By Jon Coupal and Jay Obernolte Just two weeks ago, this column exposed the abject lack of transparency in the state budget process. But the way …
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Vacancy taxes: California’s latest crazy idea
This column has frequently recounted how ideas coming from California’s progressive politicians are not just destructive, but also how most result …
California’s budget process has devolved into a bad joke
Let’s face it. California’s budget process has devolved into a bad joke. The record amount of spending coupled with massive expenditures for …
Healthcare tax for citizens, free healthcare for noncitizens
If there was any question whatsoever as to whether California has gone completely off the rails, proposals in the new state budget should remove all …
Measure EE failure could be a turning of tax tide
Against formidable odds, taxpayers scored a significant victory last week against big progressive interests. Measure EE, sponsored by the Los …
Desperate times and desperate measures
In politics, strange things happen in the week preceding an election. It is no different with Measure EE, the controversial property tax hike …
LAUSD’s impossible Measure EE ‘senior exemption’
In its flailing effort to impose a $500 million dollar annual parcel tax on the property owners who live within its boundaries, the Los Angeles …
A new water tax? California has a $21 billion surplus, use that instead
By Jon Coupal and Phillip Chen California has a record $21.5 billion surplus. That’s the good news. The bad news is that we have all that money …
LAUSD’s many taxing troubles
In a situation being watched throughout California, the Los Angeles Unified School District is aggressively pushing a heavy parcel tax on all …
Senate Constitutional Amendment 5 needs to be defeated
Senate Constitutional Amendment 5 (SCA 5), is set for legislative hearing this Tuesday. It deserves a quick defeat. Advanced by Sen. Ben Allen, …