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California Legislature’s Budget Process Anything but Transparent Says Veteran Tax Fighter

June 13, 2024 9:07 amJune 13, 2024 9:07 am

“Last Wednesday afternoon, Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas and Senate Pro Tem Mike McGuire announced that the two legislative houses had agreed on a budget proposal. Less than 24 hours later, on Thursday morning, the Assembly Budget Committee took up the...

San Francisco Becomes Third ‘Transgender Sanctuary City’ In California

June 13, 2024 7:11 amJune 13, 2024 5:21 pm

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Tues day to declare the city a sanctuary city for transgender people, becoming the third Californian city to do so. For several years red states and blue states have argued over...

Ringside: Can an Abundance Agenda Unite Business?

June 13, 2024 2:55 amJune 12, 2024 9:19 pm

Scarcity and high prices are not an inevitable fact of life in California. They are the result of political choices. For nearly 50 years, and with escalating severity that shows no sign of abating, politicians in California have enacted legislation...

Solano County Voting Officials Announce California Forever Project Will Be On November Ballot

June 13, 2024 2:45 amJune 13, 2024 5:22 pm

Solano County elections officials announced on Tuesday that the venture capitalist-backed California Forever development plan, which would create a green city for up to 400,000 people in the majority rural county, had received enough validated signatures by voters to place...

Frequently Asked Questions about California Budget Terminology

June 13, 2024 2:30 amJune 12, 2024 9:42 pm

There are some common terms and phrases regarding the California Budget that readers should be familiar with, and which are defined by the Office of Legislative Counsel and the Department of Finance on their respective websites. What are the A-Pages?...

Californians for Safer Communities Urge AG Rob Bonta to Not Play Politics with Initiative to Reform Prop. 47

June 12, 2024 3:47 pmJune 13, 2024 8:52 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...

California’s Latest Tax Idea: Charge Drivers by the Mile

June 12, 2024 12:30 pmJune 12, 2024 12:30 pm

California has the highest income tax rate in the country (top tier of 14.4 percent), the highest statewide sales tax rate (7.25 percent, plus local sales taxes), and the highest gas tax rate ($0.78 per gallon). Yet it ranks third...