California’s 4.2 percent unemployment rate is at a 10-year low. Wages are accelerating at their fastest pace in nearly a decade. But prospective home buyers continue to see sticker shock, with median prices still hovering in the $530,000 range. The affordability problem must be addressed and fast if California is to remain a place where middle class people can live.
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Posted inElection 2018, Politics
“A Failing Franchise:” Is the California GOP doomed?
Sporting starred and striped jackets and “Make America Great Again” hats, the California Republicans who gathered on election night in the U.S. Grant Hotel in downtown San Diego were in a remarkably chipper mood. They cheered when the results came in from Florida, showing the GOP candidate won the narrow race for governor. They lustily […]
Posted inElection 2018, Politics
Gas tax repeal leader’s Plan B: Try to pick off Democrats one-by-one
Even if Proposition 6 fails, its chief proponent has painted a target on the backs of two more state Democrats.
Posted inCommentary, Dan Walters
Two education bills do the right things
Overcoming powerful opposition, the Legislature passed two bills that would, if signed, make it easier for adolescent students to learn and easier for older students to obtain college degrees.
Posted inCommentary
Commentary: Legislature muffs a chance to improve the lives of our children
California legislators had a rare opportunity this year to make a significant improvement in the lives of millions of children at little or no cost – and they muffed it. Senate Bill 328, which would prohibit California’s middle and high schools from beginning classes before 8:30 a.m., passed the Senate but was overwhelmingly rejected by […]
Posted inEducation, K-12 Education
A later start to the school day? Why California could delay the bell
Update: Senate Bill 328 to delay school start times stalled in the Assembly during the Legislature’s final days. The author said he’ll revive the proposal in 2018, the second in a two-year legislative session. Coaxing groggy teenagers out of bed and onto an early morning school bus is a challenge for many parents. Democratic state […]