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NEWS: Caltrans investigations find waste and wrongdoing in state transportation programs
A recent investigation has uncovered numerous incidents of inappropriate spending at CalTrans. After examining 256 complaints, including reported …
NEWS: Calif. Taxpayers on Hook for Six-Figure Government Pensions
$40 Billion of taxpayer money went to 80,000 pensions for retired public sector workers in 2018. 20% of that money was for six-figure checks, far over …
OPINION: Xavier Becerra rigs ballot with biased split roll summary
The Editorial Board of the Redlands Daily Facts calls CA Attorney General's ballot summary "disreputable" and "cynically misleading". The new "split …
EDITORIAL: California unions want to gut Prop. 13 to pay for rising pension costs
While California is top ten for highest gas tax, individual/corporate taxes, and sales tax, Prop 13 keeps state property tax in the mid 30's of all …
NEWS: A conspiracy of entitled incumbents
California Governor Newsom signed legislation implementing statewide rent control, even though a similar ballot measure was rejected by voters. …
OPINION: Dems ignore voters’ decisions
California voters have strongly rejected public campaign financing. That's one of the reasons the Legislature recently lost in court when they …
NEWS: A slow-motion disaster
As Sacramento politicians discuss how to allocate a recently approved sales tax extension, one key factor is being ignored: Pensions. Sacramento, like …
NEWS: Pension costs make California agencies ‘do less with more,’ Berkeley professor says
Professor Sarah Anzia at UC Berkeley recently published a report analyzing the effects of high pension costs in California. In a policy brief …
OPINION: Walters: California tax revenues are soaring — what does that mean?
Despite a soaring budget surplus and California schools having $2 billion more than estimated, it's easier for California's tax-and-spend interests to …