Uneasy Rhetoric

It’s been out for a week, but I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention that the California Budget Project released the latest edition of Locked Out (pdf), a report that looks at housing in California. Much of the news in it isn’t new, but it is useful to know the numbers behind some of [...]

A cool breeze and temperatures down into the frigid mid-80s have probably made last week’s heat wave a distant memory for many. But according an article in the San Francisco Chronicle, we can expect a lot more heat waves in the near (not in the far, oh so distant) future.
According to the article, by [...]

If you’re a policy wonk like me, you’re constantly on the lookout for juicy studies, briefs, and toilet paper. A couple of people at UC Berkeley have taken it upon themselves to compile “a quick and easy update on what’s new in California public policy research.”
The California Policy Inbox aggregates research from several dozen [...]

If there is one thing that is changing faster than the global climate, it is the rate at which scientists (and by “scientists” I am most definitely not including economists) and even nonscientists are abandoning the stance that global warming may not be at least a partial byproduct of human activity.
In today’s Bee, Dan Weintraub [...]

The Secretary of State has assigned the ballot numbers for the propositions on this November’s special election (via the Roundup for Wednesday July 6th.):
Proposition 73: Parental notification for abortion
Proposition 74: Teacher tenure
Proposition 75: Union dues checkoff
Proposition 76: Live Within Our Means budget reform
Proposition 77: Reapportionment
Proposition 78: Prescription drugs (industry-sponsored)
Proposition 79: Prescription drugs (consumer/labor-sponsored)
Proposition 80: Electricity [...]