Minimum Wage Pause Button No Relief for Business
As Governor Jerry Brown signs the new minimum wage increase law this morning, many in the business community are studying the proposed temporary pause mechanism built into the bill that is supposed to reassure businesses. It does not. The mechanism is power in the hands of a governor to pause the minimum wage increase during […]
Conflicting Thoughts About the Minimum Wage Increase
I neither disagree with $15/hour nor the political necessity to preempt dueling ballot measures on the November ballot, which would increase the wage much quicker. New York is following a similar plan, albeit a bit slower. However, as I was walking through farmers market after church this morning, I was thinking about our small family […]
I Want to Stop Trump, But California’s Republicans Won’t Let Me
“It’s our state & if we’re the last line of defense, we’re going to do our part to stop him” –Rob Stutzman I want to help my friend Rob. I want to stop Donald Trump—I think he’d be awful for the country. And I don’t want my state, California, to be seen as supporting him […]
LA Metro’s $120 Billion Tax Increase: No Oversight, No Deal
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (“Metro”), Mayor Eric Garcetti, and the transportation lobby have started their full court press on the voters of Los Angeles County to approve a new 40 year, half cent increase in our sales tax to a 9½%, one of the highest rates in the country. This new tax, […]