California is Clearly a Top State for Doing Business
When it comes to being one of the Top States for Business, there are those who talk about their potential and those who exercise it. For the Golden State, the past year has been all about the latter. Driven by smart, pragmatic leadership from Governor Brown, continued strength in our key economic sectors and recently […]
Trial Lawyer Efforts to Change MICRA Is A Lose-Lose Proposition For Democrats
I rarely find myself smiling at anything Senator Darrell Steinberg says these days. But his recent comments to the Capitol Press Corps that he wants to see legislation to erode California’s Medical Injury Reform Act, or MICRA in Sacramento parlance, brought a big grin to my face. To be sure, I’m a strong supporter of […]
Publishing Pension Data Has Its Drawbacks
It’s a good thing Calpers last week delayed a plan to post a database online displaying the specifics of all the pensions it administers. That delay should become permanent. Posting unvarnished numbers like that without context would not inform the public, it would only open hardworking middle-class pubic servants to another round of attacks from […]
CALA Kicks off Small Business Summer Campaign in Chico
CALA kicked off its Small Business Summer campaign in Chico, California on Friday, July 12. Now I know you are asking: what is Small Business Summer? Small Business Summer is designed to accomplish three goals. The first goal is to raise awareness about the impact of lawsuit abuse on small businesses. Small businesses are too […]