Stubborn Coronavirus Leads to Homelessness as Top Concern for LA County Businesses
The Los Angeles County Business Federation (BizFed) released data from its annual survey and produced a surprise in businesses’ top concern. Knocking taxes and fee as the top concern after nine consecutive years was the problem of homelessness. Three-quarters of the 371 businesses responding to the survey said that homelessness was an extremely critical concern. […]
Break Up Prop 19!
Revisiting the various ballot measures, I find myself thinking about Prop 19, and wondering whether it should be on the ballot at all. The legislature put it there. But that’s not the problem with it, at least in my view (I’m perfectly happy to see Propositions 16, 17, and 18 on the ballot). The issue […]
“Why Can’t I Get My Darn Unemployment Check”
(Latest in a series since March on the pandemic’s employment impacts, and rebuilding America’s job base. The previous ones are here.) For the past two months the media in California have been running daily variations of the theme “Why Can’t I Get My Darn Unemployment Check”. Unemployed Californians tell reporters about waiting 10 weeks or […]
Disney Now Not the Happiest Place
As if we needed it, the rift between the Walt Disney Co. and the California state government widened last week, with one exasperated Disney executive blasting the state’s new restrictions that will prevent Disneyland from reopening probably until next summer – and then at 25 percent capacity. Disney has safely reopened its famous theme parks […]