by jpitney | Apr 9, 2021 | California Politics
At LAT, Mark Z. Barabak explodes the myth that huge masses of Californians are pouring into Texas. The nonpartisan California Policy Lab found that most people who moved in 2020 remained within the state, many trading city life for more suburban or rural areas. The...
by jpitney | Jan 17, 2021 | California Politics, Civility, Democracy, Religion
An open letter to Speaker Pelosi and Leader McCarthy from the San Francisco-based Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC), the California Legislative Jewish Caucus and the JCRC of Silicon Valley: The California Jewish community is appalled by the events on January 6...
by jpitney | Dec 5, 2020 | California Politics
Kenneth Miller, a professor of government at Claremont McKenna College, has a new book titled Texas v. California. The description from Oxford University Press: Texas and California are the leaders of Red and Blue America. As the nation has polarized, its most...
by jpitney | Nov 18, 2020 | California Politics, Civility, Local Government
Erica L. Manuel at CalMatters: Local elected officials can and should step up and lead by example to model unity and encourage public trust and confidence. Cities statewide can view the recent election as the proverbial “reset button” and embrace changes to the...
by jpitney | Sep 9, 2020 | California Politics, Civility, Internet
George Skelton at the Los Angeles Times: Legislators are reflective of the people who elect them — not just in ideology but in behavior. That’s the way it was set up and it works — for better or worse. When people communicate through technology rather than in person,...
