City Finances Squeezed by Pensions
Perhaps the most telling comment in response to the California State Auditor’s report on the financial health of the state’s cities came from a League of Cities official who complained that the auditor was working off old figures because cities have approved new taxes and other measures to improve finances. The crux of the matter […]
California’s Direct Democracy Recession
California made history in its direct democracy in this decade, the 2010s. Our state had the fewest statewide ballot measures in modern history. Ballotpedia found in a new report that between 2010 and 2019, there were only 69 statewide measures, the fewest number of measures since the establishment of the initiative and referendum in 1911. […]
Summary of Uber/Lyft/DoorDash Initiative
(Editor’s Note: This summary by Chris Micheli discusses the initiative filed yesterday by Uber, Lyft and DoorDash as in response to AB 5, the measure signed by Gov. Newsom to establish the California Supreme Court’s Dynamex decision on worker classification into law.) Section 1. The proposed initiative adds new Chapter 10.5 to Division 3 of […]
California law nudges NCAA into action on athlete pay
As California’s new student-athlete compensation law continues to spark a nationwide movement, the NCAA Tuesday agreed to allow college players to sign paid endorsement deals, but left itself room to define the terms of those agreements. The decision, which even in its limited form represents a dramatic shift for college sports economics, could ease the […]