Will the Pandemic Mean Fewer Bills and/or Fewer Laws?
In the post-coronavirus world, we are told things will change as people alter the way they do business taking lessons they learned during the lockdown. Does that apply to governing as well? The legislative process will change in the short term. Committee meetings may be limited or go to video, person-to-person lobbying, if it continues […]
Cut the Red Tape. Let’s Build Now
To say we are living in unprecedented times would be an understatement. I can’t tell you how many Zoom calls I’ve been on in the last month. I’m sure many of you can relate. This new normal has required us to adapt in order to continue taking care of business. Being ordered to stay at […]
California Avoids Addressing Causes of its High Energy Costs
Californians will continue to pay some of the highest costs for electricity and fuel use as the State unexpectedly collides catastrophically with the global pandemic that will impact businesses and employment for an unpredictable economic future. The State’s much-touted $21 billion operating-budget surplus is likely to disappear entirely due to declining tax revenues and rising […]
California’s Restaurant Industry Slowly Being Suffocated by Overregulation
It was the fourth week of the shelter-in-place order that finished off a Sonoma County restaurant called Bistro 29. “I’m just officially done,” said owner Brian Anderson, who along with his wife had spent years building the business. Anderson had battled the local government’s parking policies and problems caused by the city’s homeless population. More […]