A plan to rescue the state teachers pension system from insolvency could also lead to serious hardships for school districts and new taxes, writes the …
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NEWS: Audit reveals “super-human” overtime at Los Angeles Transportation Dept.
A recent audit has revealed four Los Angeles city employees in the Traffic Paint and Sign division received at least $70,000 in overtime pay, …
OPINION: California Drivers Taken for Ride by Liberal Billionaire Tom Steyer
Liberal billionaire Tom Steyer has announced plans to raise oil taxes by $2 billion while ironically saying at the same time that he is concerned …
OPINION: Cal Public Sector Unions Spending $1 Billion Per Year
Nationally, public sector unions collect and spend $4 billion a year, but although California has only 11% of the nation's population, 25% of this …
OPINION: SEIU Wants to Kill Franchisees with Kindness
The influential Service Employees International Union (SEIU) has filed a lawsuit urging the Federal Trade Commission to investigate abusive practices …
NEWS: State’s revenue will be healthy without Prop. 30 taxes, Gov. Jerry Brown’s finance department says
State revenues will be healthy and will continue to grow even without an extension of the Proposition 30 tax increase, which was enacted in 2012, …
OPINION: Blue State Blues: California Dems Skimp on Infrastructure to Pay Unions, Illegals
Legislative Democrats argue they do not have enough money to invest in our state's highway system, but Joel Pollack of Breitbart.com points out …
EDITORIAL: Unions target Prop. 13 again
Government employee unions have launched a campaign to repeal Proposition 13 protections for businesses, raising taxes by up to $9 billion. While the …
OPINION: Cal School Budgets: Pension Costs Rise from 3.8% to 9%
The California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) faces a shortfall in the funds needed to cover its obligations and will require greater …
EDITORIAL: $9 billion tax hike in name of ‘fairness’? Please
Although California is consistently ranked among the nation's most anti-business states, the economy could face further damage from a proposal by …