UC Hastings
Name-Change
Litigation: A
Year-End
Report
(December 29,
2023)
Changes Offer
Clues As to
What Assembly
Will Do
(December 11,
2023)
Taxpayers
Respond to
Newsom’s
Anti-Prop. 13
Lawsuit
(November 22,
2023)
Haymon
Is Constantly Late,
Combative,
Unprofessional
(November 9,
2023)
Double
Danger in Bonds for
Sports Arenas
(November 6, 2023))
California
Is Leading the Way in
Medicaid Abuse
(October 18,
2023)
Conceivably,
the House of
Representatives Could
Choose the Next
President
(October 17, 2023))
Legislative
Session Ends With
Declaration of War on
Taxpayers
(September
29, 2023)
The
Fight for Proposition 13
Heads to the Ballot
(September
25, 2023)
Assembly
Democrats Declare War on
Proposition 13
(September
14, 2023)
Flip-Flopping
League of California
Cities Is Pushing
Outright Lies
(September 7,
2023)
Neither
UC Nor Legislature May
Defy Terms of Hastings s
Trust
(June 12, 2023)
State Bar Says It Is
Dedicating Itself to
Spreading Truth. But Is
It?t?
(May 23, 2023)
Changing
the Name of Hastings
College of Law Who Was
Behind It?
(April 6, 2023))
$1.5
Million Jury Verdict Is
Just the Beginning
(March 9,
2023)
California's First
Chief Justice,
Family, Subjected to
Legislative
Attainder
(February
23, 2023)
Renaming
Hastings College of
Law Impairs a
Contract
(February 8,
2023)
Dealing
with Internal
Terrorist
(November 8,
2022)
Choosing
the Best Candidates
for Taxpayers
(October
3, 2022)
A
Win for Direct
Democracy, Taxpayers
Win in San
Bernardino County
(July 29,
2022)
The
Attorney General s
Taxpayer-Funded
Political
Advertising
(July 25, 2022)
California's Budget Is a Scam
(June 24, 2022)
Can
Sanity Prevail in
California?
(June 15,
2022)
Working
Californians Are
Being Hit Hard by
Gasoline Prices
(March
16, 2022)
SCOTUS
Allows CalSavers to
Proceed
(March 10, 2022)
California
Is the Mad Scientist
of Bad Policy
(February 8,
2022)
Sore
Winners Reveal
Themselves in
Sacramento
(February 4, 2022)
Conflict
of Interest in
Diversion Program
Hurts County,
Defendants
(January 26, 2022)
The
Fight to Limit Taxation
Continues
(January 25, 2022)
Rewarding
Failure in the K-12 System
(January 18,
2022)
Inflation
Is a Tax On Us
All
(January 7,
2022)
Setting
Aside All the Bah Humbug
(January 4, 2022)
Lack
of Money Isn’t
California’s Problem
(December 21,
2021)
Beware
of California’s
Obscene Budget
Surplus
(December 16,
2021)
The
SALT Fight Is Coming to a
Head
(December 1,
2021)
Re
sentencing Is
Retraumatizing
Victims and
Endangering Public
Safety
(October 26, 2021)
Newsom’s
Polices Are Burning
California Jobs
(September
29, 2021)
Protect
the Recall Power From
Politicians
(September 24,
2021)
No
Wonder Progressives Are So
Angry at Texas
(September 17,
2021)
The
Gross Misuse of Taxpayer
Money Draws Needed
Attention
(August 25,
2021)
Barring
California Taxpayers From
the Courts
(August 19, 2021)
We
Don t Need
Celebrities or
Pundits Running for
Governor
(July 22, 2021)
The
Ghosts of Tammany Hall Can
Only Watch in Jealous
Admiration
(June 4, 2021)
LACBA's Top
Priorities Should Be
Staying on Course,
Serving Members
(May 20, 2021)
Violent
Crime in L.A. Is
Skyrocketing; Are
Gas n s Policies to
Blame?
(February 1,
2021)
Gascón, Defended
(January
5, 2021)
George
Gascón: A Man With
Two Faces
(October 21,
2020)
Making
the Case for Yes on
Proposition 20
(October 6, 2020)
Don't
Want Federal Agents
in Your City or
Town?
(September 15,
2020)
Wrong
Again, George
(September 8,
2020)
State
and Local Elected
Officials Are Now on
Notice
(
August 25, 2020)
Where Does
Newsom Stand on Split Roll?
(August 14, 2020)
Becerra Can’t Be Trusted When
Naming Propositions
(August 6, 2020)
Gascón’s Illegal Retaliation
Costs Taxpayers $400,000
(July 29, 2020)
Proposition 19 Is Latest
Assault on Taxpayers
(July 24,
2020)
When the State Becomes the
Pusher
(July 23,
2020)
Proposition 13 Is Still
Working, Reject Proposition
15
(July 21,
2020)
State’s Ongoing Fight Over
Pension Obligation Bonds
(June 16,
2020)
It’s Not the Time to Gut
Proposition 13 and Raise
Taxes
(June 9,
2020)
Heroes Act Only Rewards Bad
Behavior, Poor Governance
(June 2,
2020)
Will
the Coronavirus Pandemic Lead to Tax Increases?
(May 19,
2020)
Standing for Taxpayers and Direct Democracy
(May 12, 2020)
Until the Government Wises Up, We’ll Be Stuck
(May 5, 2020)
Proposition
13 Opponents Turn in Their Signatures
(April 21, 2020)
There’s
Little Coronavirus Relief for Property Owners
(April 14, 2020)
The Pension Bomb Fuse Just Got Shorter
(April 7, 2020)
Pressure
Mounts for Property Tax Relief
(March 31, 2020)
Protecting Taxpayers in a Time of Crisis
(March 24, 2020)
Money Can’t Buy Love, or Elections
(March
17, 2020)
Fake Taxpayer Group Misleads Voters on Proposition 13
(March
3, 2020)
Prop.
