Californians would see a minor decrease in gas prices at the pump if voters approve Proposition 6 and repeal the gasoline tax. But aside from this small change, the only other immediate effect would be the continued poor quality of the roads servicing the agricultural areas of our state.
Our rural neighborhood has been overrun by marijuana growers. Too many of them seem to have little regard for our canyon’s beauty. They run heavy equipment, do unpermitted grading on steep slopes, and run heavy water tanker trucks on our narrow road.
The next governor is going to need to do more than simply decry the cost of a split-level suburban home to solve one of the state’s worst human crises.
Publicly held corporations are more profitable and productive when women serve on the boards. SB 826 is a reasonable approach that would require publicly traded corporations based in California to have at least one woman on their boards.
By Mark Herbert Mark Herbert of Concord is Small Business Majority’s California director, mherbert@smallbusinessmajority.org. He wrote this commentary for CALmatters. Loans can make an entrepreneur’s dreams come true, but they can just as easily destroy those dreams. Leila Bardales found that out the hard way. Leila and her husband, part of Small Business Majority’s network […]
By Peter Dreier Peter Dreier is E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics and founding chair of the Urban & Environmental Policy Department at Occidental College, dreier@oxy.edu. He wrote this commentary for CALmatters. Almost half of California’s population–17 million people–are renters. Many of them spend more than half of their income on rent, plunging many full-time […]
By Grant Deary and Carol Burger Grant Deary is executive vice president overseeing marketing and external affairs for Nor-Cal Beverage Co., grantd@ncbev.com. Carol Burger is president of Burger Rehabilitation Systems, info@burgerrehab.com. They wrote this commentary for CALmatters. Family business owners look to the next quarter-century, not just the next quarter. We treat our employees as […]