Barry Krisberg quoted in The Sacramento Bee, October 22, 2012
Shrinking police forces in cities struggling with tight budgets might also have an effect, noted Barry Krisberg…. “Realignment isn’t one thing,” Krisberg said. “It’s 58 things.”
A similar article appeared in California Health Report.
Bertrall Ross quoted in The Times-Standard, October 19, 2012
Bertrall Ross, a professor of political and election law at Berkeley Law School, said that the contributions appear to coincide with state law. A California Watch report from June 4 found many school bond measures around the state that had donors in similar positions. “What’s unique about this is the quid pro quo nature of the contribution,” Ross said…. “It is troubling in terms of policy.”
John Yoo writes for The Washington Times, October 19, 2012
Monday’s presidential debate no doubt will center on the Middle East, as it should. President Obama has stood by while Iran has closed in on nuclear weapons, Syria has massacred its own civilians and al Qaeda terrorists killed our ambassador to Libya.
Stanley Lubman writes for The Wall Street Journal, October 19, 2012
Chinese authorities’ continued failure to control industrial pollution, combined with the growth of a NIMBY mentality among the country’s ever more affluent citizenry, is proving to be an increasingly dangerous combination. At least twice this year, China saw massive environmental protests escalate into violent clashes with authorities that made international headlines.
Ethan Elkind quoted in ThomasNet News, October 17, 2012
“California represents a huge portion of new car sales—11 percent of overall new car sales every year, and 20 percent of hybrid vehicle sales,” Elkind told me…. Elkind, who wrote the report with research associates and business leaders from various sectors in the electric vehicle market (carmakers, battery companies, public agency officials, electricity experts, etc.), says, “It has also taken the lead legislatively, but with this paper we tried to show a few more things that can be done to help the transition more.”
Mark Gergen quoted in The Bay Citizen, October 16, 2012
Mark Gergen, a professor at the UC Berkeley School of Law who studies federal income tax and tax shelters, questioned the value of publicly humiliating tax debtors when many do not have the means to pay their debt. “I suspect a lot of these companies are beyond despair. Some of them simply can’t pay,” Gergen said. “If somebody goes bankrupt, they are already embarrassed. If you want to have this public disclosure as a way of embarrassing people, you aren’t doing a big service by adding them to this list.”
Christopher Edley quoted in San Francisco Chronicle, October 16, 2012
Christopher Edley Jr., the head of UC Berkeley School of Law, said he was concerned about “the students’ actions off campus, but it’s up to the Nevada legal system to examine the facts and rule in this case. It’s premature to speculate about any possible consequences. The justice system must run its course.”
Alan Auerbach quoted in San Francisco Chronicle, October 16, 2012
“There’s a deeper problem, because if they preserve a lot of these middle-class deductions (like the mortgage tax deduction), and they also say they’re going to avoid lowering taxes and raising the deficit, and they’re also not going to raise taxes on savings as investment and capital gains,” Auerbach said, “then they’ve boxed themselves in such a way that they can’t meet all their objectives.”
Jennifer Granholm quoted in San Francisco Chronicle, October 15, 2012
“That pivot point and how long it takes before you get to that pivot is absolutely critical,” said former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, host of Current TV’s “The War Room” and a visiting professor at UC Berkeley who helped Vice President Joe Biden prepare for his 2008 debate with former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. “If you don’t answer any of those incoming Scuds, then those are charges that are left unanswered. And that was part of the problem the president had” in the first debate with GOP nominee Mitt Romney, Granholm said.
Pamela Samuelson quoted in San Francisco Chronicle, October 15, 2012
“He has almost evangelistic zeal for promoting better access to information to take advantage of the opportunities that are out there,” said Pamela Samuelson, a professor at UC Berkeley School of Law. Samuelson, a renowned pioneer in digital copyright law, met Kahle about 20 years ago. “If anything, he’s become more of a visionary and more of an evangelist,” she said. “He hasn’t slowed down at all.”