Author: Joel Fox

I’m not a fan of the Cal 3 States initiative filed by Silicon Valley entrepreneur Tim Draper and I’m not a legal scholar but I

As anticipated here after the hearing on California’s sanctuary state laws were argued in federal court, Judge John A. Mendez offered a split decision upholding

In the tit-for-tat battle over soda taxes, the ball is now in the industry’s court—how will it respond to the announcement that healthcare advocates plan

Three ballot initiatives with enough signatures to qualify for the November election were pulled by the proponents when legislative deals were worked out satisfying the

Potentially, the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Janus vs AFSCME may reduce the powerful political influence public unions have exhibited over California policy and

Much of the discussion around the proposed deal to remove an initiative requiring a two-thirds vote on all local taxes centers on the motives of

The state of California already sitting on a record surplus would benefit from an additional revenue windfall thanks to two decisions handed down by the

A month before the primary election I wrote a column asking if the recall election of Sen. Josh Newman would be a harbinger for the

The judge hearing the federal challenge against California immigrant protection laws put his finger on a problem resulting from one of those laws: “The statute