CA Small Biz Rating Gets an F, PAGA Lawsuits Don’t Help
I’m tempted to start with that old saw: “Stop me if you’ve heard this one before,” but I know you would stop me because you have heard this before –California is not friendly to small business. That’s the conclusion of the annual Thumbtack.com Small Business Friendliness Survey. The fifth annual survey gives the Golden State the […]
There’s Nothing Wrong With Sending Aides to Switzerland
UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi deserved to be fired. I was among the legions who urged that step be taken, right here in this space. She made more mistakes than I could list here. And UC had enough problems in Sacramento without the public relations disaster Katehi created. But one recent attack on Katehi went […]
Proposition 65 Hurts Californians, And Useless Warnings Are Coming
They say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results. So what are we to make of the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment’s (OEHHA) doubling down on Prop 65, the California chemical labeling law that is as ubiquitous as it is meaningless? Recently, OEHHA Acting Director […]
Modernization of California’s landmark Political Reform Act announced
The California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC), in partnership with the University of California and California Forward, has announced a project to updateCalifornia’s venerable Political Reform Act (PRA). The Political Reform Act was passed in 1974 as a response to the Watergate scandal and was hailed as a landmark law that cemented California’s reputation as a national leader in regulating […]