Author: Loren Kaye

Governor Brown spent last week paddling his canoe on the left side. As the LA Times’ George Skelton put it, the Governor’s deal with the

Chaos. That’s the overlooked and underreported consequence of the “Our Children, Our Future” measure, also known as the Munger initiative. Sponsored by philanthropist Molly Munger,

Everybody talks about tax reform, but don’t forget about one of the few recent successes: voter approval of Proposition 26 in November of 2010. So

The California Legislature rejected two tax increases in 2011. Nevertheless, Californians will find their taxes increased by more than $1.1 billion in 2012-13. That’s right;

Populist and anti-corporate rhetoric have captured the political and media narratives recently, with everyone from President Obama to Occupy<insert your town> bemoaning growing income inequality

Nearly one hundred proposed ballot initiatives have been filed with the Attorney General so far this year. This is not an unusual number, nor is

One of the key narratives of the Occupy Wall Street movements, not to mention the emerging “class war” undertone in political campaigns, is that income

If you had any doubt whether the state subsidy for Solyndra was a tax break or a spending program, your question is answered. As I