Free Cities
Newsom’s May budget portends future crises for local governments
Gov. Jerry Brown’s last budget spent $140.4 billion in the general fund for fiscal year 2018-19. Newsom’s May Revision to his 2026-27 budget exploded that to $246.6 billion. That’s a 76% increase in eight years at a time the state’s population didn’t…
Lacking oversight: How to fix California’s system for…
Here are two possible reforms: Single-Member Districts for Judicial ElectionsThe judicial election…
Albuquerque’s fumble on modest upzoning to promote…
With a projected housing need of 55,000 new units by 2045, the city has passed some minor housing…
Under reformist mayor, San Francisco continues to…
Now back to those important distinctions. His strongest support comes from moderates (86%), liberals…
Not seeing much progress: The failure of cities’ Vision…
But as is often the case with feel-good, word-salad progressivism, Vision Zero’s results fall…
Finding the missing middle: How to build more starter homes
“Affordable housing” has become a commonly used phrase in California because there is so little of it. Activists demand it and policymakers promise they can produce lots if it through their clever legislating. But their plans usually include housing…
Higher pay, fewer trips: What Seattle’s gig law got…
According to researchers at Carnegie Mellon University analyzing Seattle’s law in a National Bureau…
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