Communities throughout California are under siege from Sacramento. On a continual and ongoing basis, cities and counties are constantly playing defense, trying to battle a
Now is the time for policy, not politics. Now is the time to get beyond the immigration word games like calling those “anti-immigrant” who in
While I was walking back to my seat in the Metropolitan Water District Board Room after having made comments in support of the California Water
Cities in California are already starting to crash and burn because of an unsustainable pension system for public employees. With CalPERS expected to significantly raise
Attending the US Conference of Mayors in January, I was struck by one particularly distressing and costly observation. Local governments are great at doing any
In a city in which an election was won four years ago by seven votes, every vote should count. But only the votes that should
Inspired by the Dalai Lama, Anaheim Mayor Tom Tait created the “City of Kindness” initiative. The goal is as simple as the initiative’s title: people
After yesterday’s news that Republican Senate leaders will not even consider any Supreme Court nominee until a new president is in office, current President Obama