Cal Chamber Scorecard—The Story is NOT Who Supports Business All the Time
The California Chamber of Commerce released its tally of legislators’ floor votes on 15 bills that the chamber determined were crucial to the business community. Checking the scorecard, a telltale story from the chamber’s perspective is not who was for or against the chamber all the time, but which Democrats took the business side of […]
Skip the State’s Homework
Don’t tell my kids I said this, but it really is OK for Californians to skip homework assignments—if they come from Sacramento. If you’ve lived in California for the past two years, you’ve probably been invited by your local school district—by letter, email, or advertisement—to participate in developing a plan for your local schools and […]
Chuck Reed: Reform Measure Will Bite Pension Liability ‘Elephant’
Former San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed acknowledged at a recent taxpayer forum that his latest proposed pension reform initiatives won’t solve California’s $350 billion unfunded retirement benefit liability problem. But he thinks they’ll help. “Sometimes you have to eat the elephant one bite at a time,” Reed told the Contra Costa Taxpayers Association at an Oct. 30 luncheon. “So […]
A Question of Values: Middle-Income Housing Affordability
This is the Executive Summary from a new report “A Question of Values: Middle-Income Housing Affordability and Urban Containment Policy” authored by Wendell Cox and published by the Frontier Centre for Public Policy. Ailin He, a PhD doctoral candidate in economics at McGill University served as research assistant. The “report is a public policy narrative on the […]
GO-Biz Committee Approves $43.7 Million in Tax Credits for 89 Companies Adding Over 7,000 Jobs in California
Editor’s Note: The following press release was issued by the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) Building upon California’s nation leading job creation, the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) today announced that the California Competes Tax Credit (CCTC) committee approved $43.7 million in tax credits for 89 companies expanding and creating jobs […]