry. Similarly, nobody in California ever said, “Everything that […]