Los Angeles Enhances its Anti-Business Reputation
On Tuesday the Los Angeles City Council voted 14 to 1 to pass a resolution supporting increased property taxes on business on a regular basis. Little surprise as the city continues to build an anti-business reputation. For years the city has held on to a gross receipts tax system for business that neighboring communities use […]
Labor Day 2014: 3 Truths and a Lie
As we come to Labor Day 2014, it is time to consider where we have come since last year’s Labor Day and where we might be going. Here are three truths and a lie about the job market in California. Truth 1- California is in the midst of one of its longest employment expansions since […]
Opposition to AB 1897: Don’t Hold Business Liable for Employment Obligations of Others
Merriam-Webster defines accountability as, “an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for one’s actions.” This is a life lesson we’ve all learned at one point or another, and it’s an important virtue in society. Yet a member of the California Legislature is attempting to redefine accountability with Assembly Bill 1897, which is […]
Groundwater Regulation Creates Water Police
Without much public involvement, the State Senate passed sweeping groundwater legislation Wednesday that will create a new government agency with extraordinary powers to impose fees and fines on property owners who rely on groundwater. Tonight’s vote underscores the lack of trust the public has in the Legislature. This legislation will drastically change the way Californians deal […]
California Welfare Overpayments Enough To Fund 13,000 Cases Annually
California Common Sense released a brief report called “California Welfare Overpayments: Fraud, Internal Errors, and Limited Investigation.” The report finds $848 million in outstanding CalWORKs overpayments to beneficiaries, half of all identified overpayments recovered, and administrative error costs on the rise. The California Work Opportunities and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) provides temporary cash assistance, welfare-to-work, and […]
SB 270 Taxes the Poor and Exempts the Rich from Paper Bag Fee
It must be nice to be rich. After all, it affords the wealthy in our state a chance to be part of a rich irony that features liberal coastal Democrats pushing for a paper bag tax bill that will exempt the wealthiest communities from that very same bag tax. This is about as hypocritical as […]