{"id":24316,"date":"2014-02-17T10:06:35","date_gmt":"2014-02-17T15:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=24316"},"modified":"2015-02-22T11:14:20","modified_gmt":"2015-02-22T16:14:20","slug":"ultra-progressive-agenda-to-fix-californias-woes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2014\/02\/17\/ultra-progressive-agenda-to-fix-californias-woes\/","title":{"rendered":"Ultra-progressive agenda to fix California’s woes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let’s be clear: parts of California are doing fantastically well, but other portions of the state are suffering disproportionally. Here are a few suggested legislative fixes<\/a> to redress the inequalities of life faced by too many disadvantaged people in the state:<\/p>\n

2. The Undocumented Immigrant Equity Act<\/strong><\/p>\n

The \u201cI am Juan too Act\u201d would assess all California communities by U.S. Census data to ascertain average per-household income levels as well as diversity percentages. Those counties assessed on average in the top 10% bracket of the state\u2019s per-household income level, and which do not reflect the general ethnic make-up of the state, would be required to provide low-income housing for undocumented immigrants, who by 2020 would by law make up not less than 20% of such targeted communities\u2019 general populations.<\/p>\n

There are dozens of empty miles, for example, along the 280 freeway corridor from Palo Alto to Burlingame \u2014 an ideal place for high-density, low-income housing, served by high-speed rail. Aim: One, to achieve economic parity for undocumented immigrants by allowing them affordable housing in affluent areas where jobs are plentiful, wages are high, and opportunities exist for mentorships; and, two, to ensure cultural diversity among the non-diverse host community<\/a>, bringing it into compliance with the state\u2019s ethnic profile.<\/em> <\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

4. The Silicon Valley Transparency and Fair Jobs Act<\/strong><\/p>\n

This \u201cGoogle Good Citizen Act\u201d would set up a regional board to monitor commerce in the San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara tri-county area. The state regulatory commission would monitor offshore investment, outsourcing, and unionization. All commercial entities, with over 100 employees, would be in violation and face state fines if: 1) the number of a firm\u2019s employees overseas accounted for 10% or more of the workforce currently employed within the tri-county Silicon Valley area; 2) more than 1% of the current capitalization of a Silicon Valley company were deposited in banks outside the United States; and 3) more than 50% of a tri-county company\u2019s workforce were non-union. Aim: To ensure progressive Silicon Valley commercial businesses are caring progressive state citizens<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

5. The California Firearms Safety Act<\/strong><\/p>\n

The \u201cNo Guns for Grandees Act\u201d would forbid private security details to be armed with handguns or semi-automatic long guns. It would allow private security personnel to be armed only with paintball, BB or pellet guns. Aim: To prevent unnecessary armed deterrence by private security units in the hire of the affluent<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

6. The Fair Housing Adjustment Act<\/strong><\/p>\n

The \u201cEverywhere an Atherton<\/a> Act\u201d would tax all private residential square footage in excess of 1800 square feet at four times the current per square foot assessment. Aim: It would ensure state resources are equally distributed and not inordinately siphoned off to a small minority of the state population. Would encourage existing large homes to downsize through reverse remodeling<\/a>.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Let’s be clear: parts of California are doing fantastically well, but other portions of the state are suffering disproportionally. Here are a few suggested legislative fixes to redress the inequalities of life faced by too many disadvantaged people in the state: 2. The Undocumented Immigrant Equity Act The \u201cI am Juan too Act\u201d would assess […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,53,13],"tags":[35,49,426,554,1020,118],"class_list":["post-24316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government","category-politics","category-usa","tag-california","tag-guns","tag-housing","tag-immigration","tag-progressives","tag-taxes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2hpV6-6kc","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24316"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24317,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24316\/revisions\/24317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}