2016: The Year of the Initiative
The legislature is back in town this week but in the major policy issues department the legislature is likely to be a sideshow in what
Joel Fox
January 4, 2016
Author: Joel Fox
Editor and Co-Publisher of Fox and Hounds Daily
2015 Black Bart Award Winner: Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom
I once invited Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom to speak to a class I teach at Pepperdine University with the admittedly too flippant remark, “What else
Joel Fox
December 18, 2015
Black Bart Nominee: Symbol of New Politics in CA—Steve Glazer
California politics are changing and there is no greater symbol of that change than state Senator Steve Glazer. Glazer represents a new division in state
Joel Fox
December 16, 2015
And They’re Off—First Debate on a 2016 Ballot Initiative
It’s not even 2016 yet but the first debate over a probable initiative on the November 2016 ballot took place in Dana Point yesterday when
Joel Fox
December 15, 2015
Prop 13’s “Wonderful Life”
Christmas time brings out showings of the classic film, It’s a Wonderful Life, in which an angel shows the main character, George Bailey, what life
Joel Fox
December 14, 2015
Biz Response to “Coercive Power” of Government–More Surcharges
In Paris, Gov. Jerry Brown gave every indication that government will continue to force businesses to respond in certain ways. He called it using the “coercive
Joel Fox
December 10, 2015
A Refugee Story of Yesterday and Today
In a feat of deft literary juggling, former Sacramento Bee editorial editor Peter Schrag has written a memoir with his father about their escape from
Joel Fox
December 9, 2015
Voters Say Too Many Initiatives—But Keep Them Coming
According to the recent Public Policy Institute of California poll, state residents like the initiative process but think too many initiatives appear on the ballot.
Joel Fox
December 4, 2015
Poll Questions Importance of Ballot Measures
With a potentially long ballot of initiatives facing voters next November, the Public Policy Institute of California asked voters the importance of some of the
Joel Fox
December 3, 2015