Elect Shiloh Ballard to help troubled Valley Water board
Click here for a complete list of our election recommendations. The mission of the Santa Clara Valley Water District should be a simple one: provide a reliable water supply to …
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California’s $10 billion Prop. 4 favors politics over sound policy
Nearly 100 different projects are included in plans for spending of the billion from Proposition 4, including 0 million to develop a management plan for the Salton Sea, above. (AP Photo/Marcio …
Prop. 2 fails to fix broken California school bond program.
California’s program for funding school construction is broken, favoring local districts that already have access to money over those that don’t. A statewide $10 billion bond measure on the …
California Medi-Cal measure locks in special-interest funding
Proposition 35, the Medi-Cal funding measure on the Nov. 5 ballot, presents another example of special-interest ballot-box budgeting that limits the discretion of lawmakers and reduces flexibility to respond …
California voters should OK modest minimum-wage increase
As California voters consider whether to increase the state’s minimum wage, they should keep in mind that the proposed hike is very modest and would benefit the neediest workers …
Voters should reject rent control and landlords’ revenge
California voters will be asked this fall to expand rent control with a statewide ballot measure similar to ones they wisely rejected in 2018 and 2020. Supply-and-demand economic principles today are …
Teamsters president keeps Democrats, GOP on their toes
President Biden and former President Trump are gunning for an endorsement from the Teamsters union, but the labor organization is keeping the presumptive nominees on their toes. The Teamsters president …
Even wealthy Piedmont deserves honest ballot tax measures
Piedmont’s Measure F would increase the parcel tax property owners pay for city services by at least 20%. But nowhere in the official ballot materials for Measure F do city …
Ballot plan shows California school construction inequities
Click here for a complete list of our election recommendations. For Tuesday’s election, only one school district in Santa Clara County has proposed a bond measure to raise money for …
East Bay voters should OK only one of four school bond plans
When it comes to improving our school buildings, there’s no free lunch. Four East Bay districts are proposing bond measures to raise money to construct or rehabilitate education facilities. But, …