Is Texas Becoming a California Colony?
I pulled my rental car over to a curb in Plano, Texas, next to the site of Toyota’s future North American headquarters, to be staffed
Joe Mathews
May 29, 2014
Author: Joe Mathews
Connecting California Columnist and Editor, Zócalo Public Square, Fellow at the Center for Social Cohesion at Arizona State University and co-author of California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix It (UC Press, 2010)
Santa Barbara Deserves a Special Session
Gov. Jerry Brown would be wise to convene a special session, as soon as possible, to look hard at the shootings in Santa Barbara. The
Joe Mathews
May 28, 2014
Go Ahead, Texas: Just Try to Recruit This Californian
I forgive you, Toyota. I now know firsthand what it’s like to be recruited to the suburbs of north Dallas, the region that just stole
Joe Mathews
May 22, 2014
Very Small Steps Forward on Ballot Initiative System
SB 1253 hasn’t gotten much attention, but it deserves more. The legislation, backed by Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, proposes several very small improvements
Joe Mathews
May 20, 2014
My Horrible, Hopeful L.A. Commute
If you want to know why this column isn’t better, I’ve got an excuse for you: I have a killer Southern California commute. Since I
Joe Mathews
May 19, 2014
Flood LAX Anyway, Gov Brown
I’m out of state this week, having flown out of LAX. This flight – and another one two weeks ago – took me out of
Joe Mathews
May 16, 2014
Hold the Champagne on Prop 13 ‘Reform’
Nothing is so depressing about California governance as the triumphs. Make that “supposed” triumphs. The media and pundits are over the moon about a minor,
Joe Mathews
May 15, 2014
Would the Rainy Day Fund Make Prop 98 Even More Complicated?
The three-part formula that is Prop 98, our state’s education funding guarantee, is famously complicated, as I’ve written elsewhere you might think that no one
Joe Mathews
May 13, 2014
Why Would You Insure the California Budget With the Stock Market?
Governor Brown’s rainy day fund proposal called for filling a reserve fund with capital gains tax revenues that exceed a certain amount. Details of a
Joe Mathews
May 9, 2014