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Record Pork Barrel Projects in California’s Largest State Budget in Many Years

June 12, 2019 10:35 amJune 13, 2019 6:32 am

Pork Barrel projects are a usual occurrence in the state budget, but California hasn’t see pork added on like this in years. To understand how government spending sprees occur every fiscal year, this is how spending takes place. Pork barrel...

Job Killers: Business Tax Increases Pending Passage by CA Legislature

June 11, 2019 7:40 amJune 11, 2019 7:48 am

Chris Micheli posted a list of pending tax legislation of particular interest to the California business community. These bills are continuing through the legislative process, awaiting passage. Some of these bills are on the Cal Chamber Job Killer list. “These...

Gavin Newsom’s California Budget: Undocumented Immigrants Will Get Health Care Coverage

June 10, 2019 6:12 pmJune 12, 2019 6:15 am

California Democrats reached a budget deal late Sunday agreeing to pay for undocumented immigrants living in the country illegally to have full health benefits, while abandoning the $140 million water tax on residential customers. Undocumented immigrants between the ages of...

State Economy Rankings: California is a Real Dichotomy

June 10, 2019 7:32 amJune 10, 2019 7:44 am

California just ranked in the top 5 in the overall WalletHub 2019 State Economy Rankings, while ranking low in the Economic Health Ranking. WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across three key dimensions: 1) Economic Activity,...

Authorized Power Outages Leave Californians Sweltering and In the Dark

June 10, 2019 2:11 amJune 10, 2019 6:13 pm

Over the weekend, PG&E turned off power in Napa, during a heat wave, only restoring power later in the day. More power outages came at 9 p.m. to customers in Butte County, Yuba County, and Sierra Foothills. The Associated Press...

California Budget Countdown: Focus on Single Payer, Individual Mandate Tax, Medical Socialism

June 8, 2019 9:52 amJune 10, 2019 12:08 pm

June 15 is the deadline for the passage of the California budget, which must be passed by midnight. As of Friday afternoon, lawmakers who are members of the Conference Committee on the Budget were still waiting around for news of...

Kamala Harris Claims California Could Lose 50,000 jobs Due to Mexico Tariffs

June 7, 2019 10:41 am

Presidential candidate California Sen. Kamala Harris has called President Donald Trump’s tariff threat against Mexico the “Trump trade tax” and says it could cost California “like 50,000 jobs because of it,” McClatchy reported. The numbers Harris used are from a...