Fresno Unified taxpayers appear willing to pay more in property taxes if it means safer, better-equipped, and more up-to-date schools and technology. A survey of 764 district residents likely to vote in the November 2020 election found strong support for $160 million and $240 million bond measure proposals, even though...
Lawsuit: California Should Open Presidential Primary to Independents
The way California holds its presidential primary violates the constitutional rights of political independents and misuses taxpayer dollars to “benefit wholly private political parties,” a nonpartisan election group will argue in a lawsuit it says it will file this week against the state. A draft filing from by the Independent Voter...
State Workers Misspent $427,000 in Taxpayer Money, Audit Finds. One Binged on YouTube at Work.
SACRAMENTO — A California Department of Transportation manager commuted some 450 miles to work — from San Diego to Sacramento — for two years and the state paid for it, according to an audit released Tuesday. An administrator at Valley State Prison in Chowchilla watched thousands of YouTube videos at...
Walters: A Crackdown on Misuse of Taxpayer Money?
As documented in this space on several occasions, local government officials throughout California have been thumbing their noses at a state law that prohibits them from using taxpayer funds for political campaigns. Officials in cities, counties, school districts and special purpose districts routinely hire campaign management firms, often with multi-million-dollar...