“OK, Boomer” is a mocking retort made by a member of the millennial generation to someone born between 1946 and 1964 – the Baby Boom generation. Like …
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Groundhog Days of California taxes
The “Hundred Years War” was a series of conflicts for control over Western Europe and England during the middle ages, circa 1337 to 1453. The …
A California wealth tax would do major harm
Last week, a few ultra-progressive legislators and a radical public employee labor organization proposed a new wealth tax which they claim would raise …
Senate Bill 668 needed to buy time for California families
It’s hard to imagine anything more callous than the government sending a giant tax bill to a bereaved family, but thanks to Proposition 19, many …
California’s embarrassment of tax riches
California politicians, including Gov. Gavin Newsom and majority party legislators, practically break their arms trying to pat themselves on the back …
Stopping fraud isn’t really that hard
As news of the unimaginable scale of California’s unemployment fraud continues to break, it’s necessary to understand why this state has been so …
Cleaning up a $35 million Sacramento mess
Only in California. Sign a shady multimillion-dollar state contract with a politically connected consulting firm to do “voter outreach,” get sued over …
There’s no excuse for the disaster at the EDD
We are almost a year into the pandemic, and Californians continue to struggle. Small businesses, especially restaurants, have suffered steep …
Adam Schiff should not be California AG
The office of the attorney general of California is unlike any other elected position. That person serves as California’s top law enforcement …
The limits of interactive budget tools
Did you ever want to write your own state budget? Maybe not, but some media outlets and progressive organizations have created interactive websites …