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Supreme Court allows L.A. County storm tax
On May 5, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear another appeal in a case mandating tax increases to pay for stopping and cleaning up polluted storm water. The L.A. County Supervisors have been playing hot potato with the highly unpopular
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CA cities gain tool to chop retirement benefits
A cliche in government circles is that there is no “magic bullet” available to address many big, difficult problems. But thanks to a recent action by the California Supreme Court, many local governments now do have a “magic bullet” to
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Lawsuit challenges chemical safety regs
California’s ongoing battle over new regulations has an interesting twist: a chemical company is asking a judge to keep in place an older tougher standard that’s been weakened by state regulators. For nearly four decades, furniture manufacturers have been required
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Jerry Brown expresses satisfaction with CA’s 24% poverty rate
If you live in a state that has by far the highest effective poverty rate in the U.S. — at just under one-quarter of the population — you would seem unlikely to express satisfaction with the economics status quo. But
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San Ramon sued over ‘pension’ tax
Is it legal for a city to make new residents pay hundreds of dollars extra in property taxes for essentially the same city facilities and services that current residents receive? That question is at the heart of a lawsuit
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Gov. Brown’s legal strategy to prop up bullet train faltering
Last week’s decision from a state appeals court to issue a summary judgment denying the Brown administration’s unusual request to block a second trial in which Kings County and other plaintiffs challenge California’s high-speed rail project bodes terribly for the
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CA Republicans ‘stand with sriracha’
The debate over a hot sauce factory is spicing up California politics. After a small number of complaints over the factory’s alleged smell, the city of Irwindale recently voted to declare Huy Fong Foods, makers of the popular sriracha condiment, a public nuisance.
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On energy resources, will CA ignore lessons of North Dakota?
It was just less than two years ago that City Journal had the first high-profile story laying out the enormous economic potential of certain of California’s natural resources: “The biggest onshore story is the potential of the Monterey Formation (also
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Video: The truth about plastic bag bans
The ban on bags at the grocery store has multiple unintended consequences. John Phillips tells Alexis Garcia why the bag ban won’t make anybody healthier.
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Video: Can CA tax its way to prosperity?
California taxes are going up, but according to Americans for Tax Reform’s Grover Norquist, the new revenue isn’t going solve any problems. He explains why real change in the state need to come in the form of pension reform.
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