13 School Bond Isn’t Really for the Children
(February
26, 2020)
The
Many Flaws of Prop. 13, the 2020 Impostor
(February
19, 2020)
Protecting California’s Children From Life
(February
12, 2020)
Bonds
Are a Risky Way to Deal With Pension Woes
(January
28, 2019)
Correcting
Ballot Measure Deception
(December
4, 2019)
Fake
Prop. 13 Does Nothing to Improve Classroom Instruction
(November
26, 2019)
Newsom
Makes a Few Good Moves
(October
22, 2019)
The DOJ Agrees: CalSavers Is Illegal
(October
9,
2019)
Assembly
Bill 133 Can Help Keep Seniors in Their Homes
(October
1, 2019)
Don’t
Blame Proposition 13 for High Building Fees
(August
20, 2019)
Are
California’s Schools Really ‘Starving’ for Revenue?
(August
13, 2019)
Government Compounds Insult by Cheating on Tax Collections
(August 6,
2019)
California’s
Surplus Is How Much?
(July 30, 2019)
Democrats Get SLAPP’d for First Amendment Violation
(July 23, 2019)
State Legislature Is Again Attacking Transparency
(July 9, 2019)
There Is a Broader Economic Force at Play Here
(July 2, 2019)
California’s
Budget Process Has Devolved Into a Bad Joke
(June 26, 2019)
California Voters Know a Tax When They See One
(June
19, 2019)
Measure EE Failure Could Be a Turning of Tax Tide
(June
12, 2019)
Strange Things Happen in the Week Before an Election
(June
5, 2019)
All This Additional Data Is Wholly Unnecessary
(May
30, 2019)
Senate Constitutional Amendment 5 Needs to Be Defeated
(May
7, 2019)
Let’s
Give the FPPC the Power to Fight Illegal Spending
(April
30, 2019)
Has the Business Community Had Enough?
(April
24, 2019)
Is California Really a Low Property Tax State?
(April
17, 2019)
Will California’s Taxpayers Ever Pay Enough?
(April
9, 2019)
California May Be Reaching the Point of ‘Taxuration’
(April
2, 2019)
The
LAUSD Has Stepped in it Again
(March
26, 2019)
Newsom’s Threat to Localities Is Extortion by Any Other Name
(March 19, 2019))
What the Pension Ruling Means for Taxpayers
(March
12, 2019)
Maybe
It’s Time for Taxpayers to Go on Strike
(March
5, 2019)
Legitimate
Lawsuit or Political Posturing?
(February 26, 2019)
Governor Newsom Don’t Derail the Bullet Train Derailment
(February 20, 2019)
It’s Time to Defend Direct Democracy, Taxpayers
(February 12, 2019)
Progressives Complain About Gas Prices
(February 5, 2019)
Sacramento Keeps on Fooling Us
(January 29, 2019)
New Tax Proposals Are Unnecessary, Hurt the Middle-Class
(January 23, 2019)
Newsom’s
Budget Calls for More Spending, Higher Taxes
(January 15, 2019)
New
Year, New Challenges for California Taxpayers
(January 3, 2019)
FPPC Ups the Ante on Illegal Expenditures
(January 3, 2019)
Study Confirms Business Flight From California Accelerating
(January 2, 2019)
What the High-Speed Rail Audit Really Means
(December
18, 2018)
Decision on ‘California Rule’ Will Impact Who Rules
California
(December
11, 2018)
HJTA’s 2018 Scorecard Identifies Taxpayer Allies, Foes
(December
4, 2018)
Taxpayers
Give Thanks but Worry About the Future
(November
27, 2018)
Rejection of Proposition 6 Doesn’t End the Taxpayer Revolt
(November
20, 2018)
Did California
Save Ted Cruz?
(November
14, 2018)
Sentence
Exceeding the Defendant's Life Serves No Rational Purpose
(November
1, 2018)
Your
Property Tax Bill May Have Some Suprises
(October 30, 2018)
Once
Again, Proposition 13 is ‘On the Table’
(October 16,
2018)
Proposition
10 Just Throws Gasoline on the Housing Crisis Fire
(October 2,
2018)
California’s
Cost of Living Is Hurting the Middle Class
(September 25,
2018)
California’s Boondoggles Threaten Property Owners and
Taxpayers
(September 18,
2018)
Hard Fought Battles Stop Tax Hikes in Legislature
(September 11,
2018)
Norman Epstein: A Brilliant, Humble, Considerate, Lover of
the Law
(September 10,
2018)
Opponents of Repealing the Gas Tax Are Getting Desperate
(September 5,
2018)
Taxpayer Danger Lurks Beneath State’s Employment Numbers
(August 28,
2018)
Let’s
Educate the Voters About Proposition 13
(August 21,
2018)
We
Must Protect Taxpayer Interests in the Fire Liability Fight
(August 14,
2018)
The
Legislature Passes the Pension Buck—Again
(July 31,
2018)
A Few
Taxpayer Victories in an Anti-Taxpayer Legislature
(July
17, 2018)
Janus
Decision Gives Taxpayers a Fighting Chance
(July
3, 2018)
The Budget Process Should Worry Every Taxpayer
(June
26, 2018)
The Gas Tax and the Outrageous Tactics to Keep It
(June
19, 2018)
In
Sacramento, Democrats Are Run by the Unions
(June
5, 2018)
Progressives
Love Transparency Except When They Don’t
(May 30,
2018)
Pernicious
Push Polls Pervert Politics
(May 22,
2018)
Taxpayers
Lose Again With Solar Panel Mandate
(May 15,
2018)
Proposals to Ban Internal Combustion Engines Are a Bad Idea
(May 8,
2018)
There Is No Loophole in Proposition 13
(May 1,
2018)
U.S. Is Right to Audit Bullet Train Project
(April 24,
2018)
Did the Enemies of Proposition 13 Blink on ‘Split-Roll’
Initiative?
