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State Controller Candidate Herb Morgan Demands Audit, Full Disclosure of $6 Million Nonprofit ‘CART’ Earmark

August 25, 2026 2:38 pmAugust 25, 2026 2:38 pm

Herb Morgan, candidate for California State Controller, called Tuesday for an audit and full public disclosure of a $6 million state budget appropriation for the Center Against Racism and Trauma, or CART, a Moreno Valley nonprofit founded by Assemblyman Corey...

Marketplace Facilitator Act

August 25, 2026 2:00 pmAugust 25, 2026 2:01 pm

Revenue and Taxation Code Division 2, Part 1, Chapter 1.7 deals with the Marketplace Facilitator Act under the Sales and Use Tax Laws.” Article 1 deals with general provisions and definitions. Section 6040 names this chapter. Section 6041 defines the...

Why Is the San Diego Sheriff Barring ICE From Local Facilities? ‘Community Concerns’?

August 25, 2026 11:30 amAugust 25, 2026 11:30 am

When it comes to law enforcement, I firmly believe that local police officers and national agencies are working towards the same common goal – law and order. Making sure that people are equally treated before the law. Going after criminals...

PAGA Reform is Needed Now More Than Ever

August 25, 2026 10:27 amAugust 25, 2026 10:27 am

California’s anti-business climate is epitomized by abuse of the Private Attorneys General Act, or PAGA. This loophole enables claims over often easy-to-fix labor infractions, enriching opportunistic lawyers at employers’ and taxpayers’ expense. PAGA suits are also frequently used against nonprofits,...

President Trump’s Big Supreme Court Win Over Mail Ballots

August 25, 2026 7:22 amAugust 25, 2026 10:49 am

In a 6-3 decision Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court handed President Trump a significant win ruling in favor of his executive order increasing election integrity relating to mail ballots, saying states improperly sued over the order. With the three liberal...

Mello-Roos: The Special Tax That Follows the House

August 25, 2026 6:30 amAugust 25, 2026 6:31 am

In more than thirty years reviewing fixed-income holdings and family-office portfolios, I have watched California homeowners discover the same unwelcome line item on their property-tax bills. It sits below the familiar 1% Proposition 13 rate, labeled “CFD,” “Special Assessment,” or...

Justice Thomas Feels Unwelcome at Institutions Like Stanford Law School

August 25, 2026 6:25 amAugust 25, 2026 10:52 am

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas recently stated the obvious at a Hoover Institution forum: places like Stanford Law School are effectively “off limits”to conservatives like him. He has never set foot there. “That’s the reality. That’s the world we’re in....