Posted by Victoria Rome in Curbing Pollution , U.S. Law and Policy
When pushing up against a deadline, do you feel more productive? There's something about human nature that causes us to submit a work product at 11:59 to meet a midnight deadline. The California legislature is no different. After going through...
Posted by Victoria Rome in U.S. Law and Policy
During a recent family vacation in Colorado, I relished the absence of daily news about California's budget woes. It was a welcome reprieve to spend a week recreating, visiting with family and friends, and forgetting the budget deficit and California...
Posted by Victoria Rome in U.S. Law and Policy
California's budget deficit is bad and getting worse as revenues decline along with the sagging economy. The urgency of the situation requires consideration of both spending cuts and new revenues. But it's hard to understand how Governor Schwarzenegger and the Legislature...
Posted by Victoria Rome in U.S. Law and Policy
California voters face a dizzying array of 12 state initiatives this November in addition to regional and local measures that may be on the ballot. The state initiatives cover a wide-range of issues from energy policy to animal confinement...
