Election 2020

댄 월터스

Do crises help or hurt tax hikes?

In the midst of a pandemic, a recession and myriad other crises, California voters will decide the fate of tax increase measures that would raise billions of dollars if passed.

에 의해 댄 월터스 • 8월 31, 2020

논평

Mayors’ reasons for supporting Prop. 15 don’t hold up

The justifications that only the biggest corporations will pay the tax and the implication that small businesses are protected are easily refuted.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 8월 27, 2020

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Rent control is a disincentive to build affordable housing

The primary path to the middle class for American families is through property ownership. However, for many African Americans, Latinos and other minorities, the opportunity has been out of reach because of discriminatory housing laws and economic inequality.  It’s alarming that a measure on the November ballot would make this lack of access worse and […]

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 8월 22, 2020

교육

A ballot prop that could boost racial equity among university faculty

Repealing the ban on affirmative action will make it easier for public colleges and universities to target underrepresented groups for faculty positions.

에 의해 Mikhail Zinshteyn • 8월 20, 2020

선거

At Dem convention, California Bernie delegates given virtually no chance to cause a ruckus

Delegates can't unfurl a banner, stage a walkout or heckle a speaker from the isolation of their living room couch.

에 의해 벤 크리스토퍼 • 8월 19, 2020

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Keys for getting first-time and limited-English speaking voters to participate in the election

Targeted outreach efforts are crucial for reaching first-time, low-propensity and limited-English speaking voters.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 8월 19, 2020

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Personal information measure on the ballot would allow ‘redlining’ and hurt small businesses of color

Prop. 24 creates a loophole that weakens the privacy of small businesses and hurts our Black, Latino and Asian-American small businesses the most.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 8월 18, 2020

논평

How Prop. 13 gave California’s richest corporations a multibillion-dollar tax break they didn’t want

Four decades ago, California’s corporate leaders opposed the windfall given them by Prop. 13. In November they will spend millions to protect it.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 8월 17, 2020

선거

As Trump takes aim at postal funding, could he ‘sabotage’ California’s all-mail election?

Voter rights groups warn that recent Postal Service changes could make it more difficult for voters to cast ballots in the mail this November. But Californians still have options.

에 의해 벤 크리스토퍼 • 8월 13, 2020

경제

Uber, Lyft and why California’s war over gig work is just beginning

A judge stayed an order that the ride-hailing giants must comply with California’s AB 5 contractor law, but legal arguments, a November ballot battle and big questions about organized labor loom large.

에 의해 로렌 헤플러 • 8월 13, 2020