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Back to homepageLeg analyses understate fiscal costs of gun control bills
June 18, 2013 By John Hrabe From social issues to business regulations, Sacramento is considered a national leader in progressive politics. “Conservative” might be the last adjective used to describe the California Legislature — except when it comes to estimating
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Charles Calderon ‘head and shoulders’ above brother Ron caught in scandal
Editor’s Note: This is Part One of a series on the Calderon family. June 13, 2013 By John Hrabe It wasn’t quite the Academy Awards. But the 60 or so people assembled last Saturday afternoon at the Whittier Center Theatre
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Five CA GOP state senators back $2 billion tax increase
June 10, 2013 By John Hrabe With a Democratic supermajority, Republican votes no longer are needed to increase taxes in the California Senate. Yet in a strange development, five GOP senators backed a tax increase anyway. SB 11 is a $2.3 billion
Read MoreSec State Bowen tweets why she failed to disclose campaign data online
May 1, 2013 By John Hrabe Last week, two nonpartisan organizations interested in government transparency had a seemingly simple request for California Secretary of State Debra Bowen: share the state’s campaign finance database in a single, accessible file. The request
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Evidence Keeps Building Of Flaws In State’s Carbon Auction
Dec. 09, 2012 By John Hrabe California’s cap and trade regulators can’t seem to do anything right. Taxpayers, businesses and even some environmentalists are exposing the serious flaws with the state’s carbon auction. Small businesses have criticized the landmark greenhouse
Read MoreGreen chemistry regulations poison California jobs
Oct. 8, 2012 By John Hrabe Four years ago Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law California’s controversial Green Chemistry regulations: AB 1879 by Assemblyman Mike Feuer, D-Los Angeles, and SB 509 by Senator Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto. He proclaimed that the state was adopting “the
Read MoreTax hike won’t solve Cal State’s budget problems
Oct. 8, 2012 By John Hrabe Congratulations or condolences? It’s hard to say which is more appropriate for Timothy P. White, the newly appointed Chancellor of the California State University system. White takes over the top job at the country’s
Read MoreFive Calif. Goodwill charities pay employees less than minimum wage
Oct. 3, 2012 By John Hrabe Five California-based Goodwill charities pay hundreds of employees less than minimum wage, while providing lucrative compensation packages to top executives, a CalWatchDog.com investigation has found. In 2010, the five CEOs of Goodwill Industries of
Read MoreCalifornia’s Global Regulatory Regime
(Editor’s Note: This is the second part of a series on how California’s regulations affect the global economy. Part I is available here.) Aug. 16, 2012 By John Hrabe California’s regulations aren’t just a California problem. When the state’s obscure Office
Read MoreNew Cal State contract swindles faculty
Aug. 1, 2012 By John Hrabe Every good protest has a catchy rallying cry. A simple memorable phrase that summarizes the movement’s agenda. The Vietnam War: “Hey-hey! Ho-ho! LBJ has got to go!” The Women’s Rights Movement: “What do we
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