November Ballots Full of Tax Measures
While Governor Brown was in Las Vegas trying to gin up support for his November tax measure at the California School Employees Association conference — whose leaders must have chosen Las Vegas as the conference site to help with Nevada’s unemployment rate because it is one of the few states with a worse unemployment than […]
Is It Too Late for the Arnold Audit?
The news about extra money in some of the state’s special funds has reminded me of one of those stories of the early Schwarzenegger era in California politics: the audit. When he was running for governor, Schwarzenegger promised a “line by line audit” of the state’s books. He said he would bring in an independent […]
Stop Legislating, Start Auditing!
California does not have a problem of revenues, there’s plenty coming in each year. It has a spending problem, and last week’s exposure of financial scandal at the Department of Parks and Recreation constitutes the latest slap in the face to taxpayers. The head of the Department of Parks and Recreation, Ruth Coleman, stepped down amid […]
City Halls Get Wakeup Call on Sales Tax Losses in Used Car Regulation Bills
Crossposted on PublicCEO Mayors, council members and city managers throughout California are being alerted to potentially budget-busting losses in local sales tax revenue if a three-bill “consumer protection” package is passed after the legislature reconvenes on Aug. 6. The Coalition to Protect Our Freedom to Drive is calling, visiting and emailing city officials throughout the […]