Expand California’s pension portfolio?
emocratic Assemblyman Warren Furutani asserts CalPERS reformers have “pension envy.” He thinks the Governor’s reforms are a misguided attempt to spread around the insecurity of private sector...
View ArticlePublic sector labor’s next big test
After losses in Wisconsin, San Diego and San Jose, the next big test on the horizon for public sector unions is the tax increase on the ballot in California this fall. (As usual with such measures, it...
View ArticleCalifornia ballot will be public sector labor’s next big test
Two ballot measures will make the fall ballot campaign in the Golden State especially intense. One is a set of tax increases (Proposition 30) being pushed by Governor Jerry Brown and the state’s main...
View ArticleA “Modern-Day” tyranny?
As my colleague Dan DiSalvo highlighted in an earlier post, measures to restrict union dues for political purposes have been on the ballot in California twice–Proposition 226 under Governor Wilson and...
View ArticleGov. Brown mobilizes for tax fight
California Governor Jerry Brown has raised $6.3 million to promote Proposition 30, which would raise sales taxes and income taxes on high earners. A key question for the fall campaign will be how much...
View ArticleUnions win big in California
Proposition 30 has passed. This outcome flies in the face of history, as Californians had always rejected increases in income and sales taxes at the ballot box over the last 30 years. A strong late...
View ArticleRound-up: Labor and the 2012 elections
Despite declining private sector membership, organized labor was a big player in the 2012 elections. They lent their vaunted GOTV operation to the Obama campaign in Ohio, Wisconsin, and other swing...
View ArticleCalifornia unions target business-friendly Dems
Last week’s study by the Tax Foundation rated California’s tax system the third most anti-business in the country. Other studies have ranked California’s business climate even lower. So it’s not...
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