Katy Grimes: The hilarious story in today’s Sacramento Bee about the transient fellow who showed his entrepreneurial spirit over the weekend, brings up a more serious issue in the state. Travis Lloyd Kevie was apparently squatting in an abandoned bar in the Placer County town of Penryn. After h...
blog-RegulationsTransient BusinessThursday, July 22nd, 2010Canada vs. CaliforniaWednesday, July 21st, 2010 John Seiler: Dan Walters had a good column comparing California to Canada. Both have similar-sized populations and economies. Yet, Canada has mostly avoided the economic calamity of recent years, whereas California has suffered heavily. Dan: Canadian bankers eschewed massive involvement in the h... Arnold aide: AB 32 will have no effect on global warmingTuesday, June 29th, 2010John Seiler: Arnold's beloved AB 32 is a jobs killer. Yet its imposition would have no effect on global warming, as top Arnold aide David Crane admits in the following video. That's another reason to pass Prop. 23, which effectively would kill AB 32. Killing California’s Employers Off, One Paid Leave At A TimeThursday, June 24th, 2010Katy Grimes: Once upon a time, employment laws used to be about the employer need and purpose, as well as ensuring the decent and humane treatment of the employee. Today employment law surrounds the needs and purpose of the employee only, and at the expense of the private sector employers. With t... State Vehicles Subjected To CARB RequirementsMonday, June 7th, 2010Katy Grimes: In an interesting twist of irony, the state is now subjected to California Air Resources Board (CARB) rules for retrofitting its diesel vehicles, but at a cost of $57 million for 400 state vehicles. The $57 million would go to buying some new, compliant vehicles as well doing the ret... Pressing state businessThursday, June 3rd, 2010Steven Greenhut: The California Legislature continues to grapple with the tough issues. For instance, SB920 by Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, would, according to Capitol Weekly, "prohibit phone companies from delivering telephone directories to people who opt not to have them delivered to their homes.... Steinberg’s office respondsSaturday, May 22nd, 2010CalWatchdog just received this response from Darrell Steinberg's communications director Nathan Barankin regarding this recent blog post: I read your blog post about the exchange of correspondence between Senator Steinberg and a constituent regarding the State of Arizona’s new immigration law.Â... State worst place to do business!Wednesday, May 19th, 2010A healthy round of congratulations to state officials is definitely in order. A press release just sent out by Senator Robert Dutton's office says the State of California is "ranked as the worst state in the nation to do business, a distiniction it hasw now held for six straight years," according t... Dutton’s CARB bill moves to floorMonday, May 17th, 2010This is from Sen. Dutton's office today: Dutton Air Board Transparency Measure Moves to Senate Floor SACRAMENTO – A bill authored by Senate Republican Leader-elect Bob Dutton (R-Rancho Cucamonga) to bring greater transparency to the California Air Resources Board was unanimously approved t... NFIB Holds Capitol ConferenceThursday, April 29th, 2010The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) held the second annual Day At The Capitol event today. What might sound like a snoozer to many, of particular note on the speaking agenda were Assembly members Felipe Fuentes, D-Sylmar and Alyson Huber, D-El Dorado Hills. Both Fuentes and Hub... |
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