CALIFORNIA COMMENTARY
Both parties continue to play soccer with the proverbial can By Jon Coupal – July 15, 2025 The guiding philosophy at all levels of politics is “never face today what…
California Commentary: The history of legal attacks on Proposition 13
By Jon Coupal – July 1, 2025 On June 6th, 1978, California voters delivered a shock wave, not just in California, but throughout America. Proposition 13 reduced property taxes by…
California Commentary: The lamest excuse for the high-speed rail project
By Jon Coupal – May 19, 2025 Opposition to California’s high-speed rail project keeps mounting. What began as a $10 billion bond measure to fund a rail project that would…
CALIFORNIA COMENTARY: Did the Legislature forget the pension crisis?
By Jon Coupal – May 12, 2025 Years ago, when my family went to a popular Mexican restaurant, my young son started reaching for a raw habanero pepper. I told…
California Commentary: Sales tax increases slam the middle class in California
By Jon Coupal From the perspective of taxpayers, this month was most notable for the April 15th deadline for filing state and local income tax returns. But just two weeks…
CALIFORNIA COMMENTARY – How transfer taxes steal your home equity
By Jon Coupal – March 31, 2025 As a homeowner, you dutifully pay your property taxes every year, no matter how painful. Notwithstanding Proposition 13’s tax limitations, California is not…
CALIFORNIA COMMENTARY – Mission creep inevitably bites taxpayers
By Jon Coupal – March 24, 2025 “Mission creep” is generally understood to mean the gradual or incremental expansion of a project or mission beyond its original scope. In military…
California Commentary: State Assembly slams the door on dissenters
By Jon Coupal – March 18, 2025 The attitude of Democrats in the Legislature seems to be that, if it’s bad news, we don’t want to hear it. And if…
