by jpitney | Jun 24, 2024 | California Politics, Economic Policy
Reis Thebault at WP: Two years ago, California was so flush that Gov. Gavin Newsom was moved to make a bold declaration about the state’s estimated $100 billion budget surplus.and presidential bona fides…But fast-forward to 2024 and the situation has swung...
by jpitney | Jun 19, 2024 | California Politics, Housing
From the California Association of Realtors: Mortgage rates that surged to their highest levels since late last year hampered California home sales in May on both a monthly and an annual basis, while the statewide median home price exceeded $900,000 for the second...
by jpitney | Jun 10, 2024 | California Politics, Economic Policy
Manfred Keil and Ethan Sattley at The Sun: California has the highest state unemployment rate, at 5.3%, beating Nevada by 0.2 percentage points. South Dakota is in first place with 2.0%. While we do not see you packing your bags for a move to the Badlands or even a...
by jpitney | Jun 3, 2024 | California Politics, Crime, Local Government, Technology
Dreier Roundtable Fellow Nathaniel Worley won the Government Department award for best thesis: Police Flight Oversight: LAPD Drone as First Responder Implementation Abstract This thesis explores the feasibility of implementing a Drone as First Responder (DFR) program...
by jpitney | Jun 2, 2024 | California Politics
Democratic Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas on CA: “You’re not going to convince me that residents today are better off than they were a decade ago. And that’s a problem.” I reminded him that Democrats have controlled state government the whole...
by jpitney | May 30, 2024 | California Politics, Housing
Christine Mai-Duc at WSJ: When California legislators voted in 2021 to eliminate zoning laws that require neighborhoods to have only single family homes, supporters celebrated it as a tool to alleviate the state’s crippling housing shortage. Opponents said it heralded...
