Former AZ Rep Austin Smith to Be Sentenced for Petition Forgery
Former Arizona State Representative Austin Smith, a Republican who represented Legislative District 29 from 2023 to 2025 and a former…
Ringside: Shifting Costs Does Not Solve California’s Electricity Shortages
California’s Little Hoover Commission was created in 1962 “as an independent and bipartisan state agency charged with making recommendations to the governor…
Financial Support of Parents in California
Section 4400 requires an adult child, to the extent of the adult child’s ability, support a parent who is in…
Taxation and Bonding for California Harbor Districts
Division 8, Part 3, Chapter 3 concerns taxation and bonds used with harbor districts. Section 6090 states that all bonds…
The Innovative Wealth Tax That Could Break California
California is not only the home of innovative technology; sadly, it is also the home of innovative tax ideas. The…
Report: California Faces $18 Billion Budget Shortfall
The nonpartisan California Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) today released a grim fiscal outlook for the 2026-2027 budget year (see below),…
CA Lawmakers Blame Trump for their Own Impending Budget Disaster
The California Legislative Analyst's Office just released their "California Legislative Analyst's Office fiscal outlook." It's not good news. Rather than…
Read the Room Sac County Supervisors: Another Solar Farm Approval is Another Failed Experiment
In a glaring case of willful stupidity, a proposed 2,700-acre solar farm project east of Rancho Cordova in Sacramento County…
Disclosure of Information in Adoptions
Division 13, Part 2, Chapter 7 concerns the disclosure of information related to the adoption of unmarried minors in this…
Governor Swalwell? Rep Eric Swalwell Eyes Gubernatorial Bid
"Not if but when" POLITICO reports on the near certainty that California Congresssman Eric Swalwell will run for California governor…