By Jon Ortiz in The Sacramento Bee May 23, 2016 The cost of new and renewed office leases by California’s business-tax-collection agency increased nearly eightfold in the last five years – even though the number of people who make office … Continue reading
By Kevin Smith in Los Angeles Daily News May 21, 2016 The move toward increased automation at fast-food restaurants is ramping up fast. Wendy’s revealed last week that it plans to begin installing self-service kiosks at its restaurants by the … Continue reading
By Wall Street Journal Opinion in The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2016 In 2010 the Obama Administration required that the first segment of California’s bullet train be built in the Central Valley since the less populated farmland was supposedly the most … Continue reading
By Joel Fox at California Political Review May 22, 2016 The Department of Labor’s new overtime rules come at a jarring time for California businesses which have seen recent changes in California laws to increase both the minimum wage and … Continue reading
By Jon Coupal at Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association May 22, 2016 A personal digression: My father was head of the Iowa Department of Transportation (then called the Iowa Highway Commission) in the late ’60s and early ’70s before he was … Continue reading
By Susan Shelley in Los Angeles Daily News May 17, 2016 California, meet the future. In Zaraza, Venezuela, a factory that was supposed to be building the country’s first bullet train stands hollowed out and abandoned. Cattle roam the site … Continue reading
By Jon Coupal at California Political Review May 17, 2016 Average taxpayers in California are probably aware that the state budget was in the news again over the weekend. But even folks who follow both presidential politics and local issues … Continue reading
By Dan Walters in The Sacramento Bee May 17, 2016 As a proportion of personal income, California had the nation’s 11th highest long-term state debt in 2013, a new report by the Pew Charitable Trusts says. However, Pew’s three-year-old calculations, … Continue reading
By Tony Bizjak in The Sacramento Bee May 15, 2016 It’s looking like the November ballot will be a big one for transportation in California. A dozen counties, including Sacramento and Placer, are planning to put sales tax measures on … Continue reading
By Joel Fox at California Political Review May 16, 2016 When Elon Musk first proposed the hyperloop as a transportation alternative, he projected sealed tubes would hurl a pod between San Francisco and Los Angeles in 35 minutes. At the … Continue reading