ICYMI - 6 Stories And One Video From Last Week
The “So, Does It Matter?” Substack featured a lot of great, original content this past week. Below are the highlights!
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6 Top Performing Items From Last Week… And some interesting stuff on SCOTUS reviewing the Voting Right Act below them.
Newsom’s Forced-Density Fix Won’t Solve California’s Housing Crisis
This column really talks about, in great detail, why SB 79 is a terrible law. For our paid subscribers, after this column, is a strong list of policies that should be adopted that would actually start to make housing great again in California.
Breaking News: Florida Files Lawsuit Against California at the Supreme Court on Illegal Drivers
The Lawsuit and the Tragedy Behind It
Top Ten Winners & Losers In California Politics This Week - Starting, Of Course, SalesForce CEO Mark Benioff
Below is our Top Ten List of Winners and Losers for the Week. This feature available to all of our subscribers, free and paid. However, at the bottom of the column, past the firewall is something extra, just for paid subscribers as a thank you!
Gavin Newsom Horror Show - Reviewing Terrible Bills He Just Signed! A One-On-One Podcast With Lance Christiansen of the CA Policy Center
Every week on So, Does It Matter? I “beam in” with a leader, strategist, or thinker shaping California’s future for a one-on-one conversation you won’t hear anywhere else.
One Video…
The video below is I think a pretty good explainer on what’s going on with the U.S. Supreme Court hearing a case that could result in striking all or parts of the Voting Rights Act, and what that means. Hint: It’s more consequential that the current controversies surrounding mid-decade redistricting efforts taking place right now.
Before the video, though, let me share a graphic, and a Substack link to some interesting data put together by my friend Patrick Ruffini, in his Substack newsletter The Intersection.
FOMO? No no.
There were a number of other posts last week that you will not want to have missed. If you want to check them out, you can go to the archive here and scroll down!
BORN ON THIS DATE IN 1945 - ACTOR JOHN LITHGOW!
Happy 90th to one of Hollywood’s most iconic actors!
Enjoy your Sunday!
Jon