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Republican AG Candidate Michael Gates Calls Out Rob Bonta on Paramount Lawsuit

July 17, 2026 4:25 pmJuly 17, 2026 4:25 pm

Michael Gates, the Republican candidate challenging Rob Bonta for California Attorney General in 2026, has publicly criticized Bonta’s lack of leadership of the multi-state lawsuit against the Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. Discovery merger. California Attorney General Rob Bonta is leading a...

Computation of Taxable Income

July 17, 2026 2:00 pmJuly 17, 2026 2:01 pm

Revenues and Taxation Code Division 2, Part 10, Chapter 3 deals with the computation of taxable income under the Personal Income Tax Law. Article 1 deals with the definition of gross income, adjusted gross income, and taxable income. Section 17071...

How Many Measures Have Been on the California Ballot?

July 17, 2026 12:39 pmJuly 17, 2026 1:25 pm

By Chris Micheli and Vincent Micheli With the upcoming November 3, 2026 General Election, we wanted to compile the number of measures on the statewide ballot this year in comparison to past years. The following information provides the desired data...

California Economy Up 3.7%, Just Below Washington State +4.5%

July 17, 2026 12:00 pmJuly 17, 2026 12:27 pm

The California economy is up 3.7% annualized real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth, coming in second to Washington State, which led the nation with +4.5% annualized real GDP growth in Quarter 1 2026, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis....

Solano County’s ‘California Forever’ Project Loses $3.2 Billion Shipyard to Texas

July 17, 2026 7:52 amJuly 19, 2026 6:57 pm

California Forever, a “walkable city” project in Solano County with strong ties to 15-minute city principles, backed by tech investors Marc Andreessen, Reid Hoffman, and Laurene Powell Jobs, just lost a proposed $3.2 billion shipyard that backers and supporters hoped...

Sales Tax Exemptions

July 17, 2026 2:33 amJuly 17, 2026 2:34 am

Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code deals with exemptions under the California Sales Tax Law. Section 6381 exempts from the computation of the amount of the sales tax the...

California Suing Calexico, Costa Mesa, Half Moon Bay, Ridgecrest, and Turlock Over State ‘Affordable’ Housing Law

July 16, 2026 4:38 pmJuly 17, 2026 7:53 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom, Attorney General Rob Bonta, and the Department of Housing and Community Development are suing the cities of Calexico, Costa Mesa, Half Moon Bay, Ridgecrest, and Turlock for failing to comply with the state’s “affordable” housing law....