Category Archives: Opinion

Taxes can be a valuable tool for a community looking to fix crumbling sidewalks and clean up its streets. But Proposition 5 would defeat the entire purpose of that. At first glance, this proposition looks like it could be geared at curbing the California housing crisis by keeping property taxes down even if homeowners move […]

Proposition 12 is a ballot measure that would require calves, pigs and other livestock be kept in confinements large enough to allow the freedom of movement. The state legislative analyst has estimated the measure would cost millions of dollars annually to enforce. The measure is opposed by both the National Pork Producers Council and People […]

Water problems that have long plagued California. What the state doesn’t need right now, though, is another free giveaway masked as a solution. Proposition 3 is the newest in a long line of spending for water infrastructure that has yet to produce any results. It’s a bond measure that, if passed, would authorize almost $9 […]

California’s housing crisis can’t be solved by a single proposition on the November ballot, but Proposition 1 will create a strong infrastructure for creating affordable housing and supporting those in need of it. This is why the board endorses the measure. Proposition 1 approves $4 billion in general obligation bonds to support housing development and […]

The confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh. The passage of a self-serving, $1.5 trillion tax cut for the well-off. Numerous attempts to politically ax a now-cornerstone of the American health care system. Californians have a lot of reasons to look indignantly at the United States Senate. Compromise is a thing of the past, values continue to […]