Tom Steyer Wants a National Referendum
I’m trying to imagine how the national referendum proposed by Tom Steyer as part of his presidential platform would work. He said he trusted the people to make the laws, and that he had success using initiatives in California. Of course, his great wealth spurred those law changes in the Golden State. It would take […]
Dear San Francisco, My heart breaks for you.
I cry tsunamis for you. Please accept my thoughts and prayers. Depending on which media you read, you are now in collapse, having become either a “hellhole” or a “Third World” city. The Washington Post declared you dead (headline: “San Francisco Broke America’s Heart”), and even the Chronicle says you’re a “mess.” The summer’s best […]
Soaring Building Costs Are Slowing Housing Recovery
By all accounts, California is in the depths of a crisis. Affordable housing can’t be found in the state’s growing job centers – enjoying an economic renaissance of sorts but with no place to house a burgeoning workforce. To preserve that welcome growth, now, more than ever, there is a need to build additional housing, […]
California Attorney General an unexpected obstacle to police transparency law
Appointed to replace newly elected U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris in 2016, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra ran for his own four-year term in 2018 as a supporter of then-Gov. Jerry Brown’s law enforcement and judicial reforms. “California’s Department of Justice has modernized its police force, sponsored state legislation to require an assessment of 2015 and […]