What is a project labor agreement, and why are public officials in California so fond of them? For example, take Proposition 2. This statewide measure is a $10 billion bond for construction and modernization of

Proposition 2 would put California $10 billion deeper into debt without reforming its broken system of funding school facilities. Consider that proponents of Proposition 2 say the state must borrow billions of dollars for “urgent

What’s worse than reckless spending of your tax dollars? Reckless spending of your tax dollars on a credit card. Proposition 4 would rack up another $10 billion of state debt to fund a grab bag of

A key selling point for Proposition 5 on the Nov. 5 California ballot is that it defends democracy. By lowering the constitutional threshold to pass local bond measures from two-thirds to 55 percent, residents can “protect” themselves

In August, the backers of a $20 billion Bay Area affordable housing bond abruptly yanked the measure off the November ballot after years of work on the nine-county initiative, which would have been the largest

Under California’s state constitution, local governments may incur bond indebtedness or levy taxes for a specific purpose only with the approval of two-thirds of voters. The wisdom of this standard is straightforward. First, it’s a