When it comes to Taxes, CA Likely to React rather than Seek Reform
While academics and editorialists are urging the legislature to deal with tax reform (see this week’s L.A. Times editorial), changes to the tax system will likely be a reaction to federal tax moves or economic slowdowns. At a tax forum put on by the California Chamber of Commerce last week, experts gave their opinions about […]
Buy a House at Sea!
The devastating housing shortage in California keeps getting worse. Housing prices won’t stop rising. Why can’t we solve the problem? Perhaps it’s because all of the proposed solutions—more construction, sprawling construction, denser construction, granny flats, affordable housing mandates, new forms of financing and exemptions from regulation—are built on the same flawed premise: that housing must […]
It’s Time for the Safe, Re-Opening of Aliso Canyon
It has now been more than a year since the Aliso Canyon gas leak temporarily shuttered one of this region’s most critical pieces of energy infrastructure. The impact on adjacent communities was significant, but after much work, the leak was stopped and new, stringent safety measures have been implemented. Yet, the facility still sits idle. […]
Californians Approve $5.0 Billion per Year in New Taxes
For the last few years, using data provided by the watchdog organization CalTax, we have summarized the results of local bond and tax proposals appearing on the California ballot. Nearly all of them are approved by voters, and this past November was no exception. With only a couple of measures still too close to call (TCTC), as […]