Status Quo Stands as Supreme Court Stays Out of Education Fights
The state’s teachers’ unions had a good day at the hands of the California Supreme Court yesterday but then so did the state’s taxpayers. The state Supreme Court upheld an Appellate Court decision in the Vergara case, which concerns constitutional protections of students involving teacher tenure, retention and dismissal. Student plaintiffs claimed that they, along […]
Newsom’s Gun Control Initiative Could Bring More Democrats & Republicans Out in November
Polls show that Californians have consistently supported tougher gun control measures in a state which has already adopted the strictest regulations in the nation and in 1989 was the first to ban assault weapons. This will not deter staunch Second Amendment advocates and the National Rifle Association which is gearing up to mount an intensive […]
Court Pension Decision Weakens ‘California Rule’
The one thing some pension reformers say is needed to cut the cost of unaffordable public pensions: give current workers a less costly retirement benefit for work done in the future, while protecting pension amounts already earned. It’s allowed in the remaining private-sector pensions. But California is one of about a dozen states that have […]
Why Donald Trump’s Energy Plan Can Work
It’s time for California to get serious about job growth. Recent data has shown consumer confidence is down from this point last year. Bond yields on 10-year Treasury notes, along with Japanese and German bonds are at all-time lows. This is dragging oil prices back down to depressed levels. Pitfalls are everywhere with global economic and geopolitical uncertainty rising. And now […]
Gut & Amend Bill Would Hurt Small Farms
One out of eleven farmers in California is an NFIB member, and they are telling us this bill will have a devastating impact on their small, independent farms and farmworkers. This is why SB 1066 was defeated earlier this year. This freshly gutted-and-amended version does nothing to alleviate the serious concerns of our farmers across […]