Small Business Looks at the CA Election Results
Small businesses throughout California are happy to see the ‘No’ vote on Proposition 15 holding a narrow lead, but they will watch to see if it will stick. It’s a direct dollars-and-cents issue for them because they are certain to be hit with the largest property tax increase in California history at the worst possible […]
Why Californians Should Fear San Diego’s Haunted Tower
As Californians explore what to do with thousands of buildings made empty by the pandemic, let’s avoid being as scared and stupid as San Diego. America’s Finest City has seen its civic-minded brains eaten not by zombies, but by a long-empty downtown office building. Indeed, San Diegans are so frighteningly obsessed with 101 Ash Street […]
California Consumers More Confident About the Economy, But…
The confidence of California consumers in the economy has increased somewhat, as businesses in portions of the state reopened in the wake of the pandemic. Yet, uncertainty as to the future trajectory of Covid-19 and the availability and timing of a vaccine is the wild card moving forward. According to a recent survey of Californians, […]
Unions Struggle with Ballot Measures
As often noted by political observers, public and private sector unions are strong political forces in California. While they may have once again supported candidates to their liking up and down the ballot, as this is written they have not been as successful wielding their influence on voters through ballot measures. Let’s add the proper […]
California props and hot races results: What we know and don’t know
Californian’s app-based corporate luminaries such as Uber and Lyft just waged the most expensive state ballot measure campaign in U.S. history — and it paid off big time, allowing those companies to thwart the will of all three branches of California government. By approving Proposition 22, voters allowed those companies to avoid a 2019 California labor […]
Voting in LA Was Fun
It’s hard to understand the voter suppression in so many swing states, and all those long lines. Don’t they know that voting is supposed to be fast and fun? It sure was fun in California this time. I got a mail ballot like everyone else, but decided to vote in person because there were so […]
It’s Election Day: What we’re looking at
It’s decision day for candidate and policy issues in California and many questions that have surfaced over the last few months will be decided by the voters, which will give us a good read where California stands, at least for the time being. What we are wondering about? Will Proposition 13 stand up against a […]
Californians are Voting by the Millions Does Anyone Care?
It’s Election Day—or should we call it Election Month? And it might be longer still before we know the final outcome. Voter turnouts are already breaking all records nation-wide guaranteeing that by day’s end we may not know who will be the next President of the United States. We have already doubled the numbers from […]
California’s Proposition 16 will bring discrimination, not equality — and voters see right through it
Let’s say you’re a California voter, looking at Proposition 16 on the ballot, and you don’t like what you see in this proposed amendment to repeal the state’s constitutional ban on racial preferences. Don’t feel bad about it: according to the opinion polls, you’re not alone. And the problem isn’t with you. It’s that this […]