Scott Bessent is wrong. Tariffs are taxes that hurt Americans. – San Diego Union-Tribune
If U.S. tariffs on imports raise prices on American consumers, should we care if the government calls them…
Are the feds better at protecting California taxpayers? – Orange County Register
Could it be that the federal government is more protective of the interests of California taxpayers than the…
Mark Primack | I wish I could vote for Measure C – Santa Cruz Sentinel
I wish I wanted to vote for Measure C, to take my place alongside all the caring, generous…
What can rescue California’s struggling bullet train? – Orange County Register
Naming rights have rescued major California businesses before. Now the chief of the often-belittled California High Speed Rail…
How much more money will LA County supervisors set on fire? – Daily News
Shockingly, when the government gives away billions of dollars to people who fill out a form, fraudsters quickly…
Gavin Newsom embraced reparations at first. Now he’s slow rolling them.
George Floyd, a Black man who had been detained by Minneapolis police after a store clerk alleged he…
Could naming rights rescue the beleaguered bullet train?
Imagine the “Google Switching Center.” Now try on the “Sony Pictures In-Railroad Entertainment System.” And the “Morton’s Steakhouse…
ICE raids are no excuse for bad policy in Los Angeles County – Daily News
Rahm Emanuel, former Bill Clinton political strategist and mayor of Chicago, is famous for saying, “You never want…
California’s long-running saga over local tax measures might return to the ballot – Marin Independent Journal
Earlier this month, a state appellate court declared that a 2020 ballot measure to increase hotel taxes in…
Newsom tried hard to jump-start housing production. It wasn’t enough.
Eight years ago, as he began his campaign for governor, Gavin Newsom described fixing the state’s chronic housing…
Emergency declarations won’t stop LA from getting sued – Daily Breeze
“So sue me.” That seems to be the new motto of government in California. Although we have a…
Emergency declarations won’t stop LA from getting sued – Daily News
“So sue me.” That seems to be the new motto of government in California. Although we have a…