It’s late October and that means there are a lot of people out there wearing masks. But this isn’t about Halloween. This is about all the fake …
California Commentary
Legislators Tell Tales, but Grades Don’t Lie
Daniel Patrick Moynihan, an intellectual leader of the United States Senate for 24 years, often chided adversaries declaring “you are entitled to your …
Greater Transparency on Threat to Property Owners
Legislation just signed by Gov. Brown may help alert homeowners to the threat posed by per parcel property taxes. Parcel taxes have become one of the …
Beware: They Are Now Among Us
Humorist Will Rogers observed, “This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.” If Rogers …
How About an Exam for Office Seekers?
Given the horrible decisions recently being made by elected officials why don't we subject candidates for public office to a simple exam with the …
Amazing! Something Good from the California Legislature
The phone call was from a frightened older woman in the Central Valley. "I can't afford to pay my property taxes and I may lose my home by the end of …
Proposition 13 Survives Legislative Session
Two years ago when 2013-14 legislative session began things looked very dark for California homeowners. Democrats many hostile to Proposition 13 …
Let Them Drive Teslas
Once again Senate Leader Darrell Steinberg has thumbed his nose at the working class and other Californians of modest means by blocking legislation …
AG Blocks Real Initiative Reform
Just last month this column noted that the professional political class harbors great hostility toward the tools of direct democracy -- the powers of …
Lawmakers Don’t Think Rules Apply to Them
No one would dispute that California's diversity extends to the wide political gulf between conservative Californians and those who see themselves as …