Isn’t there something odd about the tax arguments tied to the proposed initiatives on cigarettes and marijuana? One of the arguments for raising taxes on
Over the weekend, the Wall Street Journal highlighted California’s move to establish required private sector retirement programs in an editorial that criticized the Obama Administration for
California’s 35th governor, George Deukmejian, built much of his political capital being tough on crime. The former attorney general wrote the state’s capital punishment law
The Public Policy Institute of California’s Speaker Series kicked off yesterday’s session with a conversation between Gov. Jerry Brown’s Executive Secretary (read: Chief of Staff)
Those promoting tax increase measures for the 2016 General Election ballot must be a little chagrined by the economic outlook report issued by the Legislative Analyst’s
A week ago, Zocalo Public Square published an article, Imagining California Without Oil Refineries, by one of its editors, Lisa Margonelli, suggesting that Californians are embracing
At last Friday’s California Economic Summit sponsored by California Forward and the California Stewardship Network, state Controller Betty Yee predicted that a Proposition 30 extension and a cigarette
The high-speed rail project has avoided roadblocks from lawsuits (so far), negative media reports and legislative efforts calling for a new vote of the people
The California Chamber of Commerce released its tally of legislators’ floor votes on 15 bills that the chamber determined were crucial to the business community.