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California Legislators Propose Wealth Tax

August 13, 2020 2:24 pmAugust 13, 2020 2:25 pm

On the morning of August 13, Assembly Bill 2088 was gutted-and-amended an elections bill into a wealth tax. AB 2088 is jointly authored by Assembly Members Bonta, Carrillo, Chiu, Gonzalez, Kalra, Santiago, Stone, Ting, and Wicks. Assembly coauthors include Chu...

CA Democrats Pushing First-in-the-Nation ‘Wealth Tax’ on State’s Billionaires

August 13, 2020 1:10 pmAugust 13, 2020 2:27 pm

Oakland Assemblyman Rob Bonta held a press conference Thursday announcing his legislation to tax the state’s wealthiest job creators and innovators – the 30,400 billionaires living and working in California. This first-in-the-nation net worth tax is estimated to generate $7.5...

The Citizens Redistricting Commission

August 5, 2020 6:21 amAugust 5, 2020 6:22 am

The California Citizens Redistricting Commission (CRC) is charged with completing the decennial job of drawing district lines for State Senators, State Assembly Members, U.S. Representatives, and State Board of Equalization Members. The CRC is established in Article 21 of the...

Democrat-run Assembly Isn’t Letting This Crisis Go To Waste

June 11, 2020 1:14 pm

The California economy is struggling after the COVID-related state lockdown order by Gov. Gavin Newsom in March. Newsom’s stay-at-home orders forced “non-essential” businesses to close, and led to record unemployment insurance claims. Faced with a $54.3 billion deficit following the...

RNC Sues Gov. Newsom Over Illegal Election Power Grab

May 25, 2020 7:15 am

In late April, the California Republican Party sent a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom asking him to prohibit ballot harvesting for the upcoming special elections on May 12, to avoid risks to public health and safety in light of COVID-19,...

Separating Good Bailouts from Bad Bailouts

May 13, 2020 2:07 amMay 13, 2020 2:35 pm

If a Republican controlled U.S. Senate and a Republican occupying the White House cannot use this opportunity to demand reforms from financially mismanaged states controlled by Democrats, then they never will. The pandemic shutdown is about to enter its...

UPDATED: 458,000 Dead Persons Could be Mailed Ballots if CA Goes All-Mail in Nov 2020 Election

May 8, 2020 7:04 amMay 8, 2020 3:03 pm

UPDATED: May 8, 2020, 2:45pm Watchdog group reports more than 458,000 likely dead or relocated persons will be mailed ballots; 24,000 will be mailed two or more ballots. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Friday requiring every voter in...