2020 Budget Depends on Borrowing, New Taxes and Congress
The new state budget went into effect on time last week, after Governor Newsom signed 20 bills enacting hundreds of pages of new legislation and […]
Articles by Loren Kaye
Triskaidekaphobia: noun – fear concerning the number 13
Failure is an orphan, but in politics its authors still need a fall guy. Hence the odd notion being advanced that the statewide school bond […]
California Voters are Anxious
Reports of steady growth and low unemployment cheer political leaders, but voters are disturbed by decaying public order and an unaffordable cost of living, according […]
Here Comes Another One – Just Like the Other One
Proponents of an $11 billion split roll property tax increase re-filed their ballot initiative last week, claiming “notable improvements to implementation dates, expansive new small […]
California’s Private Economy Serves State Budget Bounty
Right on schedule, the California Legislature approved a $213 billion state budget – roughly twice the size of the budget adopted a decade ago in […]