(April 17,
2018)
What
Would Make Legislation ‘Family Friendly?’
(April 3,
2018)
Here’s
Something the Legislature Won’t Pass But Actually Should
(March 27,
2018)
Board of Equalization Got Last Laugh on Gas Tax Increase
(March 20,
2018)
State
Sees Unintended Consequences of Bad Legislation
(March 6,
2018)
What
Janus v. AFSCME Could Mean for California
(February
27, 2018)
Why Does California’s Secure Choice Program Still Exist?
(February
21, 2018)
After Billions in Tax Increases, We Deserve a Tax Cut
(February
13, 2018)
‘Trump
Bump’ Rescues California’s Unemployment Fund
(February
6,
2018)
High
Speed Rail Is the Best Reason to Repeal the Tax Hike
(January
30,
2018)
The Two Most Insightful Responses to the Governor’s Budget
(January
23,
2018)
California, a State of Unintended Consequences
(January
17, 2018)
There
Are Easier Ways to Help State Taxpayers
(January
9, 2018)
Will Change in Recall Rules Protect Predaceous Politicians?
(January
3, 2018)
CalPERS Exposes Taxpayers to Unnecessary Risks
(December
12, 2017)
Battered
Taxpayers Aren’t Thankful for Much
(November
28, 2017)
Nothing That Comes From Government Is Free
(November
21, 2017)
What to Believe About the Republican Tax Plan
(November
14, 2017)
Gas
Tax Increase Should’ve Come With Novocaine
(November
7, 2017)
Legislative
Report Card Ignores the Spin, Exposes the Truth
(October
31, 2017)
Trick or Treat, Your Property Tax Bill Is Here
(October
24, 2017)
Civilian
Oversight Commission Loses Some Credibility With
Vote on Drone Program
(October
19, 2017)
Taxpayers
Shouldn’t Tolerate Gas Tax Extortion by Transportation
Interests
(October
18, 2017)
Here’s
What Delia Metoyer Did to Warrant Discipline
(October
16, 2017)
Will
the Trump Tax Plan Help California?
(October
3, 2017)
Will Taxpayers Trust the GOP Again?
(September
26, 2017)
California Legislature Abandons Middle Class
(September
19, 2017)
Initiative Titles, Summaries Must Be Fair and Objective
(September
12, 2017)
Supreme Court Ruling Imperils Every California Taxpayer
(September
6, 2017)
Raising
Property Taxes for Public Pensions
(August.
29, 2017)
Taxpayers Pay for Lobbying in Sacramento
(August.
22, 2017)
The ‘Portability’ Issue, Should Be Part of a Legislative
Proposal
(August.
15, 2017)
Legislature
Abandons State’s Middle Class
(July
25, 2017)
Creating
Hardships While Attempting to Alleviate Others
(July
18, 2017)
Why
Some Cities Won’t Be Paying Los Angeles’ Homeless Tax
(July
11, 2017)
What
Citizen Taxpayers Should Know About the Budget
(June
27, 2017)
The
Assembly Arrogantly Continues Business As Usual
(June
13, 2017)
California’s Elite Are Creating a Caste System
(June
6, 2017)
If
Taxpayers Are ‘Cheap,’ It’s Because They Aren’t Stupid
(May
23, 2017)
Taxpayers
Need Sanctuary From Foolishness
(May
9, 2017)
And
Politicians Wonder Why People Are Leaving
(May
2, 2017)
The
Hidden Costs of Gas-Tax Legislation
(April
25, 2017)
And the Politicians Wonder Why We Don’t Trust Them
(April
18, 2017)
Transportation
Tax Hikes Are An Insult to Taxpayers
(April
4, 2017)
Suffering
From ‘Static Cling’ in Sacramento
(March
28, 2017)
Proposition 13 Is the Original Victim of ‘Fake News’
(March
21, 2017)
Gann Limit Back From Past to Needle Big-Spenders
(March
14, 2017)
Removing
the Statue of Columbus Is Senseless
(March 1, 2017)
Secure
Choice Program Is Neither Secure Nor A Choice
(February
28, 2017)
Time
for a Major Change in Course
(February 7, 2017)
Businesses
Do Not Pay Taxes, ‘We Do’
(January 31, 2017)
Should
Be a Happy New Year for State Workers
(January 4, 2017)
A
King’s Ransom for ‘Public Servants’
(December
20,
2016)
Productive California Citizens Have the Freedom to Leave
(December
15,
2016)
Leaving
the State for a Foreign Land Called America
(November 29, 2016)
California’s Taxpayers Should Be Thankful for 2016
(November 22, 2016)
Will California’s Outlier Status Accelerate Exodus?
(November 15, 2016)
Debt
Addicts Spend Big Opposing Proposition 53
(November 3, 2016)
Local
Governments Are Rigging Elections—Again
(October 26, 2016)
Making It Harder for Politicians to Fib to Their
Constituents
(October 20, 2016)
Trump’s Charge of Election-Rigging Is Bogus
(October 19, 2016)
Proposition
13 Is Safe—For Another Few Weeks
(September
27, 2016)
That the PTP Program Is Back Is Good News
(September 20, 2016)
Down Ballot Measures Could Cost You Big Money
(September 13, 2016)
California
Special Districts: Hiding in Plain Sight
(August 30, 2016)
Chickens
Come Home to Roost
(August 16, 2016)
Teachers
Union Hits Taxpayers with ‘Money Club’ Again
(July 26, 2016)
We
Don’t Need Higher Taxes
(July 19, 2016)
Coffee
Is the New Gold Standard
(July 12, 2016)
‘Right
to Vote on Taxes’ Case Now Before State High Court
(July 6, 2016)
State
Legislature Tries to Fool the Public Again
(June 21, 2016)
Budget Deception: Weird Accounting Diminishes Accountability
(June 14, 2016)
TAXPORTATION
PART 2: Response to Will Kempton
(June 1, 2016)
Budget
Primer for California Citizen Taxpayers
(May
17, 2016)
How
the Legislature Can Help the Middle
Class
(May 3, 2016)
Providing
Genuine Benefits to Average Folks
(April 26, 2016)
New
Ways to Spend ‘OPM’ (Other Peoples’ Money)
(April 12, 2016)
Why
Average Citizens Don’t Count in Sacramento
(April 5, 2016)
Three
Ways to ‘Fix’ State Government
(March 22, 2016)
Hospitals
Inflict Pain on Taxpayers
(March
15, 2016)
Don’t
Tug on Superman’s Cape (Attack on Prop 13 Abandoned—for
Now)
(March 1, 2016)
The
Bullet Train Built on Fantasy
(February
23, 2016)
It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s a Tax Increase!
