What if bankruptcy is the only viable solution for California? – Orange County Register
There are some very smart people who believe that California has already fallen off the fiscal cliff and…
California needs budget restraint not double-digit spending increases – San Diego Union-Tribune
Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing a nearly 9% increase in total state spending for the upcoming fiscal year…
California needs budget restraint not double-digit spending increases – Orange County Register
Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing a nearly 9% increase in total state spending for the upcoming fiscal year…
California politicians sure keep the lawyers busy – Orange County Register
L.A. City Councilman Curren Price is headed to trial on charges of public corruption after a judge ruled…
California lawmakers can’t resist writing performative legislation – Orange County Register
California legislators introduce hundreds of bills during their biennial sessions. While some are serious efforts to address real…
Local sales tax hikes coming soon across California – Orange County Register
As this column has noted on numerous occasions, California’s state sales tax rate of 7.25% is the highest…
Gavin Newsom grandstands and flops at Davos – Orange County Register
Gov. Gavin Newsom is back from his all-expense-paid trip to Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum. Guess…
Supreme Court needs to rein in California
It’s hard to have sympathy for people who choose to live in California. It’s their business, after all,…
How much higher will sales taxes go in California? – Daily News
If Alfred Hitchcock was alive, he could make a horror movie about sales taxes in California. It would…
Would California voters actually support a wealth tax on billionaires?
In a sense, California has been taxing wealth since it became a state 175 years ago. Well into…
A California diversion program saved her from prison and dying young
When I was younger, I couldn’t imagine a future for myself beyond going to prison or dying young.…
LA needs a dose of reality. Is Spencer Pratt the answer? – Orange County Register
On the one year anniversary of the fire that burned down Pacific Palisades, reality show star, fire victim,…