Archive for September 2024
Long Beach case study: Prop 47’s passage led to an explosion in crime
A page from Court and Courtship: Indian Miniatures in the TAPI Collection by JP Losty(Amazon) A decade after Proposition 47 was approved by Californians, many are questioning whether the crime-lenient bill has actually promoted “safe neighborhoods.” Below, algorithm analyst Ray Manning zooms in on Long Beach’s publicly available data, finding that: no, crime of all…
Read MoreCM Cohen gets his Civics wrong in odd, mistaken rant about democracy, taxes, and majority rule
Image by Freepik SJ CM David Cohen revealed a lack of understanding of the nature of democracy on 8.27 when he equated democracy with majority rule, as part of his misguided defense of Proposition 5 (which would lower the long-held threshold for new local taxes from 66% to 55%.). Majority rule does not equate to…
Read MoreDivided council vote on Prop 5 endorsement daylights concerns about lack of outreach re: city ballot endorsements
mage by Jana Kadah In a rare development, SJ City Council on August 27 couldn’t achieve a unanimous vote on endorsing Prop 5 (it passed 8–2). Prop 5 aims to lower from 66% to 55% the majority needed for new local taxes, undoing Proposition 13’s precedents. Prop 13 was passed by a large margin of Santa Clara County…
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