Author: Michael

Governor Newsom’s budget proposal lacks meaningful spending reductions or plans to address the factors that caused the deficit in the first place   In response to Governor Newsom’s recently announced $306 billion budget proposal and a record $31.5 billion deficit, LA County Taxpayers are urging more serious plans to reduce spending and prevent such a… Continue reading (PR): LA Taxpayers: $31.5 billion deficit is a wakeup call that highlights need for real reform

SACRAMENTO – On Tuesday, May 2, at 8:30 a.m., HJTA President Jon Coupal and a group of bipartisan coalition supporters join Senator Kelly Seyarto (R-Murrieta) at the State Capitol to announce strong support for Senate Constitutional Amendment (SCA) 4. SCA 4 would protect the next generation in every community from being taxed out of the… Continue reading (PR) Tuesday, May 2 at 8:30 a.m. at the Capitol and Livestreamed:HJTA President Jon Coupal, Senator Kelly Seyarto and Bipartisan Coalition Announce Strong Support for SCA 4 to Repeal the Death Tax

In fact, the study found that Californians are forced to pay electricity rates that are 67.1% higher than the national average and natural gas rates that are 30.1% higher than the national average. While some of these costs could be market-driven, the Transparency Foundation concludes that California state government hidden taxes and mandates are resulting in an increased cost to… Continue reading New Study Exposes $4.5 Billion in “Hidden State Taxes” on California Utility Bills

Well, it’s big in Japan. That is what proponents of California’s high speed rail project say when asked about the whys and wherefores of the system. In other words, if it works somewhere else it will work here. That argument, though, falls in the face of a rather basic fact: California and Japan are different. It is… Continue reading Red Herring Alert: Comparing California and Japan High Speed Rail Falls on its Face

Americans were on the move in 2022 and chose low-tax states over high-tax ones. That’s the finding of recent U.S. Census Bureau population data and commercial datasets released this week by U-Haul and United Van Lines. The U.S. population grew 0.4 percent between July 2021 and July 2022, an increase from the previous year’s historically low rate of 0.1 percent. While international migration helped numbers… Continue reading Americans Moved to Low-Tax States in 2022

LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Despite pleas from frustrated landlords, the Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to extend the city’s emergency declaration allowing its eviction moratorium to continue. The council voted 11-1 to keep the declaration, with Council member John Lee the only holdout. “Set a date, a date certain that they can look forward to… Continue reading Los Angeles extends ban on evictions, despite pleas from landlords

Exactly one day after he survived a recall election, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two bills that ended single-family zoning throughout California. Senate Bill 9 allows single-family lots anywhere in the state to be split in two, so that there can be two houses and two accessory dwelling units on a lot that formerly was zoned… Continue reading Restore local control of our neighborhoods in California

Memorial Day weekend is typically the beginning of the summer driving season and family vacations, but many drivers may rethink those plans as California has the highest gas prices in the nation. One media outlet has reported that a Bay Area gas station is charging nearly $8 a gallon for supreme, while the average price… Continue reading Community Voices: We know who to thank for high gas prices

People are being killed in Los Angeles so far this year at a slightly faster pace than 2021, when homicides hit a 15-year high, according to the latest data from Los Angeles police. While the newly released figures indicate the dramatic escalation in violence that the city experienced in 2020 and 2021 may be leveling off,… Continue reading Killings in L.A. are on pace to top last year’s high