Thomas Buckley, Author at California Globe

SF School Board Recall: Communities Can Come Together and Do What’s Right

February 17, 2022 3:09 amFebruary 16, 2022 8:42 pm

With the generalized socio-political angst currently afoot, razor thin, contested elections, questions about the future of democracy, and even whether the United part remains in our nation’s name, it is heartening to see a diverse community come together as one...

The Real Cost of Permanent Supportive Housing for California’s Homeless

February 16, 2022 8:02 amFebruary 16, 2022 6:29 am

As government agencies around the state have begun to build permanent supportive housing (PSH) projects for California’s estimated 160,000 homeless people, much attention has been focused on the cost of these programs. Not much attention has been paid to the...

COVID Cannot Compete with Cognitive Dissonance

February 7, 2022 11:11 amApril 3, 2022 3:29 pm

As the strength of the COVID variants decrease as time moves further and further away from the initial case, the hum of the global cognitive dissonance surrounding the pandemic has grown louder– and that is a good thing because people...

Would MORE Legislators Better Govern California?

December 13, 2021 2:20 amDecember 15, 2021 3:32 pm

Author’s note – I’m sorry you just spilled – or worse – your coffee or whatever all over your screen when you read the headline. I suggest taking a minute to clean up and then take a deep calming breath...

California Citizens Redistricting Commission: Are all votes created equal?

December 9, 2021 2:45 pmDecember 9, 2021 2:52 pm

As the California Citizens Redistricting Commission wends its way to finalizing mapping out the lines that will define the state’s politics for the next ten years, there are a number of factors they will be considering. General population figures, existing...

A Primer on Vehicle-Miles-Traveled Taxation Concepts

November 10, 2021 2:23 amNovember 11, 2021 11:49 am

For some years the idea of replacing the pay-at-the-pump gas tax with a “vehicle miles traveled” system has been floating in the civic ether. The reasoning took a few different paths, mostly centered around the issue of the fairness of...

Why California Gov. Newsom’s Recall Strategy is Failing Virginia’s McAuliffe

October 25, 2021 1:44 pmOctober 25, 2021 8:45 pm

Gavin Newsom’s recall election strategy – sadly – worked. Weighing the California landscape, feeling assured of extremely compliant (complicit) media coverage, and knowing he would have a funding advantage of essentially $100 million dollars to zero, he took an informed...