By Mary Plummer at KPCC March 24, 2016 Just hours after news that a ballot measure to raise California’s minimum wage to $15 is now eligible for the statewide ballot in November, business leaders across the state vowed to fight … Continue reading
By Daniel Borenstein at Contra Costa Times March 24, 2016 BART has cynically turned the service disruption at the end of the Bay Point line into a propaganda opportunity to promote its upcoming $3.5 billion bond measure. Agency engineers have … Continue reading
By Christopher Cadelago in The Sacramento Bee March 24, 2016 There’s been little positive buzz of late about California’s high-speed rail system. Gov. Jerry Brown, among its biggest boosters, seldom brings up the ambitious and expensive infrastructure project. And the … Continue reading
By Drew Gonshorowski at The Daily Signal March 21, 2016 On the third year of the Affordable Care Act exchanges, it is becoming more apparent that the promises of cost-saving and premium reduction may be reserved only for people who are … Continue reading
By Jon Coupal at California Political Review March 22, 2016 Three recent news stories illustrate why, to those not drawing a check from taxpayers, government has become about as popular as a swarm of mosquitoes carrying the Zika virus. Story … Continue reading
By Dale Kasler and Ryan Sabalow in The Sacramento Bee March 22, 2016 A potentially major new fight has erupted over Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan to build two huge tunnels beneath the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, and this time the protests are coming … Continue reading
By Jim Miller in The Sacramento Bee March 22, 2016 A ballot measure that would increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2021 is headed for the November ballot, elections officials said Tuesday. The Secretary of State’s Office … Continue reading
By Joel Kotkin at California Political Review March 18, 2016 Journalists in older cities like New York, Boston or San Francisco may see the role of rail transit as critical to a functioning modern city. In reality, rail transit has … Continue reading
By Tony Bizjak in The Sacramento Bee March 17, 2016 The California state auditor has criticized the Department of Transportation’s approach to highway maintenance, saying Caltrans has “weak cost controls” that “create opportunities for fraud, waste and abuse.” In a … Continue reading
By Dan Walters in The Sacramento Bee March 17, 2016 Those charged with building California’s north-south bullet train system have been more or less making it up as they go along. Preliminary construction is underway on a 118-mile stretch of … Continue reading