(February
17, 2016)
It’s Open Season on Taxpayers
(February
9, 2016)
Don’t
Blame Proposition 13 for the Housing Crisis
(January 26, 2016)
Be Careful What You Sign
(January 20, 2016)
Neglected in Budget Discussion is How We Spend, Not Just How
Much
(January 12, 2016)
What
Taxpayers Want from Santa
(December 22, 2015)
Sending
More Tax Dollars to
Sacramento
(December 8,
2015)
Voters
Are Starting to Grasp the Debt
Crisis
(December 1,
2015)
‘People
Cannot
Be Free If They Are Not Brave’
(November 24, 2015)
‘Lawyer
Tax’ on Real Estate Removed, for Now
(November 17, 2015)
Tax
Raising Lawmakers Love Non-Voters
(November 10, 2015)
It’s
the Report Card Lawmakers Don’t Want You to See
(November 3, 2015)
It’s
Property Tax Time Again
(October 27, 2015)
‘Cost
of Service’ Principles Protect Ratepayers
(October 20, 2015)
Citizens
Exhausted by State Lawmaker’s Hypocrisy
(October 14, 2015)
‘City
of the Big Shoulders’ Will Find Out It’s Never Enough
(October 6, 2015)
Beware
the Temporary Tax
(September 22, 2015)
Legislative
Session Ends With Taxpayers Tired but Victorious
(September 15, 2015)
California a Low Property Tax State
(September 9, 2015)
Steyer,
Steyer, Pants on Feyer
(August 25, 2015)
Californians
Have Become Beleaguered Taxpayers Indeed
(August 11, 2015)
Why
Higher Taxes for Potholes Is a Bad Idea
(August 4, 2015)
Male
Students Discriminated Against in Sexual Misconduct
Inquiries
(July 27, 2015)
Bad
News for Prop. 13 ‘Blamers’
(July 14, 2015)
California
Republicans Dance With Wolves
(July 7, 2015)
There
Are Thousands of New Politicians in Our Future
(June 30, 2015)
Move
Along, There’s Nothing to See Here
(June 23, 2015)
Certainty
in Taxation is Prop. 13's Best Feature
(June 16, 2015)
Sacramento
Politicians and Their Ongoing War on Drivers
(June 2, 2015)
Small
Measures Can Provide Large Benefits to Taxpayers
(May 27, 2015)
Front
Groups Should Be Required to Adhere to Truth in Labeling
Standards
(May 19, 2015)
California
Motorists ‘Don’t Get No Respect’
(May 5, 2015)
Agencies
Shed Crocodile ‘Tiers’ Over Water Rate Ruling
(April 24, 2015)
100
Years Ago Today, There Began the Armenian Genocide
(April 24, 2015)
Excessive Traffic Tickets: Hurting the Middle Class Again
(April 22, 2015)
Minimum Wage Hikes Hurt the Economy and the Poor
(April 14, 2015)
Taking
It Out on the Little Guy
(March 31, 2015)
To
Vote, or Not to Vote. That Is the Question Before Us
(March 17, 2015)
Anti-Taxpayer
Forces Hit New Low in Special Election
(March 10, 2015)
People
Believe That Government Wastes Money Because It Does
(February 24, 2015)
Call Companies Now Leaving California as ‘Laters,’ as in
‘See Ya Later’
(February 18, 2015)
Here’s Hoping Our Elected Officials Begin Prioritizing
Spending
(February 10, 2015)
Public
Sector Pay: Transparency and Perspective
(January 27,
2015)
What California Homeowners Should Know About the State
Budget
(January 21,
2015)
California
Comeback or Continuing Crisis?
(January 7, 2015)
Revising
History to Fool Taxpayers
(December 16, 2014)
The Prop. 30 Tax Hike Should Retire on Schedule
(December 9, 2014)
For
What Are Taxpayers Thankful in 2014?
(December 2, 2014)
UC
Pension Crisis Creates Teachable Moment
(November 25,
2014)
Medical Malpractice Crisis No Longer Exists—Neither Should
MICRA
(November 20,
2014)
Look Who Is Living Like the One Percent
(November 18,
2014)
Prop. 13 Is Given a Reprieve From Californians
(November 12,
2014)
It’s Scary Season Again
(November 4,
2014)
ADDA
President Blasts Parent Union for Lying, Cheating, Duplicity
(October 31,
2014)
Las Vegas Gambles with Student Privacy
(October 31,
2014)
Bobby
Shriver Was Failure as a Santa Monica City Council
Member
(October 28,
2014)
Voters
Need Not Worry About the ‘Jarvis Jesters’
(October 21,
2014)
Greater
Transparency Is a Threat to Property Owners
(October 7,
2014)
Beware:
The Candidates Are Now Among Us
(September 30,
2014)
Amazing!
