Can an Abundance Agenda Unite Business?

By Edward Ring
06/12/2024
Scarcity and high prices are not an inevitable fact of life in California. They are the result of political choices. For nearly 50 years, and with escalating severity that shows no sign of abating, politicians in California have enacted legislation that is explicitly responsible for unaffordable housing, unreliable and expensive energy, and chronic shortages of...

TAGS: California energy costs, California water policy, energy

How to Deliver Affordable Energy Again in California

By Edward Ring
02/28/2024
Californians pay some of the highest prices for energy in the United States. Gasoline last year averaged $4.89 per gallon, and diesel fuel $5.07 per gallon, both the highest in the country. Electricity rates had California 45th in the nation in 2023 at $0.27 per kilowatt-hour, the worst of every major state with the sole exception of Massachusetts, which...

TAGS: California energy costs, energy, energy production

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