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The Unintended Consequences of Extending Proposition 30

The Initiative That Helped Solve California's Budget Crisis Could Now Create a New One

In 2012 voters passed Proposition 30—an initiative to raise taxes and take state government finances out of crisis mode. However, the new taxes, primarily falling on the top income earners in California, did not purport to be a cure for the underlying problem. Rather, the rationale was to give the state some breathing room. And Prop 30 came with an expiration date, 2018.

Now it looks like Prop 30 might have an even longer life. Last month, the California Teacher’s Association—the union representing more than 300,000 teachers—filed an initiative to extend …

By Jerry Nickelsburg |

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What Will California Do Without the Export-Import Bank?

It Is Time to Bring Back a Self-Sustaining State Export-Financing Agency

By Kati Suominen |

While the political battle over the future of the Export-Import Bank of the United States reaches fever pitch in the Senate, exporters in California and across the United States keep …

How Much Energy Do Buildings Use?

We Understand Car Emissions, but My Team Is Just Beginning to Measure the Efficiency of Homes and Offices All Over L.A.

By Stephanie Pincetl |

In energy, we are learning how to make the invisible visible.

We now know that cities are responsible for 70 percent of the globe’s greenhouse gas emissions. We know …

The Internet Will Not Turn Your Teen Into a Brain-Dead Zombie

A Child Psychologist Explains How Our Social Brain Adapts to New Technology

By Yalda T. Uhls |

I come bearing good news: Our teens are not growing into brain-dead zombies or emotionally stunted sociopaths. After more than a decade of research by child psychologists like me, we …

Could L.A. Become a River City?

Neighborhoods in the City's Northeast and San Fernando Valley Ripple with Opportunities for Housing, Offices, and Parks

by Paul Habibi |

Could Los Angeles become a river city?

All the progress in revitalizing the Los Angeles River has presented the city with a special opportunity: to develop the communities along the river, …

You Might Not Know My Books, But You Know About Kim Kardashian

When UCLA’s Richard G. Hovannisian Was in School, There Weren’t Courses in Armenian History

Richard G. Hovannisian is a UCLA historian, chair of the Armenian Educational Foundation, and a founder and six-time president of the Society for Armenian Studies. Before participating in a panel …


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