Gavin the Magician Tries Sleight-of-Hand With Gas Prices
The key to a successful magic performance is to keep your audience’s attention away from the movement that makes the magic trick work. Governor Gavin Newsom plays the magician when he calls for an Attorney General investigation of oil companies for overcharging gas prices. That move keeps voters’ eyes away from the chief reason for […]
Los Angeles County’s Got a New Voting System. Will it Work?
These are busy times for the many volunteers helping Los Angeles County officials educate voters on a new system for the March 3 primary that will revolutionize voting in the nation’s most populous county. Say good-bye to the familiar neighborhood polling place. Voters will have to find their way to centralized voting centers or vote […]
Forced upzoning is bad policy, but here’s how we can mitigate its impacts
A number of bills in the legislature would attempt to “solve” the state’s housing challenges by overriding local municipal zoning ordinances and statutorily allowing developers to build up to Sacramento-mandated levels of density. The most notable of these bills is SB50, which has no provisions to make any of the housing built affordable, but espouses […]
Climate Litigation Brings Divisiveness Instead of Unity to California
In the run-up to the 2020 election, voters have been tuning in to a series of debates, and town halls featuring the Democratic candidates, several of which were dedicated solely to global warming and climate change (GWCC). However, new polling found GWCC “barely registers as a priority issue.” Voters are more concerned about the economy, […]