In April, the Senate Transportation Committee held an informational hearing on the latest version of the California High-Speed Rail Authority’s …
California Commentary
Tom Steyer’s solution for everything is another tax
To a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. To billionaire and gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer, every problem can be solved by a tax …
How the wealth tax allows the Legislature to circumvent Prop. 13
Sacramento politicians are asking Californians to believe a familiar story again: don’t worry, this tax only applies to someone else. This time, it …
State and local governments have failed Californians on homelessness funding
Homelessness and housing affordability have ranked among Californians’ top policy priorities for years, and featured prominently in the first …
Why California ranks so low in taxpayer return on investment
That California produces the worst “return on investment” for its citizens is demonstrably true. As measured by WalletHub, California ranks 49th …
Taxpayer protection initiative qualifies for the November ballot
In a major victory for California taxpayers, the Local Taxpayer Protection Act to Save Proposition 13 has qualified for the November 2026 ballot. Last …
Electric vehicle mandates costing government and taxpayers
Over the last three years Caltrans has received over half a billion dollars of taxpayer funds to convert its vehicles into “the greenest fleet in the …
California’s Medi-Cal sales tax playbook is spreading but inviting skepticism
In the words of Rahm Emanuel, politicians should never let a crisis go to waste – even when they’re fake. In 2025, Santa Clara County supervisors …
San Diego has slipped into Los Angeles-style morass of bad governance
Remember when San Diego was known as “America’s Finest City”? Back then, it was the model of good governance with competent political leadership under …
Is the bullet train hungry for property taxes?
A wonderful children’s poem by Shel Silverstein is about Hungry Mungry, a sad soul with an unquenchable appetite. It starts like this: “Hungry Mungry …