In the 2016 June Primary, 81 percent of local tax and bond measures were passed by the California electorate. That, of course, would seem to
Last week, yet another high-profile scandal involving mismanagement rocked the California Department of Transportation – Caldrons, and yesterday I introduced Senate Bill 1141, which would launch
County deficits balloon by BILLIONS after accounting for unfunded pension liabilities The financial carnage continues as more local governments report their Fiscal Year 2015 balance sheets under the new
Get ready California. Without very much fanfare, the proverbial one-ton Government Accounting Standards Board gorilla has entered the room. As the result of years of
As the initial Chair of the Orange County Commission to End Homelessness, I have a concern about this critical topic. Remember, I was sworn into
The Bay Bridge debacle is the most serious sign that Caltrans is a broken agency. There needs to be an immediate top-to-bottom review of its
1. CA’s gas taxes are the 4thhighest in the nation. According to the American Petroleum Institute, California’s 61-cent-per-gallon gas taxes are the 4th highest in the nation, behind only Pennsylvania, New