San Francisco Clean Energy Act
I’m down at San Francisco City Hall for a special meeting of the Rules Committee to consider putting the San Francisco Clean Energy Act on the Novermber 2008 ballot. The act would: Establish San...
View ArticleThe Restart
The Governor is “restarting” budget talks today. Of course, “restarting” should read “using the same failed process that cannot possibly be successful.” The Governor vetoed the only game in town...
View ArticleTaking The Exact Wrong Advice
Last week, Robert Cruickshank offered the special election advocates some pretty good advice - focus on Prop. 1C, which covers 83% of the short-term budget hole that can be gained from the passage of...
View ArticleAnd… That’s Over
The California Chamber of Commerce and 33 other business groups have basically stuck a knife in the Parsky Commission with a coalition letter opposing most of the tax reforms proposed. I’m sure they’d...
View ArticleMoment Of Truth For Schwarzenegger As Legislature Passes Anti-Rescission Bill
I mentioned this yesterday, but California lawmakers gave final approval to a bill that would ban the practice of rescission, where insurance companies drop coverage for policyholders after they try to...
View ArticleWhere California Businesses That Support Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions...
If you go to the website for the US Chamber of Commerce (USCOC), America’s “voice of business” that claims to represent the interests of over 3 million businesses, it feels like you’ve found the site...
View ArticleGov Lite: Candidate Hahn Gets Heat For Calling For Cuts Of Contractors Rather...
A post was made on Calitics on February 28th concerning Lt. Governor Candidate Janice Hanh’s proposal to “lay off private contractors rather than lay off city workers.” A case was made then that it...
View ArticleJust how Badly does the Chamber want to Wreck California? $3,337,323 Bad
EntityPro 26 $ California Chamber of Commerce $3,337,323 Chevron Corporation $2,500,000 Small Business Action Committee $1,350,000 American Beverage Association $750,000 Anheuser-Busch Companies,...
View ArticleDemocrats choose Jobs over Environment
Regarding the LA Stadium effort: Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) was talking to colleagues about extending the same proposal to other job-producing projects, possibly...
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A Battle Over Increasing the Minimum Wage in San Diego
A City Council veto override on Monday has set the scene for a showdown between local and national business interests vs. a labor-community coalition over San Diego’s Earned Sick Day / Minimum Wage...
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