Despite obituaries being drafted “polling” is not dead.
Many national pollsters and research organizations are bound to be thrown under the Biden Bus or hit by the Trump Train – and some for good reasons. There’s still much we don’t know, so it’s too soon for a deep dive on better and worse methodologies, though worth mentioning, predictions made in California seem to […]
NY Times Says CA “Sorely Needs Revenue.” An Analysis
A recent article in the New York Times about election results in California included the following sentence (underline added by me): “A measure that would have raised taxes on commercial landlords to raise billions for a state that sorely needs revenue also seemed on track for defeat.” The reporters did not provide support for their […]
Home State Advantage: What a Vice President Kamala Harris means for California
Goodbye, state of resistance. Hello, state of influence. California’s status has shifted dramatically with the election of Joe Biden as the next president. The reasons are both political — deep blue California will have more inroads to a White House controlled by Democrats — and personal: For just the second time in American history, a […]
California Legislature Rebuked by Voters
Measured against a number of statewide ballot propositions, the California legislature apparently has a different vision on governing the state than the people they serve. Importantly, two measures that challenged legislative actions intended to lead policy change across the nation were upended by voters. A couple of ballot questions placed on the ballot by the […]
Killing the Golden Goose
“I’m a business person. I don’t need folks to start lecturing me on regulations and costs of doing business.” – Governor Gavin Newsom while addressing the Bay Area Council in 2019 The California economy is a sick patient, having been infected with Covid-19 back in March. While currently recovering from its recession, the economy is […]
California Voters Reject Rent Control – Again
Some affordable housing advocates just don’t get it. They keep trying to convince state voters that rent control is a good thing. It’s not. And a strong majority of Californians agree. It’s particularly shameful that strong backing for Proposition 21 – this year’s rent control initiative – came from those in the state legislature who […]
Voters help big business override California lawmakers
Jeff Clayton remembers the day, two years ago, when California passed a law that would put his industry out of business in the state. The ban on money bail — which Democrats advanced saying it would bring more fairness in the criminal justice system — would devastate companies in the American Bail Coalition that Clayton […]
California And The Nation: Record Turnouts, Tight Races
Muddle-headed from sleep deprivation, we try to make sense of the ongoing election chaos. We also look at California races. Inside Golden State Politics podcast. Nancy Boyarsky is the producer and director of Inside Golden State Politics.
The Crime Issue Isn’t What It Used To Be in California
Once upon a time, only three decades ago, crime and punishment were a powerful political message in California. No more. Results of the November election indicate that voters are looking for different avenues to deal with crime and punishment issues. The state that pioneered the Three Strikes movement and built new prisons to accommodate many […]