California leaders must choose one form of green
California’s environmentally friendly leaders are facing a difficult choice. Do they choose the green of more money to fund big pensions and other government priorities or do they choose the...
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CalPERS’ legacy of corruption grows
A federal grand jury has indicted former CalPERS CEO Fred Buenrostro and former board member Alfred Villalobos on charges of fraud. The indictments follow actions by the California attorney general’s...
View ArticleJerry Brown: Tax increases hurt
California Gov. Jerry Brown championed a $7 billion tax increase last November as the fiscal medicine for California’s future. After his Proposition 30 passed, Brown was exultant. At a budget...
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Update on state surpluses that ignore debt…
The New York Times brought some balance to its own previous happy coverage of state budgets this weekend with a piece by Michael Cooper and Mary Williams Walsh pointing out that the “too much money”...
View ArticleCalifornia tax hikes go to … boost state worker pay!
How can any of us really be surprised at the priorities of California officials? Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic legislators insisted that the massive tax increases approved by voters in November were...
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Debating California’s revival: joblessness
A lively debate continues on whether California is experiencing a robust recovery, with some commentators even suggesting that President Obama needs to learn from Jerry’ Brown’s managing of the Golden...
View ArticleJerry Brown defies liberal court to defend guards’ union
Anyone who believes that California Gov. Jerry Brown has any shred of that old 1970s-era civil-libertarian progressive in him need only look at his continued defiance of the federal courts, which are...
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Californian proclaims: Welcome Texans
We’ve written before about the efforts of Texas Gov. Rick Perry to lure California businesses to his state, which elicited a scatological response from Gov. Jerry Brown. Relocation expert Joseph...
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State debts overshadow brightening revenue picture
The Wall Street Jr. has a story today about how improving tax collections are encouraging states to consider new spending or tax cuts. The piece only nods briefly to the fact that states also have...
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Tesla sees green future beyond California
California loves Tesla, the Los Angeles Times informs us, but the electric car company is ambivalent about the Golden State. In a blow to efforts to stem manufacturing job loss in California, the car...
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