Following Mass Shootings Will Major New Gun Laws Come to California?
The gun issue moved to the top of the policy agenda after more than 30 tragic deaths from mass shootings over the weekend. California has some of the toughest gun laws in the country, so one wonders what lawmakers would do or could do in response to the latest shootings beyond rhetorical hits against President […]
The Possibilities of Zoning
Webster defines zoning as “dividing into zones, tracts or areas according to existing characteristics or as distinguished for some purpose.” In today’s urban environments, it’s the last five words in the definition of zoning that really matter – for housing, at least. Indeed, it’s those five words – as distinguished for some purpose – that […]
Lawsuits Multiply Against Law Requiring Tax Returns for Ballot Access
A lawsuit by Rocky De La Fuente was filed last week challenging the constitutionality of SB 27 (McGuire and Wiener), the bill signed by Governor Gavin Newsom requiring presidential and gubernatorial candidates to file tax returns to get on California primary ballots. That federal suit was filed in the Southern District of California by De […]
In a Raucous Country, Our Sense of Unity Has Often Emerged Through Conflict
Americans of wildly disparate backgrounds have managed to find common ground over the course of the country’s history. But the process of cohering has been haphazard, raucous, messy and cruel, said distinguished scholars at a Zócalo/National Steinbeck Center event. The panel discussion—titled “Did Americans Ever Get Along?” and held before a full house at the […]