By Daniel Weintraub -
Published: Sunday, May 31 2009 - 12:00 am
Last week's decision by the California Supreme Court upholding Proposition 8 was hailed and criticized around the country as an important development in the ongoing legal and political battle over the definition of marriage.
By Daniel Weintraub -
Updated: Thursday, May 21 2009 - 6:26 pm
With interest groups on the right and left uniting to defeat Tuesday's slate of ballot propositions, it's impossible to know whether Californians were more opposed to the tax increases that were part of the package or to the spending limit that one of the ballot measures would have placed in the constitution.
Published: Sunday, May 17 2009 - 12:00 am
Whatever happens in Tuesday's special election, California's government will be struggling to make ends meet for years to come.
By Daniel Weintraub -
Published: Wednesday, May 6 2009 - 12:00 am
No matter what happens in the special election May 19, California's government finances will remain a mess. It took years of mismanagement and economic misfortune for the state to dig itself into this hole, and it is going to take many years to climb out of it.
By Daniel Weintraub -
Updated: Wednesday, April 29 2009 - 8:18 am
Proposition 1C, the proposal to expand the state lottery and then borrow against the proceeds, seems like bad policy on several fronts.
By Daniel Weintraub -
Updated: Sunday, April 26 2009 - 10:35 am
When the chinook salmon come back to the San Joaquin River, it will be a miracle. But the wonder of the river's restoration won't be in the biology involved, which is well established.
By Daniel Weintraub -
Updated: Wednesday, April 22 2009 - 8:17 am
Proposition 1B would perpetuate the tangled mess of constitutional strings that tie the state budget in knots and make balancing it so difficult for the legislators we hire to do the job.
By Daniel Weintraub -
Updated: Wednesday, April 22 2009 - 12:07 am
Children destined to be part of the first "homegrown majority" in the state's history are reaching adulthood and will soon be moving into the workplace, government and positions of influence in the state.
By Daniel Weintraub -
Published: Wednesday, April 15 2009 - 12:00 am
Today is tax day, and the natives are restless. Around the country and here in California, anti-tax groups are planning a series of "tea parties" to protest the rising burden of government and the services it provides.