2019 California’s 482 Cities Rankings
2019 California’s 482 Cities Rankings
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John Moorlach | Senior Fellow & Director, Center for Public Accountability
As a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Financial Planner, John Moorlach began his career in public service 20 years ago when he warned that then Orange County Treasurer-Tax Collector Robert Citron’s risky investment strategies would lead to bankruptcy. Moorlach’s warnings proved true when Orange County filed for bankruptcy protection in December 1994, then the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. He was appointed the county Treasurer-Tax Collector in 1995 and was twice re-elected. In 2006, voters elected John to serve in his first of two terms on the Board of Supervisors, where he continued his focus on reforming the county’s budget practices and sounding the alarm on the county’s growing unfunded liabilities. He served from 2015 to 2020 as the State senator for the 37th Senate district. He is now a senior fellow and director of CPC’s Center for Public Accountability.
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2018 CALIFORNIA’S 482 CITIES RANKINGS
2018 CALIFORNIA’S 482 CITIES RANKINGS
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2018 California’s 940 School District Rankings
2018 California’s 940 School District Rankings
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2018 California’s 72 Community College Districts Rankings
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2017 California’s 482 Cities Rankings
2017 California’s 482 Cities Rankings
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Resist the “Pothole Tax”
Resist the “Pothole Tax”
Last week, Will Kempton, Executive Director of Transportation California and former Director of Caltrans published a response to Jon Coupal, President of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, in a Fox & Hounds piece stating that, “…in spite of all the recent audits and criticism, the organization employs competent people who want to serve the public well.” In the...
Higher Taxes for Roads, or for Union Overstaffing and Overpaying?
Higher Taxes for Roads, or for Union Overstaffing and Overpaying?
California has some of the highest gasoline taxes and transportation fees – including hidden cap and trade costs not accounted for in the taxes and fees – along with the lowest ranked roads in the nation. This year, the majority Democratic Party found new ways to spend the $6 billion to $9 billion in additional...
Five Key Measures of California's Fiscal Health
Five Key Measures of California's Fiscal Health
Editor’s Note: The recent election of John Moorlach as a state senator is one of the best things that has ever happened to California’s legislature. Not because of his party affiliation, or his ideology, but because he has a skill in short supply in Sacramento – he is a Certified Public Accountant. Moorlach is the only...
Civic Openness in Negotiations Ordinances Hold Elected Officials Accountable
Civic Openness in Negotiations Ordinances Hold Elected Officials Accountable
Eight years ago, then Orange County Register reporter Norberto Santana opened his piece, “The Art of the O.C. Deal (Orange County Register, August 6, 2006),” with the following observation: “When people see the board of supervisors vote on a labor deal, what they don’t know is that most often, an agreement has already been reached...