Business Faces Taxes to Offset Unemployment Insurance Debt
While much attention is focused on Governor Jerry Brown’s initiative tax proposal to fund education and public safety, a tax increase on business is included in the governor’s newly proposed budget. Brown wants to tax business on a per employee basis to make initial down payments in the debt created by the state’s Unemployment Insurance […]
Padilla Bill on Redevelopment Agencies Should Be Top L.A. Priority
For Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, City Council President Herb Wesson and the members of the Los Angeles City Council, the number one priority for this week should be to rally Speaker John Perez and the other members of the Los Angeles Legislative Delegation to mobilize statewide support for Senator Alex Padilla’s bill SB 659, which would […]
In Keystone XL Rejection, We See Two Americas At War With Each Other
Crossppsted on New Geography America has two basic economies, and the division increasingly defines its politics. One, concentrated on the coasts and in college towns, focuses on the business of images, digits and transactions. The other, located largely in the southeast, Texas and the Heartland, makes its living in more traditional industries, from agriculture and […]
2012 – A Legal Reform Wish List
We are back in full swing here in Sacramento and it would be really nice to see some serious legal reform implemented. Look, I get it, the trial lawyers have spent millions on lobbying making sure their playground is undisturbed, but the people in California are ready for legal reform and they are tired of […]