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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....

Gov. Newsom’s Gifted Sacramento Estate Now FOR SALE for $7.5 Million

August 25, 2026 6:15 amAugust 25, 2026 10:46 am

Governor Gavin Newsom and the First Partner are selling the Sacramento home… the home they did not buy. In 2018-2019, an LLC registered to Newsom’s cousin, biz partner, and Co-President of PlumpJack, Jeremy Scherer, paid $3.7 million cash for a...

The Oldest Consultant Reads the Crosstabs

August 25, 2026 3:30 amAugust 25, 2026 3:31 am

Imagine Satan not with horns but with a laptop and a topline. The number in front of him is brutal. Asked to choose between a candidate who wants to preserve America’s constitutional system of government and one who wants to...

Office of Administrative Hearings Procedures – Part 2

August 25, 2026 2:30 amAugust 25, 2026 2:31 am

Section 1046 states that a non-party with an interest in the outcome of the hearing may, by motion, request permission to file an amicus brief. The motion must show good cause for allowing the brief, giving consideration to four specified...