There’s No Debate: Legislative Analyst’s Fact-Checker Debunks Claims Made by Split-Roll Proponents
It is well known that June 6, 1978 – the day that California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 13 – is a key date in the history of tax policy in California. Now we can add another important date to our tax history calendar: September 19, 2016, the day that the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office debunked […]
A Hollywood Action Movie—2016 CA Ballot Propositions
Let me pitch you a movie based on that 224-page official state voter guide that’s coming your way. Like many big Hollywood action-thrillers it’s a tale that contains sex, drugs, guns, big money and death. The title: Bad Day in the Ballot Booth–the California Ballot Propositions. Our protagonist, Politico Joe, is after a big score. He figures […]
Consumers and Grocers Would Benefit Most By Preserving Bag Tradition
Grocery shopping in California isn’t what it used to be. Traditionally, customers carried their items away in paper bags provided by the store through an unspoken, but well-established and always understood, contract between seller and buyer. But then government got involved and turned a simple transaction into an irksome task. Now some shoppers have to […]
Go Ahead, Russia. Hack Away at California’s Elections.
There’s justifiable worry about whether Russian hackers might disrupt American elections, particularly in crucial swing states, and create questions of legitimacy, or even crisis, around the presidency. But in California, there’s no reason to worry. Russia can go ahead and hack our elections. It won’t make any difference. California has made our elections hack-proof—not because […]