Last weekend, Gavin Newsom released the first video ad of his campaign for a second term as California’s governor. It is, therefore, an appropriate moment...
Over the last quarter-century, as income taxes came to dominate the state government’s revenue stream and as a relative handful of wealthy Californians paid most...
During the early months of Jerry Brown’s first governorship, it became trendy for those pushing political causes to stage “sleep-ins” in the foyer of Brown’s...
The intersection of Howe Avenue and Fair Oaks Boulevard lies in one of the Sacramento area’s most affluent neighborhoods. High-end shopping centers, trendy restaurants and...
When he was running for governor in 2018 Gavin Newsom enthusiastically called for a “single-payer” health care system that would cover all Californians with little...
The post-World War II baby boom ended in the mid-1960s and — predictably — a decade later, California’s public schools saw a sharp drop in...
Marion Joseph died last month in Walnut Creek and while her passing received only scant attention in California media, it rated a lengthy obituary in...
The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association isn’t shy about its mission. Named for the chief architect of California’s Proposition 13 property tax limit, the organization fiercely...
Californians are undergoing a great reawakening. After two years of having their lives dominated, and perhaps permanently altered, by COVID-19, they are putting the pandemic...
California taxpayers faced a trifecta of taxes this month as they filed federal and state income tax returns and paid their semi-annual property tax bills....