On Candidate Tax Returns Bill, Legislature Didn’t Even Check the California Constitution
I’ve long been criticized as “unrealistic” for arguing that the California constitution is essentially useless and should be replaced. I’m glad to see the California legislature agrees with me. That agreement became clear during an extraordinary moment in a hearing before the California Supreme Court. The case was the legal challenge to the new state […]
Are We in a Permanent State of Fire Emergency?
Californians disagree about many things. But there seems to be one issue on which there is general consensus: The state cannot be allowed to continue catching fire! These raging conflagrations are indiscriminate killers throughout every area of the state and likely to become even more numerous, more perilous and more costly. Climate change and the […]
CalEPA studying ways to sunset the California economy
California is about to take one giant step toward following Germany’s failed climate goals which should be a wake-up all for governments everywhere. Yes, you guessed it, our legislatures have authorized CalEPA in the 2019 – 2020 California State budget and Assembly Bill AB 74 to conduct studies and identify strategies to manage the decline […]
Pension funds could lose some shareholder clout
With their massive stock holdings, CalPERS and CalSTRS have been leaders in pushing companies on issues such as sky-high executive pay, captive corporate boards that lack diversity, and hurdles to putting resolutions up for a vote by all shareholders. The two giant pension funds are out front again in a new climate-change wave pushing companies […]