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Sign Up for the State’s VMT Pilot Program – Please!

June 24, 2024 9:00 amJune 24, 2024 9:01 am

Sometimes, you have to take one for the team. In this case, it involves signing up for the California Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) tax pilot program. Why should you join such an effort, why go through the form-filled rigmarole and...

California Democrats’ Latest – Sabotage the Initiative to Amend Prop. 47

June 24, 2024 3:00 amJune 24, 2024 3:01 am

Rampant retail theft throughout California cities has caused thousands of small business and store closures. Escalating fentanyl overdoses are killing young Californians at a stunning rate. In reaction to the destruction of California, 900,000 Californians signed the petition to qualify...

Frequently Asked Questions about Influences on California Legislation

June 24, 2024 2:30 amJune 24, 2024 2:31 am

The following list is certainly not comprehensive, but it gives the reader an idea of some of the influences impacting decisions by lawmakers at the State Capitol, including: What is the role of political parties? One of the biggest influences,...

Non-Slave State California Initiating Reparations to Blacks in New Budget Bill

June 23, 2024 9:40 amJune 25, 2024 6:41 am

The $297.9 billion budget plan California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democrat leaders announced Saturday appropriates $12 million to fund a series of reparations-related bills lawmakers undoubtedly will pass later this year. While crime escalates, California public schools fail students, homeless...

SB 167 – Taxation / Revenues Budget Trailer Bill

June 23, 2024 7:58 amJune 23, 2024 7:58 am

Amended on June 10 (but “in print” on the Internet on June 8), Assembly Bill 167 and Senate Bill 167 were amended to be the taxation and revenues budget trailer bill in the California Legislature. SB 167 (Senate Budget &...

Frequently Asked Questions about California’s Constitution

June 23, 2024 7:50 amJune 23, 2024 7:50 am

When was California’s Constitution first adopted? It was first adopted in 1849, just prior to California becoming a state in 1850. When was the current state Constitution adopted? The current California Constitution was ratified on May 7, 1879. It is...

Provisions of California Budget Taxation Trailer Bill

June 22, 2024 5:56 pmJune 22, 2024 6:00 pm

Assembly Bill 175 and Senate Bill 175 were amended on Saturday, June 22 to become the taxation budget trailer bill. The following is a summary of the bills’ provisions: Section 1 of the bill amends Public Resources Code Section 42885...