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
Joel Fox
June 5, 2013
Lockyer Speaks his Mind
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
Joel Fox
June 4, 2013
Prop 13 Name Still has Power
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
Joel Fox
June 3, 2013
Polls, Polls – What Do They Mean?
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
Joel Fox
May 30, 2013
Hertzberg is Back Hoping to Push Major Reforms as an Insider
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
Joel Fox
May 29, 2013
Business Should Act on Tax Referendum Before its Too Late
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
Joel Fox
May 23, 2013
Union Spending Issue Decides LA Mayor’s Race
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
Joel Fox
May 22, 2013
To Save California Taxpayers, Protect Proposition 13
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
Joel Fox
May 21, 2013
Prop 98 in a Budget Tug-of-War
Predictions from the Legislative Analyst that the state will have more revenue than the governor projects in his May budget revision — with most of
Joel Fox
May 20, 2013