The Minimum Wage Disruption
Recently, I read an announcement posted in a place of business that told customers the establishment was raising membership dues because of the minimum wage
Joel Fox
July 6, 2017
For July 4th, A Nation Divided; But Words We Believe In
One cannot write about the July 4th holiday in 2017 without acknowledging a country divided. The rhetoric is more than heated; it is boiling. Policy
Joel Fox
July 3, 2017
The Grave Issue of Increasing Property Tax Revenue
My fellow Baby Boomers and I can help raise tax revenue for schools and local governments—all we have to do is die. That’s the message
Joel Fox
June 30, 2017
The Schwarzenegger-Garcetti Climate Change Road Show
Yesterday may have been the initial stop of a Schwarzenegger-Garcetti road show promoting support by subnational governments for the Paris Climate Change Accord. At least,
Joel Fox
June 29, 2017
Midterm Election Voter Turnout Will Influence Type of Initiatives on Ballot
A new report from the Public Policy Institute of California describes “missing voters” both in comparing California voter registration to other states and voter turnout
Joel Fox
June 27, 2017
The Health Care Issue in California and Beyond
Good move, Mr. Speaker. The single payer health care measure incorporated in Senate Bill 562 was “woefully incomplete” as Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon declared. Rendon’s
Joel Fox
June 26, 2017
Return of the “San Francisco Democrats”
While San Francisco Bay Area politicians dominated California politics over the past couple of decades as the state became more Democratic, the term “San Francisco
Joel Fox
June 23, 2017
California Single Payer Health Care Rush
Echoes of California’s fabled Gold Rush can be heard in the proposal for single payer health care—but instead of migrants taking gold nuggets out of
Joel Fox
June 22, 2017
In Governor’s Race, Left Turns Worry Business Community
In deep blue California, many Democratic gubernatorial candidates have their left turn blinker on constantly supporting policy moves in a progressive and risky direction. How
Joel Fox
June 21, 2017