Improving on Recent Regulatory Reform
Yesterday I presented testimony to the Assembly Committee on Accountability and Administrative Review regarding the implementation of legislative regulatory reforms enacted in 2011. Following are excerpts from that testimony. This morning I would like to spend just a few minutes talking about SB 617 and regulatory reform efforts in a historical context, the advantage of […]
Some Hopeful Signs for Business Under the Capitol Dome
California’s notoriously bad reputation for business seems to be making an impact with the leaders of the state’s government. Proposals have been floated and corrections offered to help improve California’s poor business environment. We’ll see how far these measures get in a legislature not known as business friendly. Governor Jerry Brown and Senate president pro […]
On Initiative Reform, Ignore the What’s Next CA Deliberative Poll
A couple weeks ago, the brilliant Pete Peterson, of Pepperdine’s Davenport Institute, used this space to point to the deliberative poll, What’s Next California, as a guide for public opinion on initiative reform, a topic being debated today. I hate to contradict, Pete, but….well… I know that deliberative poll. I attended that deliberative poll. That […]
See You in 15 Years?
L.A.’s business community can take this bit of solace from last week’s primary election for mayor: Both candidates who are advancing to the general election have vowed to eliminate the gross receipts tax. Those who have to pay that tax generally revile it. It can wipe out all or much of a struggling company’s profits […]