California politicians seem to have an insatiable appetite for your hard-earned money. With the state’s cost of living skyrocketing and two tax-increasing initiatives looming on the statewide ballot, it’s no surprise that Californians are growing increasingly weary of their leaders’...
California’s Democrat super-majority Legislature and governor are moving full-steam ahead with reparations for black descendants of slaves, high speed rail, and have increased spending a staggering 64% since Gavin Newsom was elected in 2019. But not on anything to make...
The Globe just reported Friday on California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas’ (D-Hollister) orchestrated a shakeup of the leadership lineup in the California Assembly, following the departure of former Speaker Anthony Rendon. Rivas named Majority Leader Assemblywoman Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters) as...
The Los Angeles Taxpayers Association works on state and local levels in California to promote sound tax and regulatory policy. President Aidan Chao recently put together an extensive coalition in support of the Taxpayer Protection Act initiative. According to Chao,...
In politics, some battles can make or break a career. California’s Proposition 13, a steadfast symbol of taxpayer protection since 1978, is one such battleground. Any elected official who attacks this proposition directly is akin to placing themselves in the...
And “historic” is the right word for California’s staggering tax windfall. Governor Gavin Newsom recently announced he expects the state to be sitting on a budget surplus of nearly $100 billion this year. That spare mountain of money equals the...
California actually has a government spending limit, hard as that may be to believe, and Gavin Newsom is making a mockery of it, just as his predecessor did. In 1979, a year after signing off on the revolutionary Proposition 13,...