How Popular is the Governor with GOP Voters?
In this solid blue state Gov. Jerry Brown is often referred to the “adult in the room” and the check on a spendthrift Democratically controlled legislature. Does that make him appealing to Republicans? In the new Public Policy Institute of California poll, Brown gets a 24% approval rating from Republicans. Brown’s score may be considered fair […]
Business and Trump’s Paris Climate Agreement Decision
The issue of how business will fare, respond or be affected by President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris Climate Change Agreement received much attention after Trump’s announcement yesterday. Responses to the move in California often highlighted the business issue in both supporting and opposing the president’ move. Trump argued that his […]
SB 562 Will Kill Jobs and Bankrupt California
(Editor’s Note: Rob Lapsley, president of the California Business Roundtable, issued the following statement today regarding the State Senate’s passage of SB 562 (Lara / Atkins), the single-payer healthcare bill, which will cost $400 billion per year to implement) “There is no realistic funding mechanism to support SB562, especially given all the existing spending obligations […]
PAGA: Funny Name, Dire Results
If you do business in the San Fernando Valley area, you don’t have to look far to see some of the horror stories created by PAGA. PAGA is the California law that stands for the Private Attorney General Act. It allows private citizens to sue companies for labor code violations – the kinds of suits […]
California Carpet Recycling Efforts Continue To Grow
Even as California’s beverage recycling rates plummet, a relatively new carpet industry stewardship program is continuing to trend in a positive direction aimed at keeping more old carpets out of state landfills. Launched just five years ago as a result of California law AB 2398, the carpet industry created the California Carpet Stewardship Program to […]