The Ledger, every show
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Meyer: Four homeless people die daily in LA, exceeding military combat mortality
“Well, and so just San Francisco and LA alone, I mean, four people, four homeless individuals die on the streets of LA every day. That death rate is higher than the death rate in Iraq and Afghanistan for soldiers.”
Meyer: Policy Groups Succeed by Serving as Outsourced Staff for Lawmakers
“The best thing you can do is be an outsource staff for them, give them the resources they need and work behind the scenes to make sure they understand the policy.”
Meyer: Special interest primary threats against lawmakers are mostly empty
“I think it mostly scares them. There's certain issues where the public, if they actually care about it, that can be effective. But in a lot of times it's all bark, no bite. I think that legislators are slowly wising up to the idea that even when they come in w…”
Meyer: State polling shows over 70% support reforming failed homelessness policies
“So every time we've run a poll on a state of registered voters, it is a 70 plus issue. 70% of people because I want to figure out what works for messaging. Even when I go is like the caricature of criminalizing homelessness, which is just one of many things th…”
Meyer: All but four Texas Senate Democrats backed homelessness funding penalty bill
“In Texas, we supported a bill that would have stripped localities of all their funding if they didn't actually take steps to make homelessness better, and all but four Democrats in the Texas Senate voted for this bill.”
Meyer: Lack of policing data allows social media anecdotes to win
“We're letting right now, when no data exists, anecdotes win, and that's why isolated incidents on social media completely color how Americans view policing.”
Meyer: Congress is a waste of time compared to the administrative state
“I think Congress is a waste of time. The administrative state is not a waste of time. It has so much power now. I mean, it's what Congress used to be. That's where the real law.”
Meyer: Florida workforce package ties two-thirds of performance funding to earnings
“So in Florida now, in a comprehensive workforce package, we were able to advocate for a change so that all performance funding, or out of all performance funding, two-thirds will be based on student earnings.”
Meyer: Corporate state lobbying focuses primarily on defense and blocking bills
“What's interesting is with lobbying, most of it's on defense. So what happens is a giant corporation will hire maybe five or six lobbying firms, all the top ones in the state, just so that if something goes wrong, they can activate them.”
Meyer: No state lobbyist represents both healthcare providers and insurers
“I would say it's a mix, but the good news is no lobbyist represents the hospitals or the providers and the insurers because they're always fighting with each other. So you kind of have to pick.”
Meyer: Arizona Unanimously Passed Performance-Based Probation Funding Reform
“So one of them, I'd say the most successful model was in Arizona, where they completely overhauled how their probation and parole systems are funded so that the individual offices compete against their past performance. And when they can drive down recidivism,…”
Meyer: Only Florida and one other state fully allow cross-state telehealth
“Florida and one other state. That's it.”
Meyer: Republican negative perception of universities rose from 37% to 73%
“Back in 2015, that Pew was asking this question, do you think colleges and universities are having a Positive or negative effect on the way things are going in America. Back then, only 37% of Republicans said negative. Now, when I just asked that question in a…”
Meyer: Most US State Legislators Lack Dedicated Policy Staff
“In most states, state legislators don't even have policy staff.”