How NCAA Athletes and Your Privacy are Linked
Will legislators consider that two seemingly different policy choices debated currently share a similar principle and therefore require a like solution? I’m looking at Senate Bill 206 by Sens. Nancy Skinner of Berkeley and Steve Bradford of Gardena to allow college athletes to be paid for the money-making use of their name, image, and likenesses, […]
Keep Trump on the California Ballot
No Californian in their right mind should vote for Donald Trump. But plenty of Californians aren’t in their right minds, and these sad souls have rights too. And they should be able to vote for the incumbent president for re-election on the Republican presidential primary ballot in California. Unfortunately, a well-intentioned—if plainly unconstitutional—bill, SB 27, […]
Finally, California residents get a real WIN from SCAQMD
After maintaining an adversarial front toward industry and citizenry alike for decades, the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) finally acquiesced, by a narrow margin, to give up one fight. All California residents got something from the SCAQMD vote on Saturday June 26th that they seldom get from the 1,000 or so bills that […]
Report Today on Latino Economic Well-Being in California
The California Latino Economic Institute (CLEI), the leading organization serving as a catalyst to grow the Latino middle class in California, today released The State of Latino Economic Well-Being in California. Latinos are the largest racial or ethnic group in California. However, on almost every measure examined in the study, Latino outcomes are below those […]