San Francisco’s Not So Universal Basic Income for Artists
San Francisco proposes to pay artists $1,000 a month as part of the movement for a Universal Basic Income, this while the city sees many markers of decline due to the coronavirus, a hole in the city budget and multiple tax increases facing city voters on the coming ballot. While an unbalanced Universal Basic Income […]
Reading the Props: 22 Would Make Uber and Lyft the Kings of the World.
Every two years, I read the full text of all statewide ballot propositions—because at least one Californian should. Next is Prop. 22 In retrospect, Lex Luthor’s ambitions were modest. He only wanted Australia. Uber, Lyft and DoorDash, the firms behind Prop 22, are bent on world domination. And this initiative, titled “The Protect App-Based Drivers […]
The California Business Roundtable Supports Proposition 16
The California Business Roundtable (CBRT) Board of Directors has voted to support Proposition 16, the November ballot measure that will repeal Prop 209 and remove the ban on affirmative action involving race-based or sex-based preferences from the California Constitution. The Board of Directors voted to support Prop. 16 as part of a broader ongoing commitment […]
Political Potholes and California Ballot Propositions: On the Rocky Road to Election Day
When is a ballot drop box not a ballot drop box? We dig into the controversy over Republicans distributing their own unofficial drop boxes and examine other potholes on the rocky road to election day. We also explain some of the propositions on the California ballot. Listen at Inside Golden State Politics.