I was invited to participate in the “supersession” discussion panel at the American Society for Public Administration’s (ASPA) annual meeting in Santa Clara County this morning. The session focused on “State and Local Fiscal Challenges” and what opportunities there were to address them today.
It’s baaack… AB 155 will be heard by the Senate Local Government Committee on April 21. Ask yourself this: When your local agency faces an unprecedented fiscal crisis, exhausted all available remedies, and needs to restructure its finances, do you want the State of California to tell you what you can do next? Thought so.
A key component to last week’s final action on the state budget was the passage of SB 71, a bill that provides for a sales tax exclusion for “green technology” projects in California. SB 71, authored by Senator Alex Padilla, and championed by Governor Schwarzenegger, authorizes the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority [...]
With California’s budget deficit still numbering in the billions, some are suggesting a different approach to solving the state’s budget woes: taxing marijuana.
The Legislature adjourned the Eighth Extraordinary Session last week. The remaining legislation on the Governor’s desk (AB X8 6 and AB X8 9) contains the transportation tax swap package. The Governor has sent a letter to legislative leaders expressing his plan to veto the measures as the special session expires this evening. Could there be a record-breaking ninth extraordinary session coming our way?