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Back to homepageDemocrats Kill Abusive Lawsuit Bill
JULY 8, 2011 By KATY GRIMES Commentary There have been several bills in the last few years authored to stop lawyers who file frivilous lawsuits and shakedown businesses for not having “adequate” Americans With Disabilities Act handicapped accessibility. Or who have
Read MoreAt Last, California Ties Texas
Wayne Lusvardi: It seems that, since 2006 when the University of Texas Longhorns football team beat USC in the Rose Bowl 41-38 for the National Championship of college football, California hasn’t been able to beat or even tie Texas at
Read MoreSchwarzenegger Carbon Footprint ↑
John Seiler: Here’s the latest on the Schwarzenegger split: It now definitely looks like Arnold Schwarzenegger’s estranged wife Maria Shriver will not be back. The former TV journalist is looking to splash some of her fortune on a $10 million
Read MoreProp. 13 Circuit Breaker Halts Tax Losses
JULY 8, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI AND CHARLES B. WARREN California’s Proposition 13 is working to halt a larger and faster erosion of the property tax base in Sacramento County and elsewhere around the state. But that is not what
Read MoreBeating A Dead Bill
Katy Grimes: Last week, Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law the Amazon tax bill, AB 1X 28, which charges a use tax on purchases from out-of-state Internet sellers. But yesterday one of the Amazon tax bills was on the agenda in
Read MoreInitiative would create citizen Legislature
JULY 8, 2011 By STEVEN GREENHUT A former Republican presidential candidate and long-time political reformer said Wednesday that he plans on leading a statewide initiative effort designed to expand the number of politicians in the state by reducing the size
Read MoreCalifornia Budget: Austerity or Audacity?
JULY 7, 2011 It’s not over. Even though Gov. Jerry Brown signed the budget on June 30, lawmakers are churning out more legislation. And Capitol legislative committees are currently hearing hundreds of new spending and regulation bills. Facing a $26
Read MoreSteinberg Proves He's a Union Hack
John Seiler: As if we needed more proof, Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg showed that his philosophy of government is: of the government unions, by the government unions, for the government unions. Taxpayers are just slaves who pay for
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