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What Are the Fiscal Analyses Performed in California Rulemaking?

November 22, 2023 6:53 amNovember 22, 2023 6:53 am

A state agency in California is required to estimate the costs of a proposed regulation. The “cost impact” means the amount of a reasonable range of direct costs, or a description of the type and extent of direct costs, that...

Ringside View: California Legislature Destroys Incentive to Achieve Water Resiliency

November 22, 2023 2:55 amNovember 23, 2023 1:13 pm

The California State Water Board is currently drafting the regulations needed to implement Senate Bill 1157, which is possibly the most misguided, unnecessary, intrusive, expensive disaster of a law ever passed by the state legislature. Passed and signed by Governor...

Assembly Speaker Creates New Budget Subcommittee

November 21, 2023 9:05 pm

Today, November 21, 2023, Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas announced his anticipated changes of standing committee chairs. First, Speaker Rivas appointed Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel to replace Assemblymember Phil Ting as Chair of the Assembly Budget Committee. In addition, Speaker Rivas appointed...

Julie Su Subpoenaed by House Over Alleged Political Improprieties

November 21, 2023 4:42 pmNovember 21, 2023 4:42 pm

Acting Department of Labor Secretary Julie Su was issued a subpoena today by the chair of the House Education and the Workforce committee for failing to provide information regarding a “political pep rally” held on the taxpayer’s dime. The committee...

Gavinomics: CA’s Electricity Prices More than 2X National Average – Going Up 13% Again

November 21, 2023 4:01 pmNovember 22, 2023 11:03 am

The California Utilities Commission just granted Pacific Gas and Electric a 13% rate hike – ostensibly to pay for under grounding power lines. Because Gov. Gavin Newsom appoints the commissioners to the CPUC, this is “Gavinomics.” Expect the other utilities...

Trans Activists Promote Hatred They Claim to Unite Against

November 21, 2023 6:34 amNovember 21, 2023 6:34 am

Last week we were in the midst of national Transgender Awareness Week— or is it month? A cursory Google search of the origins of this inane calendrical event raises more questions than it answers. Some claim that November is Transgender...

Frequently Asked Questions about Tax Levies in California Bills

November 21, 2023 2:45 amNovember 21, 2023 2:46 am

There is often confusion regarding whether a bill is a tax levy or not, and what a “tax levy” designation actually means. To make matters worse, a common misconception is that a tax levy is a bill that proposes a...