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Los Angeles books higher hotel minimum wage
If critics are right, room service in Los Angeles hotels could descend to that of the Bates Motel. Yesterday the City Council passed a $15.37 minimum wage for non-unionized employees of large hotels in Los Angeles. Breitbart News reported city observers generally recognized the
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Hearings dissect Prop. 46 on medical malpractice
California’s state and local governments could be hit with an increase of tens of millions to several hundred million dollars in annual health care costs if Proposition 46 passes on Nov. 4. That was the warning from California legislative
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Gov. Brown rebuilds redevelopment
Reversing his 2011 abolition of redevelopment, on Monday Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law two bills that will revive it, Senate Bill 628 and Assembly Bill 229. He also vetoed a third redevelopment measure, AB2280, he believed went too far by codifying
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VIDEO: Pete Peterson — Empowering entrepreneurs to transform California
You can’t register your business online in California and the state has a long history of punishing business owners and entrepreneurs in other ways as well. Pete Peterson, the Republican candidate for Secretary of State, plans to use the entrepreneurial
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VIDEO: California’s GOP — Can There Be A Resurgence?
CalWatchdog’s Brian Calle talks to Assembly Republican Leader-Elect Kristin Olsen about the lessons the GOP has learned in California. Can the Golden State GOP build a winning coalition based on education reform?
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Drought brings centralized groundwater control
Was it necessary to pass three new bills that increase the California government’s control over groundwater? The numbers tell the story. By now most Californians have heard the shockingly huge number: The state has lost 63 trillion gallons of water due
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Gov. Brown signs bill to expand prisoner DNA testing
Wrongly convicted prisoners received a glimmer of hope Thursday from a new law that could help prove their innocence. Gov. Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 980, by state Sen. Ted Lieu, D-Torrance, which expands access to DNA testing for prisoners who are searching
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Brown fuels incentives for alt-energy cars
Convinced carbon emissions pose an “existential threat” to the human race, Gov. Jerry Brown just signed a set of bills designed to push ahead an environmental agenda dependent on automobiles that don’t run on gas. Among other new rules, regulations and programs, the new
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VIDEO: The Truth (and Lies) about Income Inequality, with Grover Norquist
Want to solve income inequality? Washington can’t do it by hiking taxes. CalWatchdog.com editor Brian Calle discusses with American for Tax Reform president Grover Norquist.
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Toxic cleanup agency under fire from legislators
The California Department of Toxic Substances Control is in charge of cleaning up the state’s hazardous waste sites. But lately, the agency has had to focus on cleaning up its own image after a recent audit criticized DTSC’s 27
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