CSAC Considers Governor’s Tax Proposal
Interesting reading the California State Association of Counties (CSAC) put forth as one of its committees decides on whether to support the governor’s tax initiative today. The committee will send its recommendation to the full board for final approval later in the year. The analysis, which encourages the committee to support the governor’s plan, pointed […]
Actually, I’d Like Some Bureaucracy With That $735 Million
It’s one of the standard allegations thrown at any new ballot initiative that starts a new program – “this initiative will establish an expensive new bureaucracy,” we are told. Now it’s being used against Prop 29 – because it makes political sense. But there’s a policy problem. When you spend big money, you need some […]
Up in Smoke?
The Los Angeles Business Journal’s government affairs reporter, Howard Fine, wrote last month that cigar shops may be the biggest victim if Proposition 29 passes in June. The measure would raise the tax on cigarettes by $1 a pack, which has gotten most of the attention. But Fine wrote that cigars also would be taxed […]
Red Tape Chokes California Job Creators
Small Businesses Need Relief from Over-Regulation As Benjamin Franklin once wryly noted, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” In the state of California lately, we can add regulation to the certainties that small businesses will encounter as they try to find their financial footing again in these […]
California Counting its Carbon Tax Riches
Crossposted on CalWatchDog While the rest of the country shuns carbon trading schemes, California politicians continue to embrace the concept, and are forging ahead with a Cap and Trade carbon trading system. But eight states have dropped out of California’s Western Climate Initiative, leaving many scratching their heads in wonderment, as only California and Quebec […]