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Brown Administration Official Claims "Delta Can't Be Saved"
By Dan BacherRecreational anglers, commercial fishermen, Indian tribal leaders, family farmers, environmentalists, Delta residents and many elected officials strongly oppose the Bay Delta Conservation...
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Don't Blame Obama for Gun Control Defeat
By Randy ShawNY Times columnist Maureen Dowd has never liked Barack Obama, so it was fitting that she blamed him for the Senate's failure to break a GOP-led filibuster on gun control bills. According...
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Showdown on California Fracking Moratorium Set for Monday
By Dan AielloA key committee vote on legislation calling for a halt to hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in California that would effectively stop out of state oil companies from reaching California's...
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The Hollowing Out of Government
By Robert ReichThe West Texas chemical and fertilizer plant where at least 15 were killed and more than 200 injured a few weeks ago hadn't been fully inspected by the Occupational Safety and Health...
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"Other People's Children": The Corollary of Bad Policy
By Mark NaisonFor some time, I have argued that School Reform is the most destructive bi-partisan initiative we have suffered in the United States since the Vietnam War, a policy which has, and will...
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Building Transportation Infrastructure in a Broken Political System
By Robert CruickshankOver at his blog, Alon Levy has an interesting post calling for more democracy in the planning and authorization of transportation infrastructure. Levy points to Switzerland as an...
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Paying the Debt of War
By Rev. Jim ConnSome 53 percent of Americans say that the second Iraq war was a mistake. A recent Los Angeles Times article asked if the war brought change for the better. But no one asks what that war...
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Garcetti, Backed by Tenant Groups, Wins L.A. Mayor's Race
By Randy ShawEric Garcetti has won a 53%-46% victory in the Los Angeles mayor's race following a tough campaign against Wendy Greuel. Greuel sought to become the city's first female mayor, but was a...
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Members of Congress Slam Brown's Peripheral Tunnel Plan
By Dan BacherOn the banks of the Sacramento River less than a mile from the State Capitol on May 30, five Members of Congress from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta region held a press conference...
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Bringing Worker Power to the State Capitol
By Angie WeiLegislative deadline weeks in the Capitol usually bring out all of the well-heeled suits representing a cacophony of corporate interests. Every industry's got a lobbyist (or several) moving...
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Can Elites Convince Victims of Top-Down Policies to Blame Themselves?
By Randy ShawIn The Unwinding, New Yorker political writer George Packer argues that elite-driven economic policies have negatively "unwound" the lives of millions of Americans. This view is hardly...
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Dramatic Day of Debate and Decision on Medi-Cal Expansion and the State Budget
By Anthony WrightSaturday, the California Legislature passed historic legislation to expand Medi-Cal to over one million Californians, as well as key budget trailer bills that restore many dental...
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AB 880: "Walmart Loophole" Bill Faces Vote This Week
By Steve SmithWhen AB 880 comes up for a vote this week in the California Assembly, lawmakers will be given a rare (and dare we say golden) opportunity. California has the chance to lead the nation in...
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For Marriage Equality, It Took a Movement
By Randy ShawThe Supreme Court's striking down DOMA and Prop 8 sent a powerful message about the ongoing power of grassroots movements to bring about social change. These rulings could not have come a...
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Gov. Brown Signs Historic Medi-Cal Expansion with State Budget
By Anthony WrightYesterday, calling it a "big day for school kids, and a big day for Californians who don't have health care," Governor Jerry Brown signed the 2013-14 state budget along with historic...
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