Red-tape bandage

Pub date October 23, 2006
WriterG.W. Schulz
SectionPolitics Blog

By G.W. Schulz

Both the Los Angeles Times and the San Francisco Chronicle ran large stories last week on problems in the workers’ comp system since Schwarzenegger so proudly initiated reforms two years ago as part of a major recall campaign promise.

In fact, the pendulum has swung startlingly fast in the other direction away from what was viewed as a bloated system that encouraged excess and fraud. My computer’s operating very slowly this week, otherwise I’d post the links. You’ll have to find them yourself. The reporters are Marc Lifsher at the Times and Tom Abate at the Chron.