Prop 13: Headline Grabber does not Reflect Reality
“Voters May Reconsider Prop 13,” reads part of the headline on the press release about the new Hoover Institution Golden State Poll. However, read the poll and you’ll see we are nowhere near a Proposition 13 revolution. The headline is based on a test of the “split roll” approach to property taxes in which commercial property […]
Website Launched to Gather Info on the Scourge of PAGA Lawsuits
On December 27th 2016 I received a phone call from our attorney that frankly has changed my life and my views on government and business forever. I was told we were being sued by a disgruntled employee who is also on a workers compensation claim for wage and hour violations. Our attorney said this lawsuit would […]
Is The LA Economy Heading For Trouble? Recent Consumer Confidence Survey Provides Some Clues
A decline in the confidence of Los Angeles County consumers continues–raising concern about where the local economy is heading, since consumer spending accounts for about 70% of economic activity in our communities. According to the index recently released by the Lowe Institute of Political Economy at Claremont McKenna College, Los Angeles consumer sentiment declined by […]
Legislation touted as pro-transparency will eliminate basic services
The fundamental purpose for a city or county is to serve its residents. If government is doing its job, then your streets are clean and safe, your public parks and buildings are maintained and the like. Taxpayers should be able to expect that government is spending their hard-earned dollars on critical services that improve their […]
California’s next election will be a tug-of-war on education
Sandra Lowe reminisced about the good old days as she addressed a roomful of Democratic activists at the California party’s annual convention last week in Sacramento. It used to be, the teachers union leader told the crowd, that it didn’t take much to win a school board race: a short statement in the election handbook, […]