Racial Soul-Searching and White Comfort
During this time of national reflection on racial issues, the terms white privilege, white supremacy, and white power have been bandied about plentifully. A different term has been offered up by eminent Los Angeles civil rights attorney, Connie Rice, in assessing the potential outcomes from current protests: white comfort. I asked Rice where this latest […]
Rebuilding California’s Job Base
How can we rebuild California’s job base? The latest employment numbers released last week should provide the sense of urgency. An additional 267,123 new unemployment claims were filed just for the one week ending July 4, bringing the total to over 7.4 million claims filed in California since mid-March, and $41.5 billion paid out in […]
The Garcetti Economy Was Not Ready For The Coronavirus Pandemic
Since hitting the U.S. earlier this year, the coronavirus epidemic has wracked the nation, tragically taking the lives of over 100,000 Americans. It has also put significant stress on our country’s economy, causing millions of people to lose their jobs while straining cities and states nationwide in the process. While the latest U.S. job numbers […]
California Must Do Better in Delivering Services
Dear Legislators, We are increasingly concerned about poor performance of critical state services. According to the US Department of Labor, in June only 52 percent of First-Time Claims for unemployment in California were addressed within 14 days and according to the San Francisco Chronicle, teachers at San Francisco Unified School District have been given no […]