Something Good From the California Legislature
(September
16, 2014)
Proposition
13 Survives Latest Legislative Session
(September 9, 2014)
Let Them All Drive Teslas
(September 3,
2014)
Lawmakers
Don’t Think Rules Apply to Them
(August 19, 2014)
To Be Well-Informed, Ignore Political Ads
(August 12, 2014)
More Politicians Should Visit the Real World
(August 5, 2014)
Jerry’s Latest Boondoggle Threatens Property Owners
(July 29, 2014)
Lawmakers Focus on the Frivolous
(July 22, 2014)
ACA
6: New Attack on People’s Power
(July 15, 2014)
We’ve Had Great Presidents and Not So Great Ones
(July 11, 2014)
Arrogance of the Political Elite Costs You at the Pump
(July 8, 2014)
This
Is Why Californians Don’t Trust State Government
(June 24, 2014)
Citizens Remain Ignorant at Their Own Expense
(June 17, 2014)
It Could Have Been a Lot Worse
(June 10, 2014)
Mileage
Tax Would Put Big Brother in Your
Back Seat
(May 28, 2014)
There
Is No Loophole in Prop. 13
(May 20, 2014)
State
Lawmakers Looking to Extend ‘Temporary’
Taxes
(May
13, 2014)
Keeping
It Real About Tax Subsidies
May 6, 2014)
Why
Not Sustainability in a Spending Limit?
(April 29, 2014)
Just
Seven Weeks to Go Until Elections Time
(April 16, 2014)
High Speed Rail and Climate Change Nonsense
(April 8, 2014)
Rick
Perry Has Gone Back to Texas
(March 18,
2014)
Do Los
Angeles Politicians Want a Bribe to Provide Basic
Services?
(March 25,
2014)
What
the Best Governors Look Like
(March 11, 2014)
Proposition 13 Saved by Lawmakers’ Misconduct?
(March 4, 2014)
It’s Good to Be With the ‘In’ Crowd
(February 25,
2014)
Californians Still Believe in Proposition 13 Taxpayer
Protections
(February 19,
2014)
Do
We Need More State Workers?
(January 28,
2014)
Undermining Prop. 13: The Beat Goes On
(January 22, 2014)
Reduced Expectations and the California Budget
(January 14,
2014)
Who’s
Looking Out for the Middle Class?
(December 31,
2013)
Follow the Money—Down the Drain
(December 18,
2013)
Ronald Reagan Would Be Smiling
(December 11,
2013)
Prop
13: Still the 800 Pound Gorilla
(November 27,
2013)
Blue
State Lawmakers Make Taxpayers Blue
(November
5, 2013)
It’s
Scary Season Again
(October 30, 2013)
The
Betrayal of Taxpayers
(October
23, 2013)
Prop 13: Who’s the Fairest of Them all?
(October 17,
2013)
LAUSD Another Brainless Organism
(October 9, 2013)
Why Higher Business Property Taxes Would Hurt Homeowners
(October 3, 2013)
Keeping Two Sets of Books
(September 30,
2013)
Prop.
13 Protects Against the Yo-Yo Effect
(September 11,
2013)
Stopping Local Governments from Electioneering
(September 9, 2013)
Facts Not Malice Please
(August 28, 2013)
Bullet Train Backers Won’t Take ‘No’ for an Answer
(August 28, 2013)
Government Insiders Threaten the Initiative Process
(August 21, 2013)
Where
Would We Be Without Prop. 13?
(July 31, 2013)
Trillion Dollar Train?
(July 23, 2013)
Taxpayers Say ‘No Mas’
(July 16, 2013)
Where
Would We Be Without Prop. 13?
(July 31, 2013)
Trillion Dollar Train?
(July 23, 2013)
Taxpayers Say ‘No Mas’
(July 16, 2013)
ACA
8: A Direct Assault on Prop. 13
(June 18, 2013)
No, It’s Not Just for Seniors—Prop. 13 Has Something for
Everybody
(June 7, 2013)
Who Suffers Most?
(May 30, 2013)
The New Legislature’s Assault on Prop. 13 Begins
(May 22, 2013)
The
Ongoing War on Working Folks
(May 2, 2013)
Court System Is on Life Support
(April 26, 2013)
The Bill Has Come Due
(April 24, 2013)
More
Devilish Legislation Out of Sacramento
(April 2, 2013)
California—The Cyprus of America
(March 28, 2013)
Brown’s PERB: Wrecking Reasonable Pension Reform
(March 20, 2013)
Health Care and Price Gouging
(March 15, 2013)
Shrieks
and Moans and Spending Cuts
(March 5, 2013)
The Boredom Factor
(February 26, 2013)
Of Obesity, Bridges and Peanuts
(February 21, 2013)
‘I
Want YOU to Pay Higher Taxes’
February 5, 2013
A Half Lie is the Worst of All Lies
February 4, 2013
The
Car Tax Increase Is Back Again
January 29, 2013
Prop 30 Ballot Scheme: Yes, It Was Sleazy
January 25, 2013
The Goldman Sachs Empire
January 17, 2013
Wanted:
A Loyal Opposition
January 11, 2013
Is
Jerry Brown the New Voice of Reason?
December 18, 2012
Happy
Talk
December 11, 2012
The Night of Broken Glass
December 5, 2012
Can
Legislators Handle the Truth?
November
29, 2012
It Is Scary Season, Again
November 26, 2012
An Architect of Change on Feeling the Future of Marriage
November 23, 2012
Biggest
Ego and Worst Judgment
November
15, 2012
When
Will We Be Number One?
October
31, 2012
Would
You Buy a Used Car From These Guys?
October
12, 2012
Heads Up, Taxpayers—Incoming!
October 4, 2012
Neither
Party Has a Monopoly on Campaign Stupidity
September 25, 2012
Spending Taxpayer Dollars to Push Prop 30 Is Illegal
September
24, 2012
Ayn
Rand Used to Be Crazy
August 28, 2012
Penn
State Sanctions: Stupid, Inconsistent and Unfair
August
16, 2012
Checking
the Books
August
8, 2012
Education:
Who Loves Ya Baby?
