Here's a riddle. What is 150 years old, but has less self control than a toddler?

That's right, it's the California Legislature, whose profligate spending has put our state almost $20 billion in the red. Over and over again it has proven Ronald Reagan's maxim that "government is like an infant -- an insatiable appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other."  Read more >>

Reflections on the Prop. 98 Campaign

As the third anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's Kelo v. New London decision came and went on June 23rd, California remains among the few states that has failed to join over 40 states in curbing eminent domain abuse.  Read more >>

It was Al Capone who said you can get more with a smile and a gun than with just a gun. Well, Senate boss Don Perata is not smiling as he holds a tax gun to the heads of California taxpayers.  Read more >>

As Proposition 13 reached its 30th anniversary on June 6th, there were no protests over high property taxes in the Golden State. Proposition 13 still has it opponents and critics, but in recent polls voters still support Prop 13 by the same two-to-one margin it passed by three decades ago.  Read more >>

A just-completed survey of California voters shows that, even after three decades, Proposition 13 enjoys overwhelming support.  Read more >>