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Tax incentive programs attacked
 Aug. 27 –

As the legislature nears the end of session, three bills attacking state tax incentive programs passed legislative hurdles on the floor this week that further threaten to erode California’s already damaged business climate.

The Assembly gave final approval to AB 2666 (Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley), a bill that would require the Franchise Tax Board to assemble a list of publicly traded corporations that exercise state tax breaks and publish online that list, including each firm's benefit.

The Senate sent Governor Schwarzenegger SB1272 (Lois Wolk, D-Davis), a bill that would require future tax incentives proposed by the legislature to have performance based metrics identified in ... » More


Latest Capitol Updates »Archive
» Cap-and-trade auction revenue bill moves to Senate floor   Aug. 27
» Union-only carve-out for meal periods   Aug. 27
» Bisphenol A ban close to passing   Aug. 27
» Bill to regulate electricity for cars   Aug. 20
» State IOUs to start in about two weeks   Aug. 20
» Almaraz/Guzman decision to result in work comp increase   Aug. 20
» Annual Environmental Excellence Awards   Aug. 20
» CMTA tweets this week   Aug. 20
» Bills move off appropriations suspense file   Aug. 13
» Controller: revenues down – expenditures up   Aug. 13
» WCIRB recommends 29.6% pure premium hike   Aug. 13
» Toxic inventory clearinghouse document released   Aug. 13
» Manufacturers make key endorsements this week

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» For the first time ever, we've endorsed a federal candidate: Carly Fiorina -- It's that important by Jack Stewart  Aug. 13

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» Manufacturers praise Fiorina's job creation acumen in first debate  Sept. 2

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» Obama calls for cap on carbon emissions  July 2

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» Fox News describes cap and trade. Valero's Scott Folwarkow on inability to absorb $7 billion in annual costs. CARB's Mary Nichols saying cap and trade will mean savings or moderate cost increases.  Dec. 10

 



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State news -  Sept. 2
Boxer, Fiorina Senate Race to Turn on Jobs – The former HP CEO “has created private sector jobs,” explained Allan Zaremberg, the Chamber’s president and CEO. While Boxer “has made it ...  Joseph Perkins in the MSNBC.com

Southern California panel to consider greenhouse gas targets – Officials with the planning agency that covers Riverside and San Bernardino counties projected earlier this year that the region could cut ...  Jim Miller in the Press Enterprise

Feinstein seeks ideas on manufacturing, jobs – Got any ideas about how to keep manufacturing in this country, and the jobs that go with them? If so, Dianne Feinstein wants to hear from you. At ...  Andrew S. Ross in the San Francisco Chron.

Environmentalists stunned by failures of key measures in Legislature – Environmentalists were counting on big gains in Sacramento this summer, with a governor eager to burnish his green credentials in his final months in ...  Evan Halper, Marc Lifsher Patrick McGreevy in the L.A. Times


Commentary -  Sept. 2
Deserts at Risk in Push For Green Energy – This solar energy development, touted by politicians, environmental organizations and state energy officials as “green energy,” a term having benign ...   Editorial in the Orange County Reg.

U.N. agency told to cool climate advocacy – A consortium of national scientific academies has scolded the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for downplaying uncertainties about ...   Editorial in the Orange County Reg.


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Southern California Driving Electric Surge, Too - Aug 31
I've mentioned before BYD's expansion into LA.  BYD plans to sell its all-electric car, the e6, in the U.S. later this year. The Wall Street Journal ...

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In the waning days of California's legislative session, as a stampede of bills head to the checkout counters, a proposed ