This column addresses budget issues frequently and, most recently, reported on how broken the budget process is. While the “budget bill” is …
California Commentary
Latest ‘racist’ smear against Prop.13
Here we go again. Another “study” purporting to reveal how unfair Proposition 13 is. But this time, the tax-hikers are using the progressives’ …
California’s budget is a scam
Once again, the California Legislature has engaged in the most meaningless exercise imaginable – passing the state budget. In other states, where …
Can sanity prevail in California?
Victor Davis Hanson is a resident scholar at the Hoover Institute and lifelong Californian from the Central Valley. He recently spoke at a …
The locusts come out at election time
The deadline for local governments to place tax hikes on the November ballot is rapidly approaching. This is why political consultants have descended …
The law and the Gann refunds
Just a year after Proposition 13’s passage in 1978, California voters approved another taxpayer rights initiative called the Gann Spending Limit. …
Legislature says transparency for thee, but not for me
Examples of hypocrisy and double standards in California politics are too numerous to count. But some stand out more than others. Two bills, …
Endangering democracy for lawmakers’ convenience
Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association President Jon Coupal released the following statement today in response to Gov. Gavin Newsom's …
Free speech and trivial lawsuits
Everyone knows that the Constitution protects free speech under the First Amendment. But many may not realize that the First Amendment also …
Gas tax fight and memories of 1978
With the state government of California sitting on a budget surplus that exceeds $50 billion, Sacramento politicians can’t bring themselves to return …