CA Economic Summit Says Answers Won’t Come from Sacramento
The first annual California Economic Summit sponsored by California Forward and the Think Long Committee saw the answers to California’s economic and political problems rising from the regions of California. At the same time, there was a strong indictment against Sacramento leadership in its efforts to improve economic and governance matters. Former United States Secretary […]
‘Terrorists’ Who Oppose Tax Hikes: Prepare for the Onslaught
Crossposted in CalWhine Here we go again. As frenzied as the tax-hike obsessives have been in recent months and years, Jerry Brown’s weekend warning that the 2012-13 budget is $16 billion short is sure to ramp up their intensity. So get ready for the media/Dem onslaught, folks, and prepare to be reviled. Will Jerry Brown […]
The Seinfeld of Think Tanks
Welcome to the think tank game, Sam Blakeslee. The state senator from the Central Coast, a moderate Republican who is not running for re-election, recently announced the formation of the California Reform Institute. His think tank will have a focus: supporting California lawmakers who want to work across the aisle on reform legislation that the […]
California Must Lower the Sales Tax
The highest sales-tax rate in the nation belongs to California. That rate is officially 7.25 percent. However, local jurisdictions can add to that base rate. For example, in most of Contra Costa County (east of San Francisco), the sales-tax rate is 8.25 percent. In Concord (also in Contra Costa County), the rate is 8.75 percent. […]
CMTA Continues to Cry Wolf
The California Manufacturers & Technology Association is pulling tactics from the tobacco industry playbook, grasping at straws to spread misinformation about the state’s landmark clean energy law (AB 32) in “California’s Cap-and-Trade Auction Creates Billions in Needless Costs.” Let’s take a look back: CMTA hated AB 32 when it was first developed. They formed the […]