APRIL 17, 2010 By BRIAN CALLE “California is a moderately taxed state.” That is just one of many takeaways from speeches given by Democratic elected officials today in the second day of the California Democratic Party Convention at the Convention Center in Los Angeles. The convention, w...

APRIL 16, 2010 By KATY GRIMES A complex administration plan to sell state-owned properties and then lease them back from the new owners is being compared to a short-term money raising gimmick by a recently terminited member of the commission that must sign off on the deal. He views it as a bad...

APRIL 15, 2010 By EVELYN STACEY On April 14, the eve of the tax-day Tea party, Americans for Prosperity, a free-market grassroots group, hosted a dinner fundraiser packed with speakers across the conservative political spectrum. “Spring is finally here — or the first evidence of global war...

APRIL 14, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO The metaphor Kit Enger uses most often when talking about the California Air Resources Board (CARB) is that of the mob enforcer. As in, “It was like I was forced to buy protection from a mob leader.” That was just in his discussion with me; when he testi...