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California Doesn’t Have a Wealth Tax… The Wealthy Left Anyway

July 1, 2026 6:00 amJuly 1, 2026 6:01 am

One of my clients moved to Texas two years ago. He’d built a software company over twenty years, sold it, and ended up with a concentrated position in a private fund and a house in Palo Alto worth more than...

Chart on Legislative Recesses

July 1, 2026 2:30 amJuly 1, 2026 2:31 am

The following chart provides the recesses conducted by the California Legislature during its biennial session, as set forth in Joint Rule 51: First Year (Odd-Numbered Year): Type Purpose Organizational Recess The Legislature shall meet on the first Monday in December...

Imposition of Personal Income Tax

June 30, 2026 2:00 pmJune 30, 2026 2:01 pm

Chapter 2 of Part 10 of Division 2 deals with the imposition of tax under the Personal Income Tax Law. Section 17041 imposes for each taxable year upon the entire taxable income of every resident of this state who is...

Bill to Prohibit Sex Offenders and Human Traffickers from Elected Office Amended to Exempt Pedophiles

June 30, 2026 1:38 pmJuly 1, 2026 1:32 pm

Editors Note: This article has been updated with legislative action on Assembly Bill 2753 as of 7/1/26, 11:39 AM. AB 2691 by Assemblywoman Dawn Addis (D-San Luis Obispo) prohibits persons convicted of “sexual assault” and “human trafficking” from running for...

Forced Speech in Wine Country

June 30, 2026 11:30 amJune 30, 2026 11:31 am

On a quiet stretch of California’s Central Coast, where small wineries compete not through scale but through identity, we built Flying Goat Cellars the old fashioned way—one bottle, one customer, and one relationship at a time. In a market defined...

Coalition Including California, Arizona, and Nevada Sues Trump Administration Over Medicaid Work Requirements

June 30, 2026 11:11 amJuly 1, 2026 11:01 am

A coalition of 25 Democratic-led states and the District of Columbia, including California, Arizona, and Nevada, filed a federal lawsuit Monday challenging the Trump administration’s implementation of Medicaid work requirements enacted under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (see below)....

The Trojan Horse Threatening California Privacy

June 30, 2026 8:17 amJune 30, 2026 8:18 am

California policymakers have gotten a lot of things wrong over the years, but the state can be legitimately proud of its leadership in some key areas. One of them is protecting individual privacy rights. A bill that will come up...