The League of California Cities and their developer allies have constructed an initiative that has nothing of substance on the inside, and to further confuse the voters, they are featuring its support by the League of California Homeowners, Inc. While this attractive name may cause many voters to think this is a broad-based statewide homeowners organization, it is actually a corporation whose primary function is to act as a contractor referral service.  Read more >>

State legislators have spent the state into a $14.5 billion deficit. Since public resistance to new taxes to make up the difference is growing, some representatives are looking for other ways to keep the gravy train running.  Read more >>

When Proposition 93, which would have extended terms for sitting lawmakers, went down in flames, taxpayers breathed a collective sigh of relief.  Read more >>

The state legislative analyst recommends the state do away with the mortgage interest deduction for homeowners. Senate leader Don Perata and Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez have promised to seriously consider this recommendation. And there are, of course, the usual rumblings from the education lobby that Proposition 13 must be jettisoned.  Read more >>