California lawmakers must look beyond Democrat or Republican solutions

We could accomplish a great deal if we thought as Californians instead of as Republicans and Democrats. Many issues illustrate that: public employee salaries, and water, are two.
State employee salaries and benefits account for over $20 billion of California’s $183 billion state budget. How can we be sure we are paying our state employees fairly for their work, but not more than we should?
Republicans point to studies like the 2011 Heritage Foundation Report, “that California public