Testing All the Arguments on SB 350
The Public Policy Institute poll boosted the argument for state governmental action on climate change – or so it seemed. Asked if likely voters agreed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 respondents liked the idea by 63% to 29%. Asked if the objectives set by SB 350 to require by 2030 that […]
Fixing California – The Need For Tax Reform
(Editor’s Note: The Hoover Institutions’ EUREKA newsletter this month examines California’s Revenue Conundrum. The following article was one of a series of articles published discussing California’s tax system.) From 2008 to 2009, California experienced its worse economic recession (dubbed by some as the Golden State’s “Great Recession”) since the tax system was first created in the 1930’s. During this […]
Opponents of Mandatory Vaccination Bill Continue the Fight
Opponents of SB 277, the vaccinations bill, received the green light to begin collecting signatures to ask voters to recall State Senator Richard Pan. Backers need 35,926 signatures by December 31, which is 20% of the votes cast in the election of Pan in 2014. The last successful recall effort was that of Gray Davis in 2003, and the last […]
If You Care About California, Then You Should Care About Salinas
Do you worry about the future of California? Then you should worry about Salinas. Because if this Monterey County town of 155,000 can’t build itself a brighter future, it’s hard to imagine other struggling places doing the same. “Rich in Land. Rich in Values. Ripe With Opportunity,” reads the slogan on a city website, and […]
Higher Fees, Bigger Government, Fewer Jobs: Regulation Isn’t The Path To Prosperity
An unfortunate fact of life in California is that every year, new attacks on business emerge from the State Capitol. There is plenty of evidence that demonstrates the damage this mentality has on our state and its working class. We have been recognized as the worst state for business for ten consecutive years by CEO […]