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CANNABIS REGULATION: Shortly before L.A. Controller Ron Galperin left office, he released a report “Improving Cannabis Regulation in L.A.”(Visit: https://lacontroller.org/audits-and-reports/review-of-the-citys-cannabis-regulation-efforts/) He explained that following the passage of Prop 64, Los Angeles residents voted in 2017 to approve Measure M to … Continue reading →

HOWARD JARVIS TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION: Susan Shelley from the Howard Jarvis Taxpayer Association spoke to the Palisades Optimist Club in December. To see how much you’d be paying in property taxes if Prop. 13 had never passed, visit the Guessing Game … Continue reading →

(Editor’s note: reprinted with permission in conjunction with Westside Current. The story first appeared on that news site December 15.) Between 30 and 40 Black Lives Matter members, including co-founder Melina Abdullah, went to Jackie and David Lacey’s private resident … Continue reading →

  California sent vote by mail (VBM) to all registered to vote. In May, the state proposed $5.8 million in one‑time General Fund and $5.9 million ongoing General Fund to reimburse counties for the cost of providing prepaid postage on VBM ballots … Continue reading →

Proposition 30 would require taxpayers with incomes above $2 million, annually, to pay an additional 1.75 percent income tax. A new 13.3 percent top marginal income tax was signed by Governor Gavin Newsom at the end of September. Prop 30, … Continue reading →

Almost everyone would like to be paid while taking time off for maternity leave or to care for ill family members. California legislators passed a new bill SB No. 951, which was signed by Governor Gavin Newsom on September 30, … Continue reading →