August 6, 2012
Prop. 13 Survives Another ‘Trial by Combat’
August 2, 2012
Government’s Power of Taxation Appears All-Encompassing
July
31, 2012
Time for Government Employees to Share the Pain
July 17, 2012
From
Bad to Worse
June 27, 2012
A Brilliant Move
June
21, 2012
Brouhaha
in Colombia
June
19, 2012
This
Week’s Agenda: Shenanigans in the Legislature
May 31, 2012
How
Can the Courts Volume of Litigation Survive the Money
Crunch?
May
2, 2012
California
Pols Add to Uncertainty for Retirees
May 1, 2012
Quietly Protecting the Interests of Taxpayers
April 24, 2012
Your Autograph Is Worth Money
April 17, 2012
Bending
the Courts Game Rules Still Offends the Public
April
5, 2012
On
Winnable Versus Unwinnable Cases
March
28, 2012
Extended
Discovery Is a Key Feature of Legal Progress
March
9, 2012
With
or Without Prop. 13, California Remains a Great State
February
27, 2012
Hey,
Charlie: Tell Your Officers to Move Their Cars
"By the Way," February 7, 2012
Better
Selection Process Would Give California Better Judges
January
26, 2012
The
Nearly-Impossible Dream: a Thick, Juicy Hamburger
"Misc.," December 1, 2011
Recapping the Year for Taxpayers
December 29, 2011
What
the U.S. Congress Keeps Doing Wrong and Why
December 9, 2011
Now
It Is Time to Give Jobs a Chance
December 5, 2011
College
Football Needs Some Serious Revisions
November 9, 2011
Proposition
8 California's Fractured Fairy Tale
November 3, 2011
Questions
May Get Lost in Coming Election Fervor
October 18, 2011
There is No Doubt Now Where Jerry Brown Stands
October 17, 2011
Whack-a-Mole
and Defending Prop 13
September 29, 2011
E-Mail
From China Tells of Sights in Crowded Beijing
September 27,
2011)
Off
and Running for the Presidential Derby
September 22, 2011
Reform
Public Pensions or Perish
September
13, 2011
Understanding the Impact of Roe v. Wade
September
1, 2011
Comments
on Trutanich Signs Reflect Inconsistency, Blarney
August 31, 2011
Voters
Should Transform the Los Angeles City Council Into a
Part-Time Council
August 30, 2011
What's
Good for the Greatest Generation Is Good for Latest Generation
May 13, 2011
Felix Frankfurter, She Is Not
May 3, 2011
Teachers’
Union to Play “Thug” Card?
April 20, 2011
No
Rational Basis for State Bar's Use of Public Members
March 31, 2011
Lunch
With Jerry
March 17, 2011
Cheering
for More Taxes
March 10, 2011
How
Private is Private?
March 8, 2011
Beware
of Self-Styled Consumer Advocates
February 4, 2011
Jerry
on a Leash
January 27, 2011
Addressing
Due Process Concerns Raised by Obama's Healthcare Overhaul
January 13, 2011
Advice
to the New California Legislature
December 28, 2010
Higher
Education's 'Smiling Façade'
December 15, 2010
Zombies
Are Real!
December 14, 2010
Forbidden
Speech
December 6, 2010
Selling
Assets the Wrong Way
November 29, 2010
'Tort
Reform' Hysteria
November 18, 2010
Report
Card: Majority of California's Legislators Flunk
November 1, 2010
A
Very Taxing Ballot
October 21, 2010
Who
is Rosy Projections?
October 19, 2010
Prop.
25: New Front in Long War Against Prop. 13
October 6, 2010
The
Taj Mahal in the LAUSD
September 28, 2010
Howard
Jarvis Was Crazy Like a Fox
September 16, 2010
Self-Enrichment
Extends Far Beyond Bell
September 1, 2010
Two
Court Rulings Raise Questions About Attorney General
August 13, 2010
A
Direct Assault on Proposition 13
August 11, 2010
Goldman
Sachs: Too Big to Punish?
August 4, 2010
Solving
Plastic Bag Issue Does Not Require Punitive Fee
August 3, 2010
Manufactured
Budget Crisis a Replay of 2003 Strategy
July 23, 2010
The
Revisionist Theory of Marriage in California
July 20, 2010
Two
Less Than Laudable Performances on Oil Spill
July 16, 2010
Legislature's
Response to Budget Crisis: Pass the Suntan Lotion
July 15, 2010
Taxpayers
Deserve a Better Return on Their Investment
July 13, 2010
Americans'
Rights and Freedoms Are in Danger
July 2, 2010
Government
Picking Winners, Losers at Taxpayers' Expense
June 24, 2010
A
Legal Perspective on Umpire's Blown Call
June 23, 2010
Don't
Mess With Proposition 13
June 18, 2010
Public
Pensions Could Bankrupt California
June 11, 2010
Arizona
Law Could Prompt Flood of Court Cases
June 9, 2010
There
Is Nothing So Permanent as a 'Temporary' Tax
June 4, 2010
Los
Angeles School Bureaucrats Take Advantage of Hard Times
May 12, 2010
Backlash
Against Public Employee Pensions Is Building
May 5, 2010
Give
Local Government Budget Control
April 28, 2010
For
'Protected Class,' Tax Day Is Like Christmas in April
April 16, 2010
Cutting
California's Corrections Costs
April 7, 2010
Let's
Put an End to Tax Tyranny
March 31, 2010
Greed
and Ambition Fuel Proposition 14
May 28, 2010
Fantasy
California Getting a Rude Awakening
May 21, 2010
Time
to Draw the Line on Energy Tax
March 24, 2010
The
Mystique of Tort Reform
March 10, 2010
Why
Meg Whitman? Why Now?
March 3, 2010
State's
Revenue Acceleration Is an Attack on Taxpayers
February 25, 2010
Judge
Horan Levels Wrongful Accusations
"Letter to the Editor," February 18, 2010
Criticism
of High Court's Campaign Finance Ruling Not Persuasive
February 12, 2010
Secret Judicial Council Vote Rewrote Branch Governance Policy
February 12, 2010
Checking
In for Pay; Checking Out of Reality
February 5, 2010
Lights,
Camera, Action!
