Whatever happened with Proposition 4?

By Sheridan Karras
04/29/2025
An overview of the bond measure and what it means for California’s budget. Voters were sold a shiny promise — now California is billions deeper in debt. Last November, California voters approved Proposition 4, which authorized $10 billion in bonds for “safe drinking water, wildfire prevention, and protecting communities and natural lands from climate risks.”...

TAGS: bond measure, bureaucracy, California budget

The Bureaucratic Erasure of Culture, Identity, and Freedom

By Edward Ring
11/11/2022
Exploring the roadways of California yields scenery evoking two distinct worlds. On the big freeways, surrounding every major interchange, the 21st century asserts itself in an agglomeration of concrete and glass boxes surrounded by lakes of asphalt, each festooned with a recognizable corporate logo. Food. Fuel. Lodging. The corporate power they represent is reflected in...

TAGS: bureaucracy, culture, family, Government, institutions