Spending the Marijuana Tax
While most attention focused on the marijuana initiative will revolve around whether the drug should be legalized for recreational purposes, there is a discussion to be had about the tax that would be applied to marijuana if the initiative passes. The proposal carries an excise tax of 15% above and beyond sales and use taxes […]
What’s Missing in State Election Results
Is the Secretary of State reporting election results wrong? Go on the web site election night, and you’ll see state legislative races listed district by district. And the results will be reported by candidates—how many votes, and what percentage of the vote, went to each candidate. This sort of result reporting once made sense. In […]
State Water Board Nixes Flawed “One Size Fits All” Conservation Mandates
On May 18, 2016, the California State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) adopted new emergency conservation regulations that repeal and replace its prior drought regulations. The new regulations, which are effective from June 2016 through January of 2017, now allow local agencies to develop conservation standards based upon their unique circumstances. These new […]
Can CA Southland be a ‘New York by the Pacific’?
Throughout the recession and the decidedly uneven recovery, Southern California has tended to lag behind, particularly in comparison to the Bay Area and other booming regions outside the state. Once the creator of a dispersed, multipolar urban model – “the original in the Xerox machine” as one observer suggested – this region seems to have […]