The new Public Policy Institute of California Poll confirmed what I have noted here and elsewhere: that the Proposition 30 tax extension starts with an advantage
Sometimes watching Governor Jerry Brown in action you often think of Forrest Gump’s box of chocolates: “You never know what you’re going to get.” A
The Milken Institute recently released a report based on its annual California Summit conference dealing with a myriad of state issues. One chapter took the name
Previewing the coming report from her Council of Economic Advisors on Tax Reform, state Controller Betty Yee said California needs comprehensive tax reform that must
With expected November ballot measures falling away because of political pressure, costs and legislative deal-making, the concern of an extremely long ballot has diminished somewhat
In an age when the quest for transparency in government is treated akin to securing the holy grail, Sen. John Moorlach’s “Financial Transparency Act” (SB
Governor Jerry Brown and House Speaker Paul Ryan both offered support for the principle of subsidiarity — simply stated as decentralizing power and moving decision making
The Legislative Analyst’s letter to Assemblyman Tom Lackey revealing that the cap-and-trade program’s effect on gasoline amounts to $2 billion a year or 11-cents a gallon
According to the newly released report from the Tax Foundation, California’s Tax Freedom Day is April 30—the day taxpayers of the state have collectively earned enough