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Gavin Newsom Blows $20 Million on Insider Consultants to ‘Cut Waste’

April 3, 2026 12:09 pmApril 4, 2026 2:37 pm

In yet another masterclass in Sacramento-style “reform,” Governor Gavin Newsom has handed up to $20 million to the Boston Consulting Group — the same elite firm that now employs his former Cabinet Secretary and Department of Finance Director Ana J....

California’s $435 Billion Fraud Epidemic: The Feds Are Acting—Why Isn’t the State Controller?

April 3, 2026 8:00 amApril 3, 2026 9:38 am

California is once again making national headlines for all the wrong reasons. Just this week, federal authorities in Los Angeles executed “Operation Never Say Die,” arresting eight people—including hospice owners, nurses, and medical professionals—in a brazen scheme that allegedly bilked...

CA Democrats Want to Ban ICE Officers From Future State/Local Law Enforcement Jobs and Impose Selective Taxation

March 30, 2026 3:15 pmMarch 31, 2026 10:58 am

California Democrats are seeking to disqualify federal immigration and DHS agents from future employment as California state or local police, or sheriffs, and prevent them applying for tax breaks, because they oppose President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. This is the...

Ringside: The Regulatory Burden that Prevents Abundance

November 13, 2025 2:55 amNovember 13, 2025 2:56 am

The cost-of-living has become a national issue, a favored topic of partisan debate. The debate is governed by emotions, ideology, and widely divergent economic theories, probably in that order. Our contribution to this debate, drawing on all three of those...

Federal, State Tax Deadlines Extended For Areas In L.A. County Affected By The Wildfires

January 16, 2025 9:10 pmJanuary 16, 2025 9:10 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom announced a new executive order on Thursday to suspend penalties, costs, and any interest accrued on late property tax payments until April of 2026 for areas affected by the Southern California wildfires. This order added on to...

Did Hunter Biden Also Fail to Pay California Taxes?

December 9, 2024 6:56 amDecember 9, 2024 6:56 am

Last week a public Whistleblower Complaint was successfully filed with the California State Auditor to investigate the Franchise Tax Board and whether Hunter Biden filed tax returns and paid taxes due California on time in the same period of 2014-2019...

Withholding Tax on Wages in California

August 1, 2024 2:30 amAugust 1, 2024 2:31 am

In Division 6, Chapter 2, of the California Unemployment Insurance Code, it deals with the withholding and payment of taxes on wages. Section 13020 provides that every employer who pays wages to a resident employee for services performed either within...