January 27, 2010
Consumer
Protection Is Not State Bar's Main Purpose
January 21, 2010
A
Recovery Program for California
January 14, 2010
My
Father
January 13, 2010
Californians
Are Tired of Bad News
January 8, 2010
Need
for Oversight of AOC Is More Apparent Than Ever
December 28, 2009
Legislators'
Whining Means Part-Time Idea Is a Good One
December 24, 2009
We're
All Mad Here
November 2, 2009
'Mushroom'
Bills Schwarzenegger Should Veto
September 29, 2009
HJTA-Sponsored
Bill Provides Transparency in Assessment Elections
September 22, 2009
It's
Always Open Season on Proposition 13
September 16, 2009
No
Keeping Secrets From Taxpayers
July 16, 2009
Iran
and the Technological Revolution
July 15, 2009
Political
Changes Are Defining This Country
July 13, 2009
Striking
a Balance
July 8, 2009
Only
Pocket Change for Our Lawmakers?
July 1, 2009
Prop.
13: Will It Be the Victim of Its Own Success?
June 24, 2009
It's
Not About You, Anthony Adams
June 17, 2009
California
Budget: Rejecting False Choices
June 11, 2009
The Future of Becoming Older on Our Own Terms
June 11, 2009
Defeat
of Prop. 1A Is a Win for Business
June 9, 2009
Memory
Research Yields Exciting Possibilities
June 8, 2009
The
Reaction
June 3, 2009
No
Looking Back
May 8, 2009
Disconnect
and the Tea Parties
April 24, 2009
Populist
Truth, Not Bamboozling Politics
April 22, 2009
Populist
Anger: The Toxic Legacy of George W. Bush
April 16, 2009
An End to Padded Water Bills?
April 16, 2009
As a
Spending Limit, Proposition 1A Does Not Cut It
April 7, 2009
When
Is a Crisis Not a Crisis?
April 2, 2009
Prop
1A: We've Heard These Promises Before
April 1, 2009
Governor,
You're Not in Hollywood Anymore
March 25, 2009
Lessons From the Great Depression
March 25, 2009
Tax
Time
March 18, 2009
Research
to Further Educate Our Doctors
March 13, 2009
Obama's
Influence: Moving in the Direction of Justice
March 4, 2009
Bailout Must Protect Responsible Homeowners
March 4, 2009
On
Becoming a Bristlecone Centenarian
February 25, 2009
No
Budget Is Better Than Bad Budget Solution
February 18, 2009
Seniors,
Be Prepared for a New Economy
February 13, 2009
Shared
Sacrifice in the Golden State
February 12, 2009
What
Is a Real Spending Cap?
February 6, 2009
A
Medical Peek Into the Future
January 29, 2009
Lincoln,
a Rail Splitter Then—Obama, Our Lincoln Now
January 27, 2009
What
Budget Crisis?
January 22, 2009
Has
the Governor Stepped Back From the Brink?
January 16, 2009
Aging
in Place Is Becoming More Popular
January 9, 2009
Sacramento
Bandits Use Every Trick to Get New Taxes
January 8, 2009
Pension
Tsunami
January 5, 2009
Facing
a Brave New Medical World
December 23, 2008
The
Millionaires' Tax—a Double Failure
December 19, 2008
How to
Pay for Health Care in Retirement
December 16, 2008
Taxpayers
Have Been Compromising for Years
December 12, 2008
Government
for the Government
December 10, 2008
For
What Are Taxpayers Thankful?
December 3, 2008
Runaway
Taxpayers
November 20, 2008
Arnold's
Tax Hikes: Wrong and Illegal
November 18, 2008
Working
in Retirement: The New Reality
November 12, 2008
The
Financial Plight of Retirees
October 27, 2008
Making
the Case for Dark Matter Research
October 22, 2008
Scary
Times Made Scarier by Property Tax Bills
October 17, 2008
Redwood
Trees Versus Hardscrabble Pines: A Tale of Two Trees
October 16, 2008
More
Debt? You’ve Got to Be Kidding!
October 9, 2008
The
Symbolism of Change
October 3, 2008
Let
the Light Shine In
October 1, 2008
The
Pork Express
September 22, 2008
Germany
Setting an Example With Economics of Energy
September 19, 2008
CalTax
Gets Rolled by the Governor
September 12, 2008
Pointing
the Way to the Future Through Change
September 10, 2008
Time
to Stuff the Bag Tax
September 5, 2008
A
Tax Increase Is a Tax Increase
August 20, 2008
Reporting
on the 2008 Election: Ready, Set, Go!
August 15, 2008
Bonds
Are Bondage for Taxpayers
August 13, 2008
Governor’s
Position on Pay Cuts Is Legally Sound
August 8, 2008
Cancer
Drugs or Vacation Spas: Take Your Pick
August 5, 2008
New
Taxes Are Not the Answer to Budget Woes
August 1, 2008
Problems
With Proposition 8 Abound
July 29, 2008
Voters
Should Reject Rail Bond Boondoggle
July 23, 2008
Utah
Is Laughing
July 17, 2008
Budgeting
by Judicial Fiat
July 10, 2008
The
Legislature Needs a Spending Limit Nanny
July 3, 2008
Reflections
on the Proposition 98 Campaign: Anniversary of Kelo Decision
Passes With No Reforms in California
June 27, 2008
Initiative
Process Is Being Abused
July 2, 2008
Extorting
More From Taxpayers
June 19, 2008
Howard
Jarvis Showed the Way
June 11, 2008
Is
The Proposed ‘Limit On Marriage’ Initiative Too Late?
May 21, 2008
Independent
Legal Analysis of Prop. 99 Exposes Fatal Flaws
May 7, 2008
Why
Can’t Governments Treat Us Like Customers?
March 5, 2008
Redistricting
Reform, Not Longer Terms, Is the Answer
February 14, 2008
Playing
Cuttlefish With the Budget
February 7, 2008
One
More Time: Budget Woes Are Not Prop 13’s Fault
January 9, 2008
L.A.
