California has the highest income tax rate in the country (top tier of 14.4 percent), the highest statewide sales tax rate (7.25 percent, plus local sales taxes), and the highest gas tax rate ($0.78 per gallon). Yet it ranks third...
According to a new audit from the Office of the Inspector General for the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) on the November 2023 Interstate 10 fire, a lack of oversight in freeway inspections put the Interstate 10 freeway in Los...
You’ll never drive alone again. If you were worried that Sacramento would turn off or even slow down its perpetual stupid machine, fear not: the vehicle miles traveled (VMT) tax pilot program has been launched! CalTrans is right now looking...
Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Tuesday that he would greatly step up efforts to “beautify” a city that normally hasn’t been on the priority list of many Democratic lawmakers in California: Bakersfield. While only a few decades ago Bakersfield was...
Governor Gavin Newsom’s recently announced $300 million block of funding to clear homeless encampments and provide housing for homeless across the state met increasing criticism on Wednesday as more lawmakers and aid groups have continued to speak out against it....
Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Monday that a third round of funding from the Encampment Resolution Fund worth $300 million will be made available to local governments across the state to both clear homeless encampments as well as to provide...
The fire damaged section of Interstate 10 in Los Angeles that caused major traffic issues for the past week fully reopened weeks ahead of schedule Sunday night, following days of intensive bracing and repair work, with many questioning if it...