Early Look at Campaign 2014: Part 1 – Congress
We are one year away from the November 2014 General Election, and the California Target Book, which I publish, just printed its fall edition, analyzing and handicapping the upcoming races in California for congress and the state legislature. It is much too early to pinpoint with any accuracy where all the targeted races will be, […]
A Virginia Lesson For California
After all its bluster and threats, the Tea Party finally faced something Tuesday it could not overcome: voters. The defeat of Republican Ken Cuccinelli, a Tea Party favorite, in Virginia’s governor’s race has major national implications, and important implications for Republicans in California. Cuccinelli, Virginia’s attorney general, should have been an easy winner in Virginia’s […]
It’s Time to Take Back UC for California
With the passage of Proposition 30 last November, millions of Californians voted in support of “temporary taxes to fund education.” As an elected state representative, I feel a special responsibility to ensure that these resources are being utilized in the most effective manner possible. With the infusion of billions more in tax revenue reducing strain […]
NFIB Files Amicus Brief in Private Property Case
The protection of private property from government interference is an ideal this country was built on. This principal is so engrained in American society that the Fifth Amendment includes the ‘Takings Clause,’ stating that government shall not take private property without just compensation. Unfortunately, the courts have by in large disregarded this key tenet of the […]