How Will Coronavirus Impact the Property Tax Increase Initiative?
The new effort to raise property taxes in California took a giant step forward with the filing of signatures on an initiative last week as the state is suffering the effects of the COVID-19 crisis. The measure calls for increasing property taxes on commercial properties (called a split roll) at a time when there is […]
New Bill Would Add Exemptions to AB 5
AB 5, which was enacted last fall, codified the “ABC Test” pursuant to the California Supreme Court’s Dynamex decision. AB 5 also contains 57 different exemptions for specified professions. While nearly three dozen measures in the Assembly and Senate would create additional exemptions, SB 900 was recently amended to add 12 exemptions. SB 900 […]
Sacramento Transit Authority, This is No Time to Move Ahead with a Tax Increase
Over the last month, the country has come to a complete standstill. In early March, at least ten California counties, including Sacramento, ordered their residents to “shelter in place” due to COVID-19: no one is to leave their place of residence except for absolute necessities. Soon after, Governor Gavin Newsom extended a shelter-in-place order to […]
Coronavirus and Politics
The Inside Golden State Politics podcast examines how the Coronavirus is changing politics and policy making. It has has shifted power and influence to state and local political leaders such as California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York as well as Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. They seized the opportunity to […]