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Sacramento Mayor Steinberg’s Proposed Sales Tax Increase: Remarkable Ignorance of California Law

September 7, 2023 7:36 amSeptember 7, 2023 7:36 am

Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg has proposed a city and county tax increase ballot measure, the standard issue illusory cure-all for elected leftists that head failing local governmental entities. His proposal is a half-cent sales tax increase for transportation along with...

LA Taxpayers Association Coalition Announces Launch of the Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act

September 7, 2023 7:00 amSeptember 8, 2023 9:26 am

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,...

Mandatory High School Personal Finance Course Ballot Measure Filed with State

September 7, 2023 2:45 amSeptember 7, 2023 2:46 am

A new ballot measure proposal to make personal finance a required course for graduation from High School in California was filed with the state on Wednesday, with the aim of getting enough signatures in time to qualify for the November...

Bill To Expand Infertility, In Vitro Fertilization Treatments Delayed Until Next Year

September 7, 2023 2:30 amSeptember 7, 2023 2:31 am

A bill designed to increase fertility care in California by including treatment for infertility and in vitro fertilization (IVF) was delayed on Wednesday because of some concerns that it may not be passed by the end of the session by...

CA Senate Passes Bill to Charge Parents With ‘Child Abuse’ for not Affirming Transgenderism in Custody Cases

September 6, 2023 10:28 pmSeptember 8, 2023 9:18 am

Under California’s Assembly Bill 957 by Assemblywoman Lori Wilson (D-Suisun City), a parent could lose custody for not “affirming” or agreeing to a child’s claims about gender identity. This bill just passed the Senate Tuesday. The bill, co-authored by Sen....

Tax $900 Million, Cut Congestion 4%

September 6, 2023 6:00 pmSeptember 6, 2023 10:30 pm

With the inexorable and inescapable plod only a government agency can achieve, LA METRO’s plan to tax people as they drive has passed another milestone: the Traffic Reduction Study initiated in 2019 to study, well, traffic reduction has completed its...

‘Equity:’ the New Term for Misappropriation?

September 6, 2023 4:00 pmSeptember 6, 2023 4:00 pm

The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) was signed into law on March 11, 2021 and represents a new and innovative approach to releasing federal funds to municipalities with a strong intention to provide impactful direct assistance to individuals and communities...