CAFR 50, Where Are You?
Are you still waiting on your state stimulus check? They should be going out the middle part of November. Have you seen your state’s annual audit for the year ended June 30, 2020? It should be issued by the end...
Author: John Moorlach
John Moorlach is the director of the California Policy Center's Center for Public Accountability. He has served as a California State Senator and Orange County Supervisor and Treasurer-Tax Collector. In 1994, he predicted the County's bankruptcy and participated in restoring and reforming the sixth most populated county in the nation.
Defunding Police Unions
With the first anniversary of George Floyd’s death upon us, defunding police is still a major topic of discussion in this country. There are two major reasons for constituents to be upset with a department that should be a source...
California’s 944 School Districts: Strong Balance Sheets or Drowning in Debt?
With a real estate market that is on fire, one wonders if new homebuyers are reviewing the balance sheets of the school districts within which they will reside. If they have school age children, then this is the district where...
Exclusive: Sen. John Moorlach on California Senate Republicans’ ‘Quarantine Status’
Shortly after my “Oma,” my mother’s mother, passed away, my aged “Opa,” my grandfather, could no longer take care of himself. Two of my uncles decided to put him in a senior living facility. On his way in, my Opa,...
Sen. John Moorlach: ‘CAFR 50, Where Are You?’
It’s June 8th, do you know where your state’s June 30, 2019 State Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFRs) is? Did you know that 49 of the 50 nation’s states have completed and published their annual audited financial statements? Even...
When a Curve Is Not Necessarily a Curve
Residents of the Golden State have become slaves to a new debt, to a lockdown and to previously ignored, unfunded actuarial accrued liabilities. They must be freed from these chains. By Sen. John M.W. Moorlach and Craig Keshishian Maybe...
Keep on Truckin’: Suspend AB 5
‘It’s absurd to effectively ban “gig” workers while millions are trying to figure out how to make a living from home’ With most Californians hibernating in their homes for “social distancing,” trucking has become even more important. Independent truckers...