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Food Stamps Welcomed At Restaurants
NOV. 23, 2010 By KATY GRIMES We’ve known for some time that there are abuses of electronic welfare benefit (EBT) cards in California. The EBTs are accepted nearly anywhere that sells food — grocery markets, convenience stores and even restaurants.
Read MoreCARB Set To Boost CA Gas Prices
NOV. 22, 2010 By DAVE ROBERTS Buoyed by the repudiation of Prop. 23, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) is moving forward with cap-and-trade regulations designed to reduce the carbon level in fuel, but which will also drive up gas
Read MoreGuv Calls Sham Special Session
NOV. 18, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO For the eighth time in his seven-year administration, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has called the Legislature back into special session to deal with the state’s budget problems. And for the eighth time, the special session
Read MoreDelta Hearing Hurries For No Reason
NOV. 18, 2010 By KATY GRIMES The Bay Delta Conservation Plan is on a tight schedule for implementation, but no one seems to know why. Many people spoke during a Nov. 16 Assembly committee hearing on the plan, but nothing
Read MoreHow Dems Won A Hollow Victory
NOV. 17, 2010 By WAYNE LUSVARDI The Democratic dominance at the voting booth on Nov. 2 in California is being called a “wipeout” of Republicans. But what happened in California on election night might be called a reverse Pyrrhic victory
Read MoreAre Split Rolls Coming Soon?
NOV. 16, 2010 By KATY GRIMES The recent passage of Proposition 25, which allows legislators to pass a budget with only a simple majority vote, could have an impact on the future of property tax increases, according to Jon Coupal,
Read MoreLocals Excluded From Klamath Dam Plan
NOV. 15, 2010 Will Siskiyou Residents Lose Property Rights To Environmental Interests? By WAYNE LUSVARDI The last eruption of Mount Mazama in the Klamath Basin in southern Oregon occurred over 7,700 years ago and scattered mineral ash as far as
Read MoreBusiness Property Not Under-taxed
NOV. 12, 2010 By WAYNE LUSVARDI A rebuttal is required to Lenny Goldberg of the California Tax Reform Association who contends that small business properties are overtaxed and large corporate and franchise business properties are under taxed by Prop. 13
Read MoreIs Prop 13 Hurting Small Businesses?
NOV. 11, 2010 By KATY GRIMES On the corner of a major intersection in Menlo Park, a small, independently owned gas station owner pays $30,148 a year in property taxes. On the other corners of the intersection, gas stations owned
Read MoreInsurance Czar-elect Targets ER Bills
NOV. 9, 2010 By KATY GRIMES Emergency room physicians used to receive timely payments for services from insurance companies. Then managed care was ushered in and they’ve been fighting for payment ever since. The Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
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