Taxing the Oil & Gas Industry to its Knees
A one-two punch is being aimed at California’s oil and gas industry and that just may be fine with anti-fossil fuel crusaders but it could have an immediate disruptive effect on the California economy. Between proposals to raise the oil severance tax and property taxes, California’s oil and gas producing companies face a double whammy […]
DiFi vs. the Kids
There’s nothing quite as clarifying as being told that you’re being unrealistic by an 85-year-old. That’s what made Dianne Feinstein’s videotaped and condescending dismissal of a push from teenagers on behalf of the “Green New Deal” so powerful. Yes, the first version of the tape was edited, unfairly to make California’s very senior senator look […]
Will Democrats Pick a Candidate Who Can Win?
California can be held at least partly responsible on several counts for the party supremacy battle which is likely to break out across the nation as a growing field of contestants throw their hats in the ring for the Democratic presidential nomination. Prior elections have revealed some troublesome ideological fissures that could prevent California Democrats […]
Impact of Increased Housing Costs
A California legislator once asked me “What’s the big deal? It’s only $1,000 (additional per house).” I responded with a then-recently released study – which has since been updated – showing how adding new costs to the price of a home kept hundreds of thousands of households from becoming homeowners. Alas, I knew that my […]