By April Dembosky at KQED January 26, 2016 Obamacare is throwing the agricultural industry into a tailspin. Farm labor contractors who must now offer their workers health insurance are complaining loudly about the cost in their already low-margin business. Some are … Continue reading
By Paul Rogers in the San Jose Mercury News January 26, 2016 SAN JOSE — Three of Gov. Jerry Brown’s top water lieutenants came to Silicon Valley on Tuesday to make the case for his $17 billion plan to build … Continue reading
By Patricia Bates in The Orange County Register January 24, 2016 This promises to be a pivotal year for taxpayers. With special interests and their allies gearing up to push for tax increases at the November ballot box, we will … Continue reading
By Melanie Manson in the Los Angeles Times January 22, 2016 Lawmakers representing the Sacramento-San Joaquin delta, the heart of California’s water system, have introduced a bill that would make Gov. Jerry Brown’s controversial twin tunnels project subject to statewide … Continue reading
By Juliet Williams in The Californian January 23, 2016 SACRAMENTO — In his otherwise low-key State of the State address, Gov. Jerry Brown saved his most impassioned plea for transportation issues, telling lawmakers they’re going to have to “bite the … Continue reading
By Hudson Sangree and Mark Glover in The Sacramento Bee January 24, 2016 There’s a price to be paid for raising the minimum wage. At one local Mexican food chain, it’s 14 cents a taco. Businesses and nonprofit groups have … Continue reading
By Peter Sullivan in The Hill January 21, 2016 Senators on Thursday pressed a top ObamaCare official over a string of failures in non-profit health insurers known as co-ops. Twelve of the 23 co-ops, set up under ObamaCare to compete … Continue reading
By Melody Gutierrez at SF Gate January 21, 2016 SACRAMENTO — California needs to stay focused on building a reserve fund for an inevitable recession and anticipate that new taxes will be needed to pay for crumbling roads and bridges, Gov. Jerry Brown said … Continue reading
By Roland Li in the San Francisco Business Times January 21, 2016 On a rainy night last Thursday, a group of prominent real estate developers gathered to speak at the City Club of San Francisco in the North Financial District. Developer Oz Erickson, … Continue reading
By James Poulos at California Political Review January 22, 2016 The landmark effort to take public pension reform straight to the people of California has been withdrawn from ballot consideration. “Beleaguered by fundraising doubts and attacks from organized labor, two … Continue reading