Fallout from the Senate Scandals
Senator Leland Yee is innocent until proven guilty, but in the court of public perception his high profile arrest will ripple through the political landscape
Joel Fox
April 1, 2014
Political Scandal–Is it the Culture, Leadership or is that the Way it Always Was?
“Nowadays, people think ‘House of Cards” is a documentary.” John Pitney, Claremont McKenna College professor. Professor Pitney’s quote in the Los Angeles Times was BEFORE
Joel Fox
March 28, 2014
PPIC Poll: On Taxes Business has a Fighting Chance, the Wealthy Not so Much
Lots of numbers in the new Public Policy Institute poll but let’s concentrate on matters of importance to business. Thirty-two percent of those polled identified
Joel Fox
March 27, 2014
Let Hollywood Glamor Help all the State’s Businesses
The Los Angeles Board of Supervisors unanimously agreed to send a letter to Governor Brown supporting efforts to end runaway film production by recognizing “the
Joel Fox
March 26, 2014
Lawyer-Doctor Punch Out Begins; Beware the Wild Card
With the submission of over 800,000 initiative petition signatures yesterday by Consumer Watchdog, it appears that the expensive battle between doctors and lawyers over non-economic
Joel Fox
March 25, 2014
The Business of the Sec. of State’s Office is (also) Business
To start a business in California – register the business in Nevada. That doesn’t make sense but that is what some business people did because it took
Joel Fox
March 21, 2014
Let’s Tell the Whole Story about Taxes and Reforms
As reported in yesterday’s Los Angeles Times, Governor Jerry Brown speaking to a labor group in Sacramento “reached back in time to criticize GOP lawmakers
Joel Fox
March 19, 2014
Condoleezza Rice’s Political Future
California Republicans are definitely in need of big name star power to help bring attention to the party, and that was on display when former
Joel Fox
March 17, 2014
Friday Shorts: Newspaper Political Ads; MICRA & DUI Irony; and Would the Guv Go “Between Two Ferns”
Political ads in newspapers have pretty much gone the way of the Dodo Bird. It was interesting, therefore, to hear a comment by Aaron Kushner,
Joel Fox
March 14, 2014