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Californians Vote for Inflation, More Crime, Water Shortages, High Gas Prices, and Abortion

November 9, 2022 9:27 amNovember 10, 2022 5:54 am

We have the worst inflation in 40 years, the highest crime in decades, a President who can’t remember where he is, an energy crisis, high gas prices and a diesel shortage, the open border, and Republicans couldn’t pull off the...

Governor Newsom Signed AB 257 – What Is the Fast Food Council?

September 6, 2022 6:21 amSeptember 6, 2022 6:26 am

On September 5, Labor Day, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 257. AB 257 is jointly authored by Assembly Members Chris Holden, Wendy Carrillo, Evan Low, and Luz Rivas. The bill also has eight co-authors from the two houses. AB...

California’s Businesses Contending With Hardships, Difficulties and Uncertain Future

October 4, 2021 11:33 amOctober 4, 2021 11:39 am

The COVID pandemic lockdowns created hardships on many in California: Parents suddenly faced with running homeschooling pods, as well as working from home; outright job loss; employees suddenly isolated from coworkers; recent grads’ fruitless job searches resulted in moving back...

Gov. Newsom Transforms Taxpayer Protection into Welfare

May 14, 2021 2:30 pmMay 14, 2021 2:42 pm

California actually has a government spending limit, hard as that may be to believe, and Gavin Newsom is making a mockery of it, just as his predecessor did. In 1979, a year after signing off on the revolutionary Proposition 13,...

Screeching Weasel Got it Right: ‘California Sucks’

January 22, 2021 10:21 amSeptember 2, 2021 3:15 pm

California, once known as the Golden State, is now quite tarnished, losing millions of residents and businesses, fleeing for a better way of life. No more is “California Callin” as the Beach Boys sang, or “California Dreamin” as the Mamas...

Gov. Newsom’s ‘Conformity’ Tax Proposal Cherry-Picking Changes to Federal Law

June 20, 2019 2:05 amJune 20, 2019 8:32 am

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed state budget contains more than $2 billion in new state taxes, even with $21 billion state surplus. Newsom proposed adopting some of the Trump federal tax code changes – and limiting deductions for business losses,...

State Economy Rankings: California is a Real Dichotomy

June 10, 2019 7:32 amJune 10, 2019 7:44 am

California just ranked in the top 5 in the overall WalletHub 2019 State Economy Rankings, while ranking low in the Economic Health Ranking. WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across three key dimensions: 1) Economic Activity,...