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The Public Deserves Transparency of Pricing at the Pump
Fuel prices in California are among the highest in the country, as a result of some of the highest taxes in the country, plus the costs associated with compliance with various State environmental laws, which trickle down to the consumer, resulting in Californian’s paying as much as $1 more per gallon than most folks in […]
Gerawan Farming fights labor union all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court
Surprising no one, on Nov. 27, the California Supreme Court upheld the dubious Mandatory Mediation and Conciliation law against Gerawan Farming. The California Supreme Court heard the Gerawan case last fall on whether the state’s attempting to force mandatory agricultural labor union contracts violates the constitutional safeguard of equal protection. Fresno-based peach grower Gerawan Farming is […]
California Legislature Moving to Pass Super Net Neutrality
The California Senate passed a super “Net Neutrality” law just as the Obama-era regulation of the Internet is set to be expire on April 23. ARS Technica reported California Senate Bill SB 822 was passed out of Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications on an 8-3 vote this week to prohibit Internet service providers (ISP) like AT&T and Spectrum from charging […]
The state’s most controversial housing bill in years just died
The most controversial state housing bill in recent memory died with a pretty resounding thud. Senate Bill 827, which would have forced cities to allow taller, denser development around public transit, got only four votes on the 13-member Senate Committee on Transportation and Housing. Both Democrat and Republican lawmakers voted against the bill. Authored by state Sen. Scott […]
Time to Re-Think the California Tax Structure?
Income taxes are due today, which should give us pause to think about the state’s rickety tax structure built on a narrow foundation of a few high end taxpayers. ForgetAboutIt! Hardly anyone seems to care, not while the current tax system is raining dollars into the state treasury like manna from heaven. The latest figures […]
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Political Means versus Economic Means
March 30 marks the anniversary of the birth of someone who introduced a crucial distinction in understanding political reality – sociologist Franz Oppenheimer. In The State, he contrasted the “political means” and the “economic means.” There are two fundamentally opposed means whereby man…is impelled to obtain the necessary means for satisfying his desires. These are work […]
Top Ten Lesser-Known Aspects of Oakland Mayor Schaaf’s “Sanctuary City” Policies
10. Illegals sporting gang tattoos can join “pot luck” lunch with Mayor every Thursday. 9. “Assault” style weapons banned within the city, except for illegal fugitive felons. 8. “Schaaf” means sheep in German. Like we’re stunned. 7. The City of Oakland respectfully asks that ICE and other Federal agents not converse with Oakland residents, except […]
Possible Legislative Process Reforms
Capitol observers have often complained about certain aspects of California’s legislative process. I asked some of my lobbying colleagues, as well as staff in the Legislature from both houses and both political parties, regarding possible reforms to the state’s legislative process that should be considered. By far, the most common criticisms of the process […]
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Jim Lacy on Australian diplomat and Russian collusion claims
In this video airing January 1, 2018, Jim Lacy comments on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on reports of an Australian diplomat’s meeting in a London bar with a Trump volunteer in 2016 at which Russian hacking of Hillary Clinton’s emails was allegedly discussed.
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Nancy Pelosi Facts
California’s Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic Leader in the House who represents a San Francisco Congressional District, is 77 years old. She will be 78 on March 28, 2018. She was born in Baltimore, Maryland and attended college on the East Coast. She served as Speaker of the House from 2007 to 2011. A CBS News […]
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University of California union votes for strike
The union that says it represents more than 25,000 employees in the University of California system announced today that 97 percent of its members have voted to authorize a strike. The union also called today on speakers invited to participate at upcoming UC graduation events to support workers by boycotting university engagements until the labor […]
San Diego County supervisors vote to support Trump lawsuit against California sanctuary laws
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted 3-1 Tuesday to support the Trump administration’s lawsuit against California over so-called sanctuary laws that the state passed last year to limit its role in immigration enforcement. The county will file an amicus brief at the first available opportunity, likely if and when the case moves to a higher […]
California lawmaker proposes Tax guns instead of arming teachers
Following the February school massacre in Parkland, Fla., California legislators responded as they often do after a mass shooting, with proposals to further tighten the state’s strict gun control laws. But the killings – and a national protest movement that they inspired – have also raised questions across the country about how best to keep children safe in school. Assembly […]
Tim Draper says he has signatures needed for third try to break up California
Billionaire venture investor Tim Draper on Thursday said he has the signatures he needs to put his initiative to break up California into three states before the state’s voters. Draper said in a press release that he has gathered about 600,000 signatures for his “Cal 3” initiative that would divide the country’s most populous state into three new ones: […]
Gov. Brown Agrees to Deploy 400 National Guard Troops to Border at Trump’s Request
California Gov. Jerry Brown responded to President Donald Trump’s request to add more troops for border security, saying he’ll add about 400 troops but also saying they won’t be used for “enforcing federal immigration laws.” The location of the troops and the number working along the border, the coast and other places in the state […]
