A Nicely Conceived Ad from San Diego Mayoral Candidate Nathan Fletcher on One of His Opponents, Carl DeMaio     Read more »

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Lawmakers Refuse to Surrender Right to Name Highways

Saying it was an abdication of legislative authority, the Assembly Transportation Committee rejected a bill April 9 that would have prevented lawmakers from naming highways, bridges, overpasses and interchanges.

Such signs — which are erected at no cost to taxpayers — have sprouted across California for decades. The ability to create them offers lawmakers a visible way to honor former colleagues, memorialize dead law enforcement officers, salute veterans or showcase a community or place of historic or tourist interest within their districts.    Read more »

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Move to End Naming of Highways By Lawmakers Faces April 9 Hearing

A state lawmaker is trying to strip the Legislature of one of its perks — naming streets, bridges and highways in honor of persons, often their former colleagues.

Assemblyman Chris Norby, a Fullerton Republican, proposes to transfer authority for naming streets and highway to the California Transportation Commission.

His measure, AB 1645, is scheduled for a Monday April 9 hearing before the Assembly Transportation Committee.    Read more »

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Two Initiatives Fail to Qualify for the Ballot — 63 Still In Circulation

Measures to require 48-hours prior parental notification if a minor seeks an abortion and to decriminalizes marijuana sales and regulate it like beer or wine failed to submit enough signatures to be placed on the ballot, the Secretary of State reported April 6.

The parental notification measure would have amended the constitution and so required 807,615 valid signatures to make the ballot.    Read more »

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One Way to Avoid Peer Pressure…

 

“Acquire worldy wisdom and adjust your behavior accordingly. If your new behavior gives you a little temporary unpopularity with your peer group … then to hell with them.”

                     — Charles Munger    Read more »

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Today’s Latin Lesson Is A Warning to All Candidates for Public Office

 

Quanti Fama?

“At What Price Fame?”    Read more »

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Peter Douglas, Long Time Head of the Coastal Commission, Dead at 69

For more than 25 controversial years, Peter M. Douglas fought to preserve California’s shoreline as well as the independence of the powerful regulatory agency he helped create.

By Elaine Woo, Los Angeles Times

Peter M. Douglas, the controversial and resilient executive director of the California Coastal Commission, who for more than 25 years fought to preserve the natural beauty of the state’s shoreline and the independence of the influential regulatory agency he helped create, has died.    Read more »

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March: Six Initiatives Fail to Qualify; Six Begin Collecting Signatures

March was a mixed bag for ballot measures: Six failed to gain the signatures needed to qualify while six others won the green light to begin collecting signatures.

It’s unlikely any of the six measures that began collecting signatures in March will appear on the November ballot although a temporary tax increase backed by Gov.    Read more »

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