Prop 26 Affirms Voters Wishes
Four times over the last three decades voters have offered their support for the right to vote on local taxes and for a two-thirds vote for legislative tax increases. Yet, the politicians have attempted to work their way around that mandate by calling taxes "fees." Fees only require a majority vote in the legislature, or a vote of the governing body at the local government level.
Proposition 26 will reaffirm the voters desires on the tax front.
NFIB Launches an Issue Advocacy Campaign to Tell Lawmakers to “Stop Spending Our Money!”
NFIB is committed to supporting pro-small business policies that strengthen our economy, and provide our members with stability. One very important priority in our agenda and for our members is fiscal responsibility. We oppose wasteful government spending, which directly threatens free enterprise.
One of the key priorities for our members is fiscal responsibility and a commitment to free enterprise. Small businesses oppose wasteful government spending, which impedes job creation and exacerbates the already-unstable environment that government is fostering.
Basic City Services Versus Pensions – L.A. Has A Choice To Make
The fundamental question facing Los Angeles City Hall today is whether L.A.’s residents should continue current funding for city employee pension and health care costs at the expense of basic city services. Last Friday, members of the City Council began to answer that question. While Friday’s motion was a beginning, the Council has much larger reforms to consider if they are to address the primary cause for the budget deficit, which is the cost of pensions and health care for retirees that is growing between $200 and $300 million per year. The Chamber was encouraged that the City Council discussed additional reforms at its meeting today. The reality is that every additional dollar the City lays out for pensions and retiree health care means a dollar less for libraries, parks, police, fire and other basic city services.
Friday Culture Piece: Writing in the Wine Country
You don’t have to live in San Francisco, or another major urban center, to thrive as a writer. Anywhere in California will do just fine, thank you.
We all have the image of the writer working alone in the garret room with the slanting roof, maybe a window like the one in the women’s apartment in Friends. But if you are a writer you know that while the "real" work must be accomplished alone, one cannot survive long emotionally, nor make the contacts necessary for ultimate success, without a community of fellow writers for emotional support, feedback on technique, and – what everyone wants most – referrals.