Courts, Plagues and Politics
To the conspiracy minded, one might think when it comes to jurisprudence, the coronavirus plague is a scheme thought up by criminal justice reformers to advance their agenda. Consider the movements of late to reduce the number of prisoners and eliminate bail. Because of the coronavirus those things are happening now in California. The California […]
CARB’s Rush to Rulemaking
Public health officials are projecting that new COVID-19 cases will continue to increase, and California’s chief medical advisor is expressing fears of a surge in patients by mid-April. The primary focus of the state is exactly where it should be: readying the state for increased rate of infection, providing care for the sick and vulnerable, […]
State Bond Failure Is a Great Opportunity for Schools
The defeat of Prop 13—the school bond on the March ballot—has caused worry and concern, particularly among those of us who want more support for schools. I think it’s a huge opening. Prop 13 wasn’t really about schools. It was about school buildings, of which California has plenty. What California needs is more education. And […]
Countering Layoffs, Lessons From The First Week Of The CARES Act: The Coronavirus Workplace Series
(This is the fourth in a series on the impacts of the coronavirus on employment and the workplace. The first three are here.) Government and private sector businesses are moving so rapidly during the first week of the $2 trillion CARES Act, that we can already draw some lessons going forward. This is so especially […]