Alex Padilla’s Voter Reforms
Secretary of State Alex Padilla has some nifty new ideas on how to increase California’s dreadful voter turnout – 2014 was the lowest off-year turnout in history. Unfortunately, his ideas are not likely to increase voter participation for the simple, reason that more and more California voters simply see no reason to waste their time […]
Which California Woman Will Be the Most Important Figure in 2016 Presidential Election?
Yes, America may elect a woman as president next year. But she’s from Illinois. The good news for us California provincials: a Californian could become the second most important woman in next year’s elections. The question: which one? Here are five candidates, in ascending order: 5. Anne Gust Brown. If she wakes up one day […]
CA Fwd Offers Policy Framework For Special Legislative Session On Road Funding
While state leaders agreed on a $167 billion budget this week, Gov. Brown also called a special legislative session to solve a funding challenge the last three governors have struggled to address: a $59 billion backlog in state road and highways maintenance. CA Fwd highlighted this shortfall as one of the state’s biggest fiscal issues […]
Certainty in Taxation: Prop. 13’s Best Feature
In its more than 160 plus year history, few things have remained constant in California. However, since the 1800’s California has taxed all classes of property the same. Thus, when the iconic Prop 13 passed in 1978, it did not differentiate between different kinds of property. All real property – whether residential or commercial – […]