On California by David Crane | Substack

The governor and legislature must step up.

Mar 22

New Top Community

State employees in California retire as early as age 50 with pensions that divert money from higher education and other programs. That diversion would…

Mar 19

California’s government diverts resources from young people to special interests. As an example, in 1999 its state legislature and governor granted a…

Mar 12

Among the 2700+ bills introduced so far this year by California state legislators are dozens proposing new programs to be funded by the state’s General…

Mar 4

I’ve dedicated the last 20 years to California state policy and politics, the first seven years as a special advisor to Governor Schwarzenegger and the…

Feb 20

Most decisions about discretionary federal spending depend on who wins elections. Eg, the climate-related provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act…

Feb 14

$118 billion of the $631 billion being spent this fiscal year by the State of California is for K-12 Education: That’s more than twice what the state…

Feb 3

In my last post, I reported that the State of California is spending $631 billion in the current fiscal year (July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023). Today…

Jan 29

On California by David Crane

About Archive Sitemap

#nojs-banner { position: fixed; bottom: 0; left: 0; padding: 16px 16px 16px 32px; width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; background: red; color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13px; } #nojs-banner a { color: inherit; text-decoration: underline; } This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please turn on JavaScript or unblock scripts