Today on TAP: The Golden State continues to levy the most progressive taxes in the nation
Gavin Newsom
Posted inPolitics
Gavin Newsom Has Never Been More Powerful, or More Vulnerable
The California governor is facing a recall election at the same time that he’s making numerous appointments to fill seats emptied by Vice President Harris and others.
Posted inPolitics
The Crisis in State Governments Isn’t the Budgets, It’s the Governance
Statewide tax revenue paints a better-than-expected picture, but the political climate says something else.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Warren Buffett Is Not the Answer to California’s Energy Grid Problems
Governor Gavin Newsom has floated that America’s billionaire should buy PG&E. Here’s why that’s a bad idea.
Posted inTAP
California’s Success Exposes Jerry Brown’s Failure
Today on TAP: The flurry of Golden State legislation, and the man who stopped it until now
Posted inWorking in America
California Allows Child Care Workers to Unionize
Newly signed legislation gives bargaining rights to 40,000 workers—presaging the largest unionization drive in many years.
Posted inHousing
How California’s Tenants Won Statewide Rent Control
Long a community with little clout, the state’s renters won a victory with national implications.
Posted inEconomic Policy
How California Left Undocumented Immigrants Out of Its EITC Expansion
America’s mega-state had the chance to mitigate the poverty of undocumented immigrants. It chose not to.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Could California End Childhood Poverty?
America’s most liberal state government has a far-reaching plan to do just that. But does it have the will to enact it?
Posted inHousing and Transportation
California’s Bullet Train Goes Off the Rails
Governor Gavin Newsom decides to slow down what could have been one of the country’s most transformative transportation infrastructure projects.