California’s New Governor Wants to Tax Your Water
Article from Town Hall Leah Barkoukis. Coming from the state that wanted to tax conversations, it shouldn’t be surprising that another preposterous idea has made its way into the 2019-2020 budget:…
California to Ban Paper Receipts
Article from The Daily Wire by Emily Zanotti. California has, apparently, solved all of its major problems and will now embark on a question to rid the state of its…
California Causes Sales to Fall in This Industry
Article from Reason by Jacob Sullum. State-licensed sales of recreational marijuana began a year ago in California, and so far things are not turning out quite the way officials expected….
California Decides not to Tax Texting
Article from The Daily Wire by Joseph Curl. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has scrubbed a scheduled vote from its January meeting agenda to levy a tax on text…
California Now Wants to Tax Text Messages
Article from The Daily Wire by Joseph Curl. In California’s never-ending quest to tax everything, there are new reports that the liberal state may soon levy a tax on text…
San Francisco Massively Raises Taxes to Pay for Homeless
Article from Reason by Christian Britschgi. San Francisco voters just passed a huge tax increase on business to pay for homelessness services, but it’s anyone’s guess if the new levy…
California Court Makes Perplexing Ruling
Article from Reason by Scott Shackford. Just because a law is impossible to follow is not enough of a reason for a court to throw it out. So California’s Supreme…
California’s Not So Brilliant Remedy For Global Warming
Article from Reason by Steve Chapman. In the world of government policy, two chief dangers always loom. The first is people with bad intentions using every available means to achieve…
California Wastes Taxpayer Dollars, AGAIN
Article from Reason by Brian Doherty. In news that should come as no surprise to students of government infrastructure boondoggles, this week the California High Speed Rail Authority admits that…