On many mornings, I think my state senator has the best policy idea in California. The rest of the time, I think he’s missing the point. The idea involves the sleep of schoolkids, and the state ...

A bipartisan group of legislators and an unprecedented coalition of varied stakeholder groups have come together to advance a legislative package (Senate Bill 11 and Assembly Bill 8) that provides ...

The last thing overtaxed Californians need is another tax. Yet the Legislature continues to churn out new taxes that, once enacted, rarely go away. Our economy has been transitioning to a greater ...

California employers lead the way in so many important technologies and industries. The jobs we create fuel our economy and improve lives. However, many of California’s thriving industries are now in ...

California voters are often asked to make important tax and spending decisions at the ballot box, yet their mastery of basic fiscal facts is poor. PPIC’s surveys have consistently found a “knowledge ...

While the race for the next California governor is a lifetime away in political years, already in the media there have been articles about possible contenders and issues they might face. Articles have ...

Governor Gavin Newsom expressed strong support for the state small businesses that are greatly suffering during the pandemic but when he had the chance to show that support to produce needed masks, he ...

Assembly Bill 11 isn’t about housing, yet. It isn’t about building much in the way of infrastructure, either. What’s more, the long-promised revival of redevelopment in California, it isn’t. Instead, ...

“It’s our state & if we’re the last line of defense, we’re going to do our part to stop him” –Rob Stutzman I want to help my friend Rob. I want to stop Donald Trump—I think he’d be awful for the ...

The Center for Accountability in Science released a new video interviewing small businesses about the effects of California’s chemical warning law, known as Proposition 65, on their operations. Rather ...

“What do we do with this worthless area, the region of savages and wild beasts, of shifting sands and whirlwinds of dust, of cactus and prairie dogs? To what use could we ever hope to put these great ...

Despite the best efforts of Kamala Harris, the First Amendment is alive and well in California. Federal Judge Manuel Real made that much clear recently when he ruled against California Attorney ...