Yesterday I presented testimony to the Assembly Committee on Accountability and Administrative Review regarding the implementation of legislative regulatory reforms enacted in 2011. Following are
OK, maybe not by his words – but certainly by his deeds. At his premier policy address earlier this year, Governor Brown touted the business
California taxpayers paid $5 billion more in taxes in January than state officials anticipated. So is this an early sign of a robust economic recovery,
State-run health insurance exchanges are one of the most important developments from the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA). True to form, California was an early
It’s almost cliché to declare that California spends more on K-12 education than any other single budget program. Public schools are obviously a top priority
Economic recovery means not just more income tax revenue, it also means concentrating even more the share of taxes on upper income taxpayers – even
California politics and governance enter a new era in 2013. The state’s economy is finally recovering and the political landscape has been reseeded. Here, in
I give credit to California Democratic leaders. Flush with victory, they acknowledge their party’s weakness for fiscal profligacy. In the wake of the first successful
Cost effective implementation of California’s greenhouse gas reduction law, AB 32, not only has been a high priority of the California business community, but is