Are Voters for More Multi-Family Housing in Single Family Neighborhoods?
Do Californians really want denser living particularly in single-family neighborhoods? The recent PPIC poll showed strong support by 62% to 30% allowing state laws to override local governments to create multi-family housing near transportation corridors. The most discussed housing bill in the legislature, Senator Scott Wiener’s SB 50, that would do just that went kerplunk […]
Impeachment: The California Factor
Like so much in politics the modern history of impeachment runs through California. Richard Nixon, a Republican and the nation’s 37tth president born in Yorba Linda, chose to resign before he would most certainly have been impeached. House Speaker and Democrat, Nancy Pelosi, a San Franciscan by adoption and second only in line to the […]
Update on 2019 Tax Legislation: What Remains?
Now that the house of origin deadline has passed, and we are basically at the mid-point in the California Legislative Session, we can take a look at pending legislation with particular attention to the bills that will continue along the legislative process in the second house. The focus of this article is on tax legislation. […]
The Lawsuit Against the PAGA Law Moves Ahead
On June 6, 2019, the California Business and Industrial Alliance appeared in Orange County Superior Court to defend its Due Process and Excessive Fines challenges to the Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”). The hearing was a follow-on to the March 28, 2019 hearing where the Court (1) rejected the State’s attempt to dismiss CABIA’s Equal […]