The California Common Sense Party wouldn't be like any other political party, its backers say. But can it get official recognition in time for this year's elections?
Housing and Development Newsletter
It is surprising that people would vote to tax themselves to help others. It is surprising that the way has been paved to build new housing and provide new services. Given the magnitude of the housing and homelessness crisis in Los Angeles, perhaps it’s not that surprising; however, the response and the action are admirable.
In most cities and towns, the development process is led by developers. They find deals, bring plans to the cities and negotiate for development. This inefficient and expensive process always drives up the cost of development and reduces planning to a series of ad hoc transactions over decades. The results are slow, and rarely, if ever, affordable to working people, never mind the poor.
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We are publishing essays all week from San Diegans about last week’s rioting by a mob incited by President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C.
We must decide how to handle uncertainty
Byron Harlan is a financial planner who lives in Little Italy.
There’s something about the human mind that craves order. Patterns make people happy. Deviations can make them less so. Chaos breeds anxiety. Order makes people calm. That concept is a basic aspect of behavioral finance, but can apply to other areas of life, including the recent events in Washington, D.C. The breach at the Capitol Building caused people across the nation to experience distress, fear and panic. You could hear it in the voices of the many who called in to television and radio programs. There’s no denying that viewers and listeners were upset, scared and uncertain. The tragic deaths compounded the anxiety. It seemed as if a mob had taken control of the nation’s capital.