The Legislature is in adjournment, and with lawmakers at home campaigning for reelection, they are unable to engage in their favorite pastime of …
California Commentary
What Took So Long to Reinstate Program for Low Income Seniors?
Property tax assistance for low income seniors, the blind and the disabled is available again. In 2009, the Legislature ended the Property Tax …
Down Ballot Measures Could Cost You Big Bucks
Election month is rapidly approaching. That’s right, “election month” because, since 2002, California voters have been freed from casting ballots in …
Legislative Session Ends, Taxpayers to Pay Even More as Usual Allies Vote for Tax Hikes
As the final day of the legislative session dawned last week, taxpayers were cautiously optimistic. After all, we had already stopped the most direct …
California Special Districts: Hiding in Plain Sight
Special districts in California are the unnoticed variant of local government entities. Although they spend over $42 billion annually, most taxpayers …
High Speed Rail Is ‘On Track’ to Incur Billions in Overruns
High-speed rail continues to be an expensive, sick joke for California. Under the current plan, it is no longer “high-speed” and projected costs, …
Chickens Coming Home to Roost
State Controller Betty Yee's just-released July Cash Report shows state personal income tax revenue falling behind estimates by 6.9 percent, or $323 …
Controller Dead Wrong on Property Taxes
California’s State Controller, Betty Yee, normally displays a measured, albeit liberal, view of California fiscal affairs. While viewed as reasonably …
Heads Up, Taxpayers
If public attention is being drawn to national politics and the presidential race, there is a group of local officials who are thrilled. They have …
Teachers Union Hits Taxpayers with ‘Money Club’ Again
The California Teachers Association has just dropped $10 million into its campaign to extend the “temporary” income tax hike voters approved when they …