Evan Halper, Ralph Vartabedian and Julie Cart of the Los Angeles Times report that not only are taxpayers footing the bill for the governments push towards solar energy, ratepayers will also find themselves on the hook, thank to confidential agreements between solar developers and utilities lock in power prices two to four times the cost of conventional electricity.

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Will Carless of Voice of San Diego explains how through "creative" financing, the Poway Unified School District have put the city's taxpayers on the hook for $981 million to pay for a bond that was originally $105 million.

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Christopher Chung of The Press Democrat criticizes Governor Brown and his predecessors for their ignorance of extra reserve funds recently discovered, especially as Governor Brown continues to push for tax increases.

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A review by the Silicon Valley Mercury News found that California's 500-plus "special funds," like the ones at the center of this month's hidden-money parks scandal, have nearly tripled their spending since 2000 as state government has axed services and asked for new taxes.

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Richard Smith writing for AOL Daily Finance reports the Metropolitan Transportation Commission has just approved a new study on the use GPS technology to track the distances drivers travel by car in the nine counties surrounding San Francisco Bay with the ultimate goal of taxing drivers based on the number of miles they drive.

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