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OPINION: Suddenly, a Shifting Pension Paradigm?
Pension expenses in California continue to rise, and increasing life expectancies have contributed to greater than anticipated costs for taxpayers, …
NEWS: Lawmakers collect thousands on top of salary while absent
California legislators receive daily, tax-free allowances of $176 beyond their salaries, but unusually-loose rules let legislators collect these …
OPINION: Sneakiness abounded on last, hectic night of California Legislature’s session
California's legislators have been in session for 21 months but that doesn't mean they are strangers to working until the last minute. Lobbyists and …
OPINION: The pension gap
California is facing a major pension problem. Senate Bill 400 gave state workers better retirement benefits and soon other public sector employees had …
OPINION: Temporary taxes become permanent in Prop. 55
Voters recently approved Proposition 30, which proponents promised would increase taxes, but only temporarily, writes Kerry Jackson in the Orange …
NEWS: Gov. Brown vetoes ‘tampon tax’ bill, 6 others
Governor Brown has vetoed 7 bills that would have saved Californians up to $300 million a year. These bills would have eliminated sales tax on 6 …
NEWS: Gov. Brown signs landmark climate change laws that don’t offset any warming
Governor Jerry Brown recently signed a new climate change law requiring a 40 percent emissions reduction from 1990 levels by 2030, reports …
OPINION: BART tax could quadruple original claim
BART has placed a measure on the November ballot for a $3.5 billion bond. The average tax a homeowner would pay is between $37-52 a year according to …
NEWS: For business, California is still a rank outsider
Entrepreneurship is dying in the United States over the last 30 years. When CNBC created their "20 Best Places to Start a Business in America", …