California’s booming economy is pouring many billions of additional tax dollars into state and local government treasuries. Nevertheless, the locals – cities and school districts,
Jesse Unruh, the legendary speaker of the state Assembly during the 1960s, was fond of pithy quips, and one of his more enduring is that
California’s economy may be booming, but throughout the state, local governments—including school districts—are feeling the financial pinch and asking their voters to approve new taxes
Californians of a liberal bent may not like it, but the U.S. Supreme Court this week struck an important blow for the constitutional right of
Josh Newman, a Democratic state senator from Fullerton, was in a bitter mood when he rose on the Senate floor last week—for good reason. Six
While public and media attention to this week’s primary election focused – understandably so – on contests for governor, U.S. senator and a handful of
Politics – the means by which we govern ourselves – can be a positive, even uplifting human enterprise. Too often, however, political tactics are based
There is a cyclical quality to California’s perennial debate over taxation, one most evident in the tax-related ballot measures placed before voters. Initiatives to raise
California’s public employee pension systems have immense gaps – called “unfunded liabilities” – between what they have in assets and what they will need to