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California Elections 2020: Proposition 16 - Affirmative Action
California Elections 2020: Proposition 16 - Affirmative Action
What is Proposition 16?Proposition 16 is a constitutional amendment that would repeal Proposition 209, passed in 1996, from the California Constitution. Proposition 209 stated that discrimination and ...
06 Sep, 2020
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6 min read
California Elections 2020: Proposition 15 - Funding for Schools, Colleges
California Elections 2020: Proposition 15 - Funding for Schools, Colleges
What Would Proposition 15 Change About How Properties Are Taxed in California?Proposition 15 would amend the California State Constitution to require commercial and industrial properties, except those ...
05 Sep, 2020
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5 min read
California Elections 2020: Proposition 14 - Stem Cell Research
California Elections 2020: Proposition 14 - Stem Cell Research
What Would the Ballot Measure Issue Bonds For?The ballot initiative would issue $5.5 billion in general obligation bonds for the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), which was create ...
05 Sep, 2020
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4 min read
Congress Must Compromise to Save San Diego County’s Small Businesses
Congress Must Compromise to Save San Diego County’s Small Businesses
Some of the best laws passed by Congress in the past decades, on issues like Social Security, taxes and welfare, were the result of input from and compromise between the two parties. Now is time to pu ...
03 Sep, 2020
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3 min read
Nail-Biter for Family Leave Bill Reveals Tough Realities for Working Moms
Nail-Biter for Family Leave Bill Reveals Tough Realities for Working Moms
Progressive Democrats were fighting an uphill battle as they pushed for a new law allowing more Californians to take time off from work to care for a baby or sick family member. With business groups l ...
03 Sep, 2020
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5 min read
It’s Common Sense: Let Californians Speak in a Safe Way
It’s Common Sense: Let Californians Speak in a Safe Way
This is an independent opinion. Want to respond? Write your own commentary! Email hoa@ivn.us.The California Common Sense Party is attempting to be officially recognized, so that it can participate in ...
02 Sep, 2020
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2 min read
Analysis: How California Renters, Landlords and Banks Fared in the Eviction Compromise
Analysis: How California Renters, Landlords and Banks Fared in the Eviction Compromise
California renters financially impacted by the coronavirus pandemic will be protected from eviction until at least next February, while small landlords will be offered some foreclosure protections, un ...
01 Sep, 2020
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8 min read
We Don't Have a Housing Crisis in San Diego; We Have an Affordable Housing Crisis
We Don't Have a Housing Crisis in San Diego; We Have an Affordable Housing Crisis
This is an independent opinion. Want to respond? Write your own commentary! Email hoa@ivn.us.We are constantly being told there is a housing crisis in California, and particularly so in San Diego. Dev ...
31 Aug, 2020
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4 min read
More Than 400,000 Tune In to 'People's Convention'; Overwhelmingly Vote to Form New Party
More Than 400,000 Tune In to 'People's Convention'; Overwhelmingly Vote to Form New Party
‍DETROIT, MICH. - The Movement for a People’s Party (MPP) announced Monday that more than 400,000 people from across the country joined The People’s Convention Sunday, which kept the event trending on ...
31 Aug, 2020
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2 min read
California Legislature's $100 Billion Economic Stimulus Plan
California Legislature's $100 Billion Economic Stimulus Plan
Working groups from both houses of the California Legislature last month proposed a $100 billion joint stimulus plan to put the state on a path toward an equitable and resilient economic recovery by r ...
28 Aug, 2020
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8 min read