In a situation being watched throughout California, the Los Angeles Unified School District is aggressively pushing a heavy parcel tax on all …
California Commentary
Senate Constitutional Amendment 5 needs to be defeated
Senate Constitutional Amendment 5 (SCA 5), is set for legislative hearing this Tuesday. It deserves a quick defeat. Advanced by Sen. Ben Allen, …
Let’s give the FPPC the power to fight illegal spending
By Jon Coupal and Cristina Garcia In recent years, taxpayers throughout California have registered numerous complaints about government entities …
Has the business community had enough?
There is a particularly nasty YouTube video that made the rounds several years ago where a school punk was bullying another student who was …
Is California really a low property tax state?
To hear progressives tell it, California’s property tax is way too low and needs to be increased to fund the critical needs of schools and local …
Will California’s taxpayers ever pay enough?
Every day it seems like the California Legislature careens further off the rails, and we’re not just talking about the state’s infamous high speed …
California may be reaching the point of ‘taxuration’
The phenomenon of “taxuration” occurs when taxpayers are so saturated with new tax-hike proposals that they start to rebel. According to a new poll, …
LAUSD’s punishing parcel tax proposal
America’s most dysfunctional school district has stepped in it again. The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), apparently coming to the …
Gavin Newsom’s threat to localities is extortion by any other name
Shortly after his inauguration, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that he would withhold funds designated for transportation from local governments that …
What the pension ruling means for California’s taxpayers
Last week, the California Supreme Court issued a ruling in Cal Fire Local 2881 v. CalPERS, a case involving public employee pensions. For taxpayers, …