Tsunami of Local Taxes Headed for State’s Taxpayers
Taxpayers beware: A tax tsunami is headed your way. According to a report compiled by the California Taxpayers Association, a record number 421 local taxes and bonds (paid by increased property taxes) will hit the state’s many local jurisdictions in November. In addition to the up to $10-plus billion a year in taxes on the state […]
Labor Tries to Make Ballot Access Costlier
There is disingenuous, there is deceptive and then there is the labor-backed legislation that purports to reform the ballot initiative process. That bill, SB 1094, would impose a requirement that 5 percent of all signatures submitted to qualify statewide initiatives and referenda be gathered by volunteers. In a Sacramento Bee oped that was almost Trumpian […]
U.S. Senate Race Should Focus on Cadiz Water Project
Parched riverbeds. Browning grass. Higher prices. Water bonds Everybody knows about the drought that has plagued Southern California in recent years. Which is why the race for U.S. Senate from California needs to focus on an important project that could bring water to us while helping the environment. Specifically, candidates Loretta Sanchez and Kamala Harris […]
The Desensitization Of Debt – An Accountant’s Analysis Of Propositions 51 & 53
In the 2016 June Primary, 81 percent of local tax and bond measures were passed by the California electorate. That, of course, would seem to make a pretty significant statement about the mood of these voters have in regards to incurring future debt and establishing additional local taxes. This November, they will have two chances […]