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Opinion: LAUSD’s fiscal train wreck is the best reason to vote ‘No’ on Prop. 3 ocregister.com/2026/10/29/la…
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"It makes no sense to amend the state constitution to commit to a tax increase now, five years in advance, when we have no idea what condition the state will be in when the tax would take effect....Let the 'emergency tax' expire on schedule. NO on Prop 3."
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Listen live on KSFO.com or KABC.com or watch the livestream at johnnydontlike.com. The John Phillips Show, live from Johnny Foley's Irish House in SF, tomorrow at noon. Talking about YES on 43 to make it harder to raise taxes, like sales taxes.
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CONFIRMED: At this morning’s California High-Speed Rail Board of Directors meeting in Anaheim, Board Chair Steve Kawa confirmed Ian Choudri has resigned as the High-Speed Rail Authority CEO, citing “personal and family reasons.”
MORE NEWS: The High-Speed Rail Board has appointed Joe Stephenshaw as the interim CEO. Stephenshaw most recently served as Director of the CA Department of Finance in the Newsom Administration.
Kawa concluded his remarks noting track will begin in the coming months. “High speed rail is happening.”
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Sick of phony "citizen's initiatives" like Measure RTM? Be sure to Vote for Prop 43 which would close the loophole that allows these special interest driven tax measures,
yesonprop43.com/take-action/
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Vote yes on Proposition 42, a constitutional amendment that prohibits taxes on assets like whatever kind of "new tax" this guy and his rapacious allies want to impose. They'll all want "theirs." The wealth tax on the current ballot, Prop. 40, only feeds one of them.
NEW: Xavier Becerra tells me he's preparing a new tax on California's wealthy. He'll also seriously consider new fees for drivers and corporations and will likely remove the CEO of the embattled High-Speed Rail if elected governor of California.
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While Xavier Becerra is a NO on Prop 40, the CA billionaire tax, he confirmed he's putting together his own wealth tax push if elected.
Becerra said he's looking at income, not assets.
"You want to make sure it's something that's fair, it's predictable, and it's stable."
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Fixing California’s insurance market is not only about insurance rates. Steven Greenhut also examines home hardening, wildfire mitigation and market-based approaches that connect insurance pricing with efforts to reduce risk.
Greenhut highlights approaches that can better reflect the benefits of risk reduction while encouraging homeowners and communities to invest in wildfire mitigation.
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NEW: Xavier Becerra tells me he's preparing a new tax on California's wealthy. He'll also seriously consider new fees for drivers and corporations and will likely remove the CEO of the embattled High-Speed Rail if elected governor of California.
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📢 The California State Board of Equalization discusses #propertytax assessments, assessment appeals, operational priorities, and updates on programs serving California #taxpayers.
Join the conversation! Learn more: boe.ca.gov
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High-Speed Rail has stopped responding to our requests for comment, so we brought our questions to the Board today.
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A mileage tax in California?
Xavier Becerra says he would consider it, "everything should be on the table" to maintain roads and bridges.
"Do I want to tax people more than necessary? No.. Should people who drive EVs who don't need gas pay for those roads? Absolutely."
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"#California Voters are facing 14 propositions, two statewide tax-increase measures, and 273 tax increases on local ballots across the state November 3rd."
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In-depth analysis of the statewide and local #SanDiego ballot measures and a voter guide are available at SD Taxpayers.
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BREAKING: High-Speed Rail CEO Ian Choudri will not be presenting his own CEO report at today’s board meeting (he’s not here). The board is set to finally approve the train contract delayed under Choudri…
Details in 🧵👇
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Tax revenue in California is increasing, even prior to the approval of any of the multiple tax hikes on the November ballot.
California governments have a spending problem, not a revenue problem.
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New column: Sacramento-area community college tries to fool voters by claiming bond won't raise taxes calmatters.org/commentary/20…
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New poll confirms that affordability is the top issue for California voters, by a wide margin.
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Looks like the two SEIU-UHW propositions, 40 and 44, are going to lose. That would make the union 0-5 since 2018 when it lost the first of three kidney dialysis initiatives it sponsored.
Maybe stick to collective bargaining and leave us voters alone?
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I joined AirTalk's Larry Mantle to discuss Proposition 3, arguing that voters should say no to this permanent extension of the nation's highest income tax rates. Arguing in favor of the tax was California Teachers Association president David Goldberg. laist.com/news/airtalk-oct-2…
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Scaremongering debunked. Transit expert Tom Rubin daylights the dubious logic of SPUR's RTM "carmageddon" report:
"SPUR is describing an absolute worst-case scenario that assumes that no actions are taken by the private parties, let alone by the agencies themselves, to adjust their service."
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