Kamala Harris as President?

As we face yet another Sophie’s Choice election within less than three weeks, I’ve been waiting to see when and if the Trump campaign would start challenging the person who could end up being President: California Senator Kamala Harris. After all, she would be far more dangerous to the future of America than Joe Biden […]

The Age of American Nihilism

In this election year of 2020, America is tearing itself apart. It’s more than the Trump vs Biden election. I’ve never seen this country as divided as it is today, and I went through the sixties! The coronavirus, the resultant lockdowns and their economic repercussions, the repugnant murder of George Floyd, and the social upheavals […]

California’s Housing Push: Time to Press the “Pause Button”

For three years, California’s legislature has tried to pass a series of draconian housing bills that would:  Deprive cities and counties of their self-determination as local governments,  Usurp local zoning and planning policies throughout California, and  Impose fixed, state-mandated development standards upon established single-family neighborhoods, making them the state’s new frontiers for high-density development. All […]

Say Goodbye to Your Neighborhood…

California’s state legislature is now attacking established single-family neighborhoods with a flurry of harmful housing legislation that threatens their very livability. Our state government has essentially declared war against the neighborhoods of every city, county, and community in California. In the process, the state legislature has revealed its fixation on snuffing out the self-determination of […]

Corruption in Government

The Los Angeles Times recently wrote a timely editorial about “Ending City Hall Corruption” in the city of Los Angeles. Written in response to the recent arrest of City Councilman Jose Huizar for taking payoffs from developers to get their projects approved, the Times stated that the city’s development review process “…just invites corruption.” Their […]

The Cost of California’s New Housing Bills

On June 9, 2020 California’s Senate Appropriations Committee reviewed a flurry of problematical housing bills and placed them “in suspense” until their next hearing on Thursday, June 18, 2020. Between now and then, there will be discussions “behind the scenes” as to which of those bills should be amended or passed onto the Senate floor. […]

Lack of Transparency in Our State Government

Former Mayor of Chicago and former Chief of Staff to Pres. Obama, Rahm Emanuel, once said “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” By exploiting the chaos presented by the coronavirus crisis, our state legislature is doubling down on that statement. Legislators are pushing a flurry of wrongheaded housing bills that are targeting established […]