Draper’s Three States Map Could Use Some Revision
Why does Tim Draper hate Southern California? I’m sympathetic to the venture capitalist’s attempts to split up California. Our state is more the size of a country than an American state. And splitting the state would give Californians to write new and at least semi-rational state constitutions for themselves. And that’s something we’ll never get […]
Tax Reform in Washington has CA Implications
The next great Washington debate will be over tax reform and accomplishing tax cuts will have major and positive implications for California businesses and jobs. If done right, tax reform is really a jobs bill. Cutting taxes for large and small businesses to 15 percent, as President Donald Trump wants to do, puts more resources […]
Business Friendly? California’s Moving Up!
Finally! California did not rank dead last in a survey of business friendliness. According to a report released last week by the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform, California came in No. 47 in what was described as its “lawsuit climate.” Now you might not think No. 47 is all that great, but it seems […]
Approve ‘California WaterFix’ Project
Every day, I walk into the kitchen, turn on the faucet, and clean drinking water magically appears. It’s a miracle, really, and I’ll bet, like me, you don’t even think about it — the water always flows. Even in the years of drought we endured, good local water management and conservation got us through the […]