Unions Work to Deny Voters Say in Local Pension Issues
The battle over pensions is going to the ballot in San Jose after a city council vote Tuesday. The only roadblock: state legislators from the area friendly to public employee unions are trying to derail the pension reform by demanding an audit of the city’s pension debt. Mayor Chuck Reed has been fighting to put […]
Stuck in the 2009 Time Machine
People say you can’t get Republicans to agree to tax increases, and they’re right. But the same is true of Democrats. They can’t agree to tax increases either, at least not in California. For the second time in three years, an opportunity to raise more state revenues could be missed – and it will be […]
Let all California Employers Compete
On Friday, the Sacramento Bee’s Dan Walters chided the California Republican Party for opposition to all tax increases, even those that would close a “completely unjustified special interest tax loophole.” We’re not sure what Dan had in mind, but we’re certain that it is not the tax policy — known as elective sales factor — that […]
Politics Should Stop at the Forest’s Edge
Despite the political bluster we see and hear in the media these days, there’s an opportunity for Republicans and Democrats in California to come together over an issue that should matter to us all – protecting the great outdoors. After all, right here in our own backyards are many of the most spectacular places in […]
What is a Vexatious Litigant and Who Is One?
You may have heard the term “vexatious litigant” and quickly think of ADA lawsuits, but that is not exactly what the Judicial Council of the California thinks. Under the Code of Civil Procedure section 391 (b), a vexatious litigant is a person who does any of the following: In the immediately preceding seven year period […]