When Jerry Brown's campaign began running a television ad last week comparing Meg Whitman to Arnold Schwarzenegger it became clear to me that he had …
California Commentary
Report Card: Majority of California’s Legislators Flunk
Earlier this month legislators returned to their districts following the passage of a three-months-late budget that kicks a massive deficit problem -- …
A Very Taxing Ballot
Every day at the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association we receive dozens of calls asking which ballot measures will have the greatest impact on our …
Who is Rosy Projections?
Rosy Projections is a powerful player in state government but when I asked around the Capitol for directions to her office no one could help me. And I …
Prop. 25: New Front in Long War Against Prop. 13
Proposition 25 is the latest weapon against Proposition 13 but backers don't want voters to know it. Statewide polls taken in recent years …
Pension Reform or Bust
During the Great Depression "California or Bust" was the slogan of economic refugees from other parts of the country on their way to the Golden State. …
The Taj Mahal in the LAUSD
The most recent session of the California Legislature gives new meaning to the clichí© "rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic." It is horribly …
Howard Jarvis Was Crazy …
The passage of Proposition 13 in 1978 changed the political landscape both within California and nationally. Thirty-two years after its passage …
Fighting for Taxpayers in the Capitol: Against the Odds
One of the most famous quotes from the American Revolution was uttered by Sam Adams: "It does not take a majority to prevail ... but rather an irate …
Drill Baby Drill
If you thought this column was about oil you're going to be disappointed. Drill is a word that also means a practice or exercise in preparation for …