Don’t Cut Taxes On Weed. Increase Enforcement on Scofflaws
Instead of doing its job, the state wants to cut taxes. That’s the essence of a new legislative effort to cut taxes on marijuana being sold legally. The tax cut is meant to address a real problem: There are too many black-market illegal sales of cannabis and cannabis products, now more than a year into […]
Tax Reform in the 2019 California Legislative Session?
With the deadline for introducing new bills for the 2019 Legislative Session having passed, the California Legislature will embark on considering hundreds of tax-related measures until they adjourn in mid-September. There are over 350 tax related bills that were introduced, many without substantive language yet, with about 65 tax credit measures and half a dozen […]
The Gig Economy Myth That Won’t Die
As California’s legislative season kicks into high gear, one of the big debates heating up in Sacramento is how to categorize workers in the so-called gigeconomy. Last year, the California Supreme Court made waves by changing the test for determining whether workers should be treated as employees or independent contractors, and now state lawmakers are […]
Golden Opportunities in Modern Manufacturing
California has rightly earned a reputation as a global leader in developing revolutionary technology. But what is often underappreciated is the Golden State’s leadership in modern manufacturing—an industry that is intricately connected to the breakthroughs made in Silicon Valley.