By Orange County Register Editorial in The Orange County Register May 6, 2016 Apple. Google. Facebook. Microsoft. Ford. These iconic American companies started out as small businesses, sometimes run from in a garage or a college dorm room. That’s what … Continue reading
By Jessica Floum in San Francisco Chronicle May 3, 2016 More than half of Bay Area residents think the region will experience a significant economic downturn within the next five years, according to a survey released Tuesday by the Bay … Continue reading
By Mary Plummer at KPCC May 3, 2016 A ballot measure that would add a parcel tax in Los Angeles County to help pay for parks came a step closer to coming before voters Tuesday. The LA County Board of … Continue reading
By Jeremy B. White in The Sacramento Bee May 3, 2016 The California Board of Equalization’s spending came under legislative scrutiny Tuesday, with lawmakers questioning the cost of separate office space for the tax overseer’s leadership. The Sacramento Bee reported that four … Continue reading
By Morris Brown at Fox & Hounds May 3, 2016 At the Thursday (4/28/2016) meeting of the High Speed Rail Authority board, at which the 2016 Business Plan was approved, Chair Dan Richard made the comment: “Both because the recommendations … Continue reading
By Patricia Bates in The San Diego Union-Tribune April 29, 2016 When Californians pay gas taxes at the pump, we expect that money to go toward California’s roads and bridges. Unfortunately, this is not entirely the case. According to a … Continue reading
By Ralph Vartabedian in Los Angeles Times April 28, 2016 The California high-speed rail authority approved a new two-year business plan Thursday that attempts to patch up concerns and problems that erupted up and down the state over details of a draft … Continue reading
By Tony Bizjak in The Sacramento Bee April 29, 2016 A plan to put a half-cent Sacramento County transportation sales tax measure on the November ballot took a key step forward Thursday. The Sacramento Transportation Authority board voted approval of … Continue reading
By Orange County Register Editorial in The Orange County Register April 29, 2016 Tax Day may have fallen on April 18 this year, but Americans had to work until April 24, on average, just to pay their federal, state and … Continue reading
By Jon Ortiz in The Sacramento Bee April 25, 2016 Last fall, more than $118,000 of designer furniture rolled into to a new downtown Sacramento high-rise office suite for Jerome Horton. Then the chairman of the tax-collecting Board of Equalization, … Continue reading