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Relying on the Markets for Water Allocation
Environment Op-Ed
By: Elizabeth Fowler
6.30.1999
California’s population is expected to increase by 15 million by 2020, straining the Golden State’s water supply. If the state is to avoid anticipated shortages, it must abandon policies that encourage waste and adopt policies that encourage conservation. The time to take such action is now.
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Prop. 209 Court Decision
KQED Commentary
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
6.29.1999
Last year, San Francisco officials approved an expansion of a city program which grants preferences to minorities and women in public contracting. This move defied Proposition 209, the voter-approved anti-race-and-gender-preference initiative, which is now part of the California constitution. Although city supervisors argued that there was legal basis for their action, a recent unanimous state appellate court decision undercuts their claims.
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Education Reform Threat
Education Op-Ed
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley
6.14.1999
The bombing campaign against California’s charter schools may have temporarily ceased, but a rearguard ground attack continues. Without reinforcement, some of the state’s most promising education reforms will be destroyed.
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Project Labor Agreements
KQED Commentary
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
6.1.1999
The recent strike by union carpenters working on the San Francisco airport expansion project has focused attention on the problems with so-called "project labor agreements" or PLAs. The airport expansion is governed by a PLA which allows only union labor to work on the project in exchange for union promises of labor peace. The carpenters' strike, however, demonstrates that such promises are often more illusory than real.
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