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Chiang launches program to reclaim lost wages
John Chiang may be gearing up for his move to the state treasurer’s office. But that doesn’t mean he’s taking an early vacation from his job as state controller. Late last month, Chiang launched a new pilot program to aid victims of
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Gov. Brown key to 2016 tax measures
With the 2014 election finally over, attention is turned to possible tax measures on the 2016 ballot. I previously wrote about groups looking to raise taxes on commercial property, oil extraction and cigarettes; and extending or making permanent 扑克 the
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The upsides of low turnout
This election, your vote counted double. “When it’s 50 % turnout, your voting power is doubled #math,” Paul Mitchell of Political Data Inc., the state’s top political data firm, tweeted on Election Day. Increased voting power — it’s one of several
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VIDEO: How 20th Century Law is Undermining 21st Century Medicine
Is the cure to what ails you located in your own molecular code? Are tech companies on the verge of breaking the code to longer, healthier lives? Is the government going to ruin it for everyone? Manhattan Institute author Peter
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VIDEO: John Allison — The Right Social and Economic Policies for Growth
Getting economic policy right is only part of the formula for long-term growth. The CATO Institute’s John Allison joins Brian Calle to discuss the right business environment for long-term growth.
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CA deals Indian casino chaos
Despite generating huge revenues, California’s Indian casino industry has been dealt some questionable hands. Political interests have begun to swirl like a roulette ball around fresh efforts to legalize internet gambling statewide. But voters have been confronted by unpopular plans to expand brick-and-mortar
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CalPERS numbers attract fresh scrutiny
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System looks to see 2015 as another controversial year, especially around four budding controversies. First, attention has focused in recent weeks around the way CalPERS pays its board members and executives. An investigation by the Sacramento Bee
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Dems double down on CA for comeback
Under the still powerful influence of Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have turned to the party’s strength in California to see them through the next election cycle and beyond. Despite low popularity ratings nationwide and
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Under fire, Feinstein’s water bill collapses
It has been an uncharacteristically bad week for Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. First, her quiet effort to engineer a substantial drought relief bill for California washed out to sea. After working all year with Republicans for a compromise, this week Feinstein encountered
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Gov. Brown nominates Leondra Kruger to state Supreme Court
Governor Jerry Brown has nominated a U.S. Department of Justice official for a spot on the California Supreme Court. On Monday, Brown nominated Leondra R. Kruger, a Yale Law School graduate, to fill a vacancy created by the retirement of
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