Oh, the irony. San Francisco is perhaps the most progressive city in the United States, although Portland and Seattle might put up an argument. So how …
California Commentary
Stop tormenting taxpayers with toxic transit systems
What is it with California that it just doesn’t know how to run a railroad? This column has, on several occasions, covered the abysmal history of …
Big problems for California’s income-based utility rates
In a recent column I referred to SBX1-2, a dangerous legislative proposal to define “excessive profits,” as setting a new speed record in California’s …
Repeal California’s Prop. 19 death tax
I got hit by a car last year while riding my bicycle. But not just any car — it was a remote-control car being operated by a teenager in my …
A parade of lies from the tax-loving League of California Cities
We’ve seen this before. Whenever taxpayers qualify an initiative for the statewide ballot that brings fiscal sanity to a fiscally insane California, …
California’s shakedown government expands under Gavin Newsom
If you thought Governor Gavin Newsom’s new gas tax, SBX1-2, was about punishing big, bad oil companies, it’s not. It’s actually about much more – and …
For Proposition 13’s sake, keep elected Board of Equalization
Here’s a question for homeowners: If there is an issue regarding how Proposition 13 should be interpreted or implemented, would you rather have it …
Important, costly lessons for California taxpayers from the COVID pandemic
As it did with citizens throughout America, the pandemic caused massive disruption to the lives of virtually every Californian. Tens of …
By all means, let’s talk about ‘junk fees’
In last month’s State of the Union address, President Joe Biden chose to spend an inordinate amount of time on matters that most Americans don’t care …
Jon Coupal: Political reform for some but not for all
Over the years, this column has exposed the myriad ways that the California Legislature enacts laws, not for the public benefit, but to cement …