Santa
Jarvis’ Annual
Naughty and
Nice List
December 31, 2025
It’s the California Way
December 23, 2025
Broken Promises About Taxes, Bonds Are Nothing New
December 9, 2025
Sacramento’s Spending Addiction Continues
December 4, 2025
The Fiction of Citizens’ Tax Initiatives in California
October 21, 2025
Is California Really a Tax Donor State?
October 15, 2025
Our State Leaders Love Spending Other People’s Money
September 30, 2025
A Silver Lining From Newsom’s Redistricting Scheme?
September 3, 2025
Will L.A. Taxpayers Be on the Hook for Olympic Costs?
August 26, 2025
The ‘Defenders of Democracy’ Oppose Transparency
August 20, 2025
Sacramento Seeks to Raise Taxes to Fund Bullet Train
August 5, 2025
Both Parties Continue to Kick the Proverbial Can
July 16, 2025
AB 84 Is an Assault on Taxpayers and Students
July 15, 2025
When’s the Next Fight Over Taxpayer Rights?
July 2, 2025
San Francisco's Latest Ridiculous Idea: Taxing Driveways
June 25, 2025
California Homeowners Take Another Hit
June 10, 2025
Newsom s Budget Proposal Is Seriously Unserious
June 3, 2025
Support the Save Proposition 13 Act of 2026
June 2, 2025
We All Saw This Coming
May 22, 2025
The Avalanche Has Begun
May
21, 2025
Did the Legislature Forget the Pension Crisis?
May 13, 2025
California s Politicians Are Clueless
May 8, 2025
Sales Tax Increases Slam the Middle Class
April 29, 2025
Proposition 13 Protects Home Equity
April 25, 2025
UCLA Study Criticizes Measure ULA Tax
April 15, 2025
Sacramento Fails to Consider the Long-Term Consequences
April
8, 2025
How Transfer Taxes Steal Your Home Equity
April 3, 2025
Mission Creep Inevitably Bites Taxpayers
March 26, 2025
State Assembly Slams the Door on Dissenters
March 20, 2025
How Property Owners Can Block New Fees
March 11, 2025
Is It the End of the Line for the High-Speed Rail?
February 25, 2025
Enough Is Enough
February 19, 2025
Enough With the Special Sessions in Sacramento
February 11, 2025
Loss of Influence May Prove to Be a Benefit
February 6, 2025
Orwellian Doublespeak to Attack Prop. 13 Protections
January
30, 2025
Wildfire Victims Are Still Protected by Prop. 13
January 24, 2025
George Turner, Newly Enrobed Judge, Is in Violation of Canon
January 21, 2025
Bridge Toll Over Troubled Water
January 21, 2025
Effort Continues in 2025 to Restore Name of Hastings to Law School
January 10, 2025
DOGE Presents a Chance to Cancel High-Speed Rail
January 7, 2025
New Laws That Californians Need to Know About
December 31, 2024
The Gann Limit Is Back in the News
December 17, 2024
It’s Hard Enough to Pay the Bills in This State
December3, 2024
California Taxpayers Need Protection From Newsom
November 27, 2024
California’s Tax Revolt Is Still Alive
November 13, 2024
Gascón’s Final Stand: Will Lame Duck D.A. Wreak More Havoc Before Leaving Office?
November 7, 2024
Future of California Depends on Defeating Prop. 5
November 5, 2024
What Could Be More Important?
October 31, 2024
Homeowners Should Read Their Tax Bill
October 22, 2024
State Officials Slack on Making Financial Data Public
October 21, 2024
There’s Nothing ‘Special’ About This Special Session
October 8, 2024
Taxpayer-Funded Political Advocacy Is Illegal
October 2, 2024
Shanice Dyer—The Latest Example of George Gascón’s Failed Policies
September 25, 2024
The Hastings Controversy Comes to a Conclusion—a Retrospective Look
September 18, 2024
Taxpayers Have More Sense Than That
September 10, 2024
The Democratic Supermajority Isn’t Working for California
September 5, 2024
Bonta Delivers a Blow to Ballot Measure Transparency
September 3, 2024
The Double Standard: George Gascón and the Case of Diana Teran
August
22, 2024
Storm Clouds Grow Over California
IAugust 21, 2024
Basic Income Schemes Are Just Welfare by Another Name
August 13, 2024
Californians Must Reject Costly Bond Measures
July
30, 2024
Newsom, State High Court Collude to Crush Tax Reform
July 2, 2024
Claims That Legislature Is Transparent Are Bogus
June 26, 2024
Professor’s Evidence Does Not Support Allegations Against Hastings
June 13, 2024
Public Comments by Judge Armendariz Deviated From the Truth
June
12, 2024
Taxpayers Were Denied the Right to Vote on Pension Debt
June 11, 2024
Financial Fraud at Our Community Colleges
May 29, 2024
Stop Issuing Bonds Already!
May 7, 2024
ULA Tax Numbers Expose Economic Ignorance
April 16, 2024
Get Out of Our Way
March 27, 2024
Taxpayers Have Sent a Clear Message to Newsom
March 20, 2024
Don’t Blame Prop. 13 for California’s Mental Health Crisis
March
13, 2024
District Attorney Election: Almost a Vote for ‘None of the Above’
March
5, 2024
How About Some Oversight Over Existing Laws?
February 29, 2024
Judge Who Dismissed Suit to Restore Name of Hastings College of Law Got It Wrong
February 27, 2024
Why Is the Price of Gas So High in California? Well...
January 19, 2024
A Wealth Tax Would Expedite the Exodus
January 18, 2024
Assessing Proposition 13’s Continued Survival in 20244
January 8, 2024
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
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
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
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
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
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
The Night of Broken Glass
December 5, 2012
Can Legislators Handle the Truth?
November 29, 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
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
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
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
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
When Governments Whine
September 19, 2006
Medicare and Social Security: One for All, All for One
September 13, 2006
Freedom Fades in California
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
The More Things Change...
August 21, 2006
My Final Roller Coaster Ride
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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