Category: taxes
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OPINION & COMMENTARY – Jon Coupal: New laws coming in the new year Californians need to know about
By Jon Coupal – December 31, 2024 While you’re popping champagne and toasting the new year, hundreds of recently enacted bills will go into effect. Here are a few you should know about. The minimum wage for all employers in California will increase to $16.50. We currently have the second highest unemployment rate of any…
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California Commentary: Santa Jarvis’s Naughty and Nice List
By Jon Coupal – December 23, 2024 Oh, by gosh and by golly; it’s time for mistletoe and holly. It’s also time for the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association naughty and nice list. We made a list. We checked it twice. Time to find out who’s naughty and nice to California taxpayers this year. First, let’s…
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DeMaio Introduces “Cost-of-Living Reduction Act” to Suspend State Taxes on Gas and Electricity
By Carl DeMaio – December 20, 2024 – Image Credit: Canva CA State Representative Carl DeMaio has introduced a bill to suspend all state taxes on gas and electricity until state politicians reform costly mandates that are spiking costs. Middle-class families would also receive $2,500 in cost-of-living relief rebates. Are you still feeling the pinch…
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CALIFORNIA COMMENTARY – THE GANN LIMIT IS BACK IN THE NEWS
By Jon Coupal – December 16, 2024 On the first day of the new legislative session, Assemblyman Avelino Valencia, D-Anaheim, introduced Assembly Constitutional Amendment 1 (ACA 1). The proposal would double the amount of state funds that could be placed in the Budget Stabilization Account (BSA) from 10% to 20% of the annual budget. The…
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It’s December 10th and It’s Time to Pay Property Taxes – Anything To Protest About?
Opinion and Commentary By Donna Westfall – December 10, 2024 People protest all the time. Personally, I haven’t been to a protest rally in several months. The last one was on Hwy 101 in front of CVS Pharmacy waving an Israeli flag in support of that country being able to defend itself from the Hamas…
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DeMaio Turns Tables on Newsom in Anti-Trump Session
By Reform California – December 6, 2024 his week, Newsom called an “emergency” meeting of the Legislature to “Trump Proof” California to “protect citizens’ rights.” But given the Governor’s pattern of violating the constitution, Reform California Chairman and State Assemblymember Carl DeMaio turned the tables on the Governor by introducing a bill to “Newsom-Proof” California. Called…
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Do You Hate Not Getting Something You Paid For? Think about the cost of educating our kids.
Opinion and Commentary By Donna Westfall – November 14, 2024 TAXES: You pay and pay and what do you get? Undereducated kids with poor reading, writing and math skills. For the last 150 years, public education in our state has been free. During the 1950’s and 1960’s, California education was one of the best funded…
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Stopping The Gas Price Increase and more
By Donna Westfall – October 31, 2024 Don’t you wish our Congressman Jared Huffman took steps to stop the gas price increase? Well, he just doesn’t seem interested. But Kevin Kiley is. Let’s talk about inflation. At the National Rifle Association meeting held in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Trump stated that food prices went up 40%, 50%,…
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CALIFORNIA COMMENTARY: Taxpayer-funded political advocacy is illegal
By Jon Coupal – October 7, 2024 As the November election gets closer, there are increasing complaints from voters over local governments openly supporting tax hikes. While local government officials are free to support or oppose ballot measures, they may not authorize the use of public funds on any election matter – be it for…
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Interesting Recent News
By Donna Westfall – August 13, 2024 Governor Newsom Hires $200K Personal Photographer – Taxpayers Fund Salary Amid Budget Crisis This from Netter News. While the Golden State grapples with $47 BILLION deficit, Governor (Hair Gel) Newsom has put someone else on payroll – a photographer at $200,000 a year salary; almost as much as…