City Officials’ Misguided Priorities—It’s Them vs. Us
September 20, 2007
Sneak
Attack on Property Rights Initiative Falls Flat
August 30, 2007
The
Sky Is Falling! Or Is It?
August 16, 2007
Charges
of ‘Fiscal Terrorism’ Are Silly and Won’t Balance the Budget
August 2, 2007
Bush’s
Age Discriminatory Stem Cell Research Veto
July 13, 2007
What
Now?
July 12, 2007
Protecting
Property Rights in California
July 11, 2007
Stop
the Profanity - Send 'Em on a Junket
June 20, 2007
The
Whining Continues
June 13, 2007
Scary
June 6, 2007
No
Tears for L.A.
May 23, 2007
Assemblyman
Gives Taxpayers the Foam Finger
April 18, 2007
Who’s
the Boss?
March 26, 2007
Share
the Poverty
March 19, 2007
The
Pharaohs Would Be Proud of Us
February 23, 2007
More
Proposition 13 Myths
February 14, 2007
Californians
Deserve a Meaningful Role in Picking Presidents
February 9, 2007
Doing
the People’s Business, or Their Own?
February 8, 2007
Los
Angeles Making War on Homeowners
February 5, 2007
Public
Employee Pensions: Sunshine at Last?
January 5, 2007
Time
for New Local Government Accounting Rules
December 28, 2006
A
Tax By Any Other Name
December 20, 2006
We
Don’t Need This Orwellian Double-Speak Country
December 18, 2006
Judicial
Micromanagement a Nightmare for Taxpayers
December 15, 2006
It’s
All About Dollars
December 8, 2006
Plum
Trash Job
December 6, 2006
Taxes,
Lies and Videotape
December 4, 2006
Assuring the Viability of Home Ownership
October 2, 2006
The 'Container Tax:' Just Another Proposition 13 Avoidance Scheme
September 22, 2006
Back to School, Planning for College
September 20, 2006
September 19, 2006
Medicare and Social Security: One for All, All for One
September 13, 2006
September 11, 2006
And the Villain Is — Prop. 13, of Course!
September 8, 2006
Selling Commercials On the California Channel
September 1, 2006
A Vile Weapon in the Hands of Public Officials
August 30, 2006
August 21, 2006
August 14, 2006
Becoming a Third-World Country
August 9, 2006
A Streamlined Sales Tax Equals a Bloated Bureaucracy
August 7, 2006
Politicians Lie? Say It Ain’t So!
August 4, 2006
Robin Hood or the Sheriff of Nottingham
July 28, 2006
MCLE for Judges Is an Ill-Conceived Notion
July 24, 2006
A
Failed System of Accountability
March 28, 2006
Deal
or No Deal
March 20, 2006
Where
Else but California?
February 10, 2006
Hey
Big Spender
February 3, 2006
Mirror/Mirror
January 11, 2006
The
Minimum Wage Calamity
January 9, 2006
The
Rosey Scenario
November 29, 2005
Education’s
Newest Outrage
November 28, 2005
Living
in a Chemically Induced Dream
November 7, 2005
Tiny
Textbooks?
August 22, 2005
Missing
the Target Again on Crime
June 28, 2005
The
Myth of Global Warming
June 22, 2005
Same
Old, Same Old
June 9, 2005
Unintended
Consequences
May 26, 2005
The
California Border Police
May 16, 2005
It’s
Still a Mess
April 18, 2005
Growth
Happens
April 7, 2005
Judges
Gone Wild
March 25, 2005
A
Parliament Of Fools
March 18, 2005
Brown Administration
Legacy: 102 Miles of Freeways
"Letter to the Editor," March 14, 2005
Of
Taxes, Foghorn Leghorn and My Dog Skip
March 4, 2005
Good
Intentions and the Roads They Make
February 10, 2005
They
Protest Too Much
January 20, 2005
Throwing
Down the Gauntlet
January 11, 2005
More
Government Deception
December 23, 2004
Another
Tax Increase Initiative: When Will It Stop?
January 12, 2004
Beware
Compassionate Lawmakers
January 5, 2004
Taxpayer
Legal Action: a Necessary Weapon
December 24, 2003
How
Democrats Negotiate
December 17, 2003
Thanks
For Your Input, Phil: About Three Years Too Late
December 12, 2003
Hardened
Attitudes on Spending Are the Problem
December 11, 2003
Prop.
56: an Assault on Proposition 13
December 10, 2003
Teachers
Union Perpetuates Education Myths
November 24, 2003
Climbing
Out of the Hole
November 19, 2003
The
Siren Song of the Democrats
November 10, 2003
Now
They’re Worried
November 7, 2003
Fires
Light Up Tax Talk
November 6, 2003
The
Second Annual Nosey Awards
November 4, 2003
Remembering
the Defenders of Freedom
November 3, 2003
Taxpayers
Continue to Foot Bill For Local Incompetence
October 30, 2003
A Big
Win for Taxpayers
October 29, 2003
How
the Deck is Stacked Against Taxpayers
October 28, 2003
Judging
Judges
October 2, 2003
Half
Measures and Half-Wits
September 24, 2003
Who’s
Dragging Down Who?
September 4, 2003
Leader
of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy?
August 26, 2003
Talk
About Déjà Vu!
August 20, 2003
Democrats
Playing a Dangerous Game of Political Chicken
March 11, 2003
To
Mildred Lillie, Gender Was No Impediment
October 29, 2002
The
More Things Change...
October 30, 2002
Guns:
Guilty Until Proven Innocent?
October 25, 2002
A
Government Without Limits
October 4, 2002
Bureaucratic
Arrogance
August 19, 2002
Exclusionary
Rule: Is There a Better Way?
May 16, 2001
Judicial
Nomination Process Is a Downhill Run
June 27, 1996
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