Huntington Beach’s Lawsuit Challenges Newsom’s Housing Mandates

By Will Swaim
03/13/2023
We’ve seen Gov. Gavin Newsom impose questionable — even dangerous and illegal — policies by declaring states of emergency or merely “crisis” with regard to Covid, climate and energy. He’s done it again on the issue of housing. The problems of housing affordability and homelessness constitute a crisis so compelling, the governor says, that they...

TAGS: affordable housing, California housing costs, Gavin Newson, Housing

Unaffordable California – It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way

By Richard Rider
12/29/2014
December 2014 Update:  Here’s a documented comparison of California taxes and economic climate with the rest of the states. The news is bad, and getting worse. But it doesn’t have to be this way! The state and local government policies that created an unaffordable California can be reversed. PERSONAL INCOME TAX:  Prior to Prop 30...

TAGS: California business tax climate, California energy costs, California gas taxes, California housing costs, California legal environment, California personal income tax, California property tax rate, California sales taxes, California tax rate, California unemployment, California welfare and poverty

Unaffordable California – It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way

By Richard Rider
07/18/2014
July 2014 Update:  Here’s a documented comparison of California taxes and economic climate with the rest of the states. The news is bad, and getting worse. But it doesn’t have to be this way! The state and local government policies that created an unaffordable California can be reversed: PERSONAL INCOME TAX:  Prior to Prop 30 passing in...

TAGS: California business tax climate, California energy costs, California gas taxes, California housing costs, California legal environment, California personal income tax, California property tax rate, California sales taxes, California tax rate, California unemployment, California welfare and poverty

Unaffordable California – It Doesn't Have To Be This Way

By Richard Rider
04/09/2014
April 2014 Update:  Here’s a documented comparison of California taxes and economic climate with the rest of the states. The news is bad, and getting worse. But it doesn’t have to be this way! The state and local government policies that created an unaffordable California can be reversed: PERSONAL INCOME TAX:  Prior to Prop 30 passing in...

TAGS: California business tax climate, California energy costs, California gas taxes, California housing costs, California legal environment, California personal income tax, California property tax rate, California sales taxes, California tax rate, California unemployment, California welfare and poverty

Unaffordable California – It Doesn't Have To Be This Way

By Richard Rider
01/10/2014
January 2014 Update:  Here’s a documented comparison of California taxes and economic climate with the rest of the states. The news is bad, and getting worse. But it doesn’t have to be this way! The state and local government policies that created an unaffordable California can be reversed: PERSONAL INCOME TAX:  Prior to Prop 30...

TAGS: California business tax climate, California energy costs, California gas taxes, California housing costs, California legal environment, California personal income tax, California property tax rate, California sales taxes, California tax rate, California unemployment, California welfare and poverty

Unaffordable California – It Doesn't Have To Be This Way

By Richard Rider
10/23/2013
Here’s a documented comparison of California taxes and economic climate with the rest of the states. The news is bad, and getting worse. But the state and local government policies that created an unaffordable California can be reversed: PERSONAL INCOME TAX:  Prior to Prop 30 passing in Nov. 2012, CA already had the 3rd worst...

TAGS: California business tax climate, California energy costs, California gas taxes, California housing costs, California legal environment, California personal income tax, California property tax rate, California sales taxes, California tax rate, California unemployment, California welfare and poverty