
Lessons from the Gold Rush and CEQA Reform
At the California Chamber of Commerce breakfast a couple of weeks ago, Governor Jerry Brown spoke of the California’s legendary Gold Rush as an economic

At the California Chamber of Commerce breakfast a couple of weeks ago, Governor Jerry Brown spoke of the California’s legendary Gold Rush as an economic

State Treasurer Bill Lockyer’s retirement announcement yesterday, coupled with the post in Fox & Hounds about the difficult situation for the state’s court system, couldn’t
A poll released on Friday by the California Business Roundtable and Pepperdine University’s School of Public Policy indicates that for voters there is still magic

Yesterday, two polls came out certain to warm Governor Jerry Brown as both polls by the Public Policy Institute of California and the California Business

Bob Hertzberg, former Speaker of the California Assembly, never really left the California political scene after he left office. Despite his venture into the business

Last week’s Los Angeles Times article by Patrick McGreevey titled, Lawmakers Test Brown’s No-Tax Resolve with Calls to Hike Levies, should focus the business community’s

The single most important issue that drove the Los Angeles mayoral election was union spending on behalf of Wendy Greuel, especially money from the public
David Crane’s argument above advocating doing away with the property tax protections in Proposition 13 is flawed. Crane says the state would function more efficiently

Predictions from the Legislative Analyst that the state will have more revenue than the governor projects in his May budget revision — with most of