Bills Facing the Business Community When the Legislature Reconvenes
Even though the 2017 Legislative Session recently concluded, the California business community needs to be aware of “2-year bills” that will be considered when the Legislature reconvenes on January 3, 2018. There are nearly 1,000 of these two-year bills that are technically alive, at least until the constitutional deadline of January 31, 2017 to clear their […]
CA GOP Should Ban Bannon
If you’ve been staying in the California Republican Party and waiting for the party to re-align itself with the state, your wait is over. It’s time to leave. Look for an exodus after the CRP’s invitation to Steve Bannon to speak at next weekend’s party convention in Anaheim. Bannon was last seen being booted from […]
The Cost of NIMBY
Neighborhood opposition to new housing projects is likely viewed by the general public as a natural right of existing property owners to organize objections to a change to their living environment. After all, why shouldn’t longtime residents have a say in what goes on or might go on in their neighborhoods? Why can’t they say […]
Progressive Cities: Home of the Worst Housing Inequality
America’s most highly regulated housing markets are also reliably the most progressive in their political attitudes. Yet in terms of gaining an opportunity to own a house, the price impacts of the tough regulation mean profound inequality for the most disadvantaged large ethnicities, African-Americans and Hispanics. Based on the housing affordability categories used in the Demographia […]
California’s ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’ Economy at Forefront of Innovation Forum with Mexico
(Editor’s Note: This press release was received from GO-Biz, the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development) The California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz), in partnership with ProMexico, Mexico’s Trade and Commerce agency, will join The Mexican Entrepreneur Association and the Mexican Association of PE & VC Funds on a three day conference, October […]
Challenge to Feinstein Tests Where Californians Stands
With the announcement that State Senate president pro-tem Kevin de León will run against Dianne Feinstein (and billionaire Tom Steyer may join the fray), it will prove a good test on where California voters stand on how elected officials should function. Many progressives are loud and angry and ready to jettison Feinstein from her seat, […]
An Unacknowledged Love Affair – the Left and DiFi
Some loves are so deep and passionate that the lovers can’t admit their true feelings, even to themselves. This describes the love between California progressives and Dianne Feinstein. Yes, I know, progressives and Dianne Feinstein seem to be in constant quarrel. Progressives blast her as a sellout; she tells them they’re unrealistic and impatient and […]
Will PAGA Finally Be Reformed at the Ballot Box?
Earlier this month, three separate initiatives were submitted to the California Attorney General for title and summary to reform California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) statute because this law continues to be of significant concern to California employers. Enacted over a dozen years ago, PAGA allows employees to sue their employers in a “representative action” […]
Hollywood Fractivists Should Fear, FractCheck is Here
For years, anti-fracking activists (“fractivists”) and Hollywood celebrities have made unfounded claims about fracking with no consequence or regard for scientific facts. The fact that oil and gas fuel their jet-setting and yachting lifestyles is apparently lost on them, too. To dispel these rumors and keep fractivists’ false claims in check, the pro-energy grassroots group FrackFeed has […]