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Now that he’s back in the Governor’s office, Jerry Brown will have to revisit an issue he championed 30 years ago, but is now a major source of California’s budget woes: Proposition 13. In a recent story about Brown’s return to office, the New York Times interviewed Joe Mathews, co-author of California Crackup, on how [more...]  Before you vote on November 2, watch this video segment on KCET, Southern California’s PBS affiliate, featuring the authors of California Crackup, Joe Mathews and Mark Paul. The authors examine the proposition system—what some have called the fourth branch of government in California—and argue against the conventional wisdom that giving people more control over the [more...] As Californians file into the voting booth this November and try to decipher the complicated list of propositions and initiatives, many will think, “There has got to be a better way.” In this interview with KQED’s This Week in Northern California, Joe Mathews and Mark Paul, authors of California Crackup, discuss some of the proposals [more...] In this UC Press podcast, Joe Mathews and Mark Paul reveal that in the slapdash political climate of the Gold Rush, California modeled its constitution after Iowa’s. The reason? It was short. Mathews and Paul, the authors of California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix It, go on to [more...] As a guest on NBC Los Angeles’s NewsConference, Joe Mathews, co-author of California Crackup, discussed California’s history of reform, and how restrictions and mandates, intended to address the state’s broken budget and election systems, have created more problems than solutions. Mathews explained why the current system isn’t working, and his ideas for how to [more...] Following the low voter turnout for California’s June 8 primary election, Mark Paul, co-author of California Crackup, wrote, “The real story of the Tuesday elections, it seems to me, is that voters have given up on believing in democracy under California’s current electoral system.” In the California Progress Report last Friday, Peter Schrag, author of [more...] Mark Paul Mark Paul, co-author, with Joe Mathews, of California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix It, responds to California’s state primary election on Tuesday. This post also appeared on Paul and Mathews’ blog, The California Fix. The voters speak with their silence In the wake of the June 8 primary, [more...] Joe Mathews. Photo: Ringo Chiu Budget crises, failing schools, unemployment—it’s easy to point out California’s problems, but harder to pinpoint what exactly is wrong, how it happened, and what can be done to fix it. With state primary elections on the horizon, these questions are at the heart of debate. “California doesn’t work because it can’t [more...] |
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