Marc Joffe

4 weeks ago | californiapolicycenter.org | Marc Joffe

Although public opinion, most private organizations, and the federal government have turned against Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), it remains deeply embedded in the culture of California state and local government. As a result, taxpayers and ratepayers are funding millions of dollars of government DEI-related expenditures annually, and the spending is likely to persist without public condemnation.

1 month ago | pacificresearch.org | Marc Joffe

By Marc Joffe | May 1, 2025 California is the prime battleground between transportation innovation and legacy mass transit.

1 month ago | californiapolicycenter.org | Marc Joffe

California’s state and local governments are struggling to find the cash needed to pay government employees the retirement benefits they promised. As the League of California Cities observed , pension costs for many of their members have been rising to “unsustainable levels”. Now, remarkably, the state Assembly is ready to make that problem far worse – by promising even more benefits without any plan to fund them.

1 month ago | thevoicesf.org | Marc Joffe

With the closure of its last anchor store, Bloomingdales, the San Francisco Centre shopping mall is in its final death throes. The mall still has some smaller stores, but these are drawing little foot traffic. While Union Square may recover, it is less likely that the mall will. Nationally, the retail footprint is shrinking. And in the Bay Area, mall shoppers have more attractive options at Stonestown Galleria and in the suburbs where car access is easier and quality of life issues are fewer.

1 month ago | pacificresearch.org | Sal Rodriguez |Kerry Jackson |Marc Joffe

Join Manhattan Institute fellow andWall Street Journal columnist Jason Rileyfor a live PRI webinar discussing his new book,The Affirmative Action Myth (Basic Books),in conversation with Lance Izumi,senior director of PRI’s Center for Education. In , Jason L. Riley details the neglected history of black achievement without government intervention. Using empirical data, Riley shows how black families lifted themselves out of poverty prior to the racial preference policies of the 1960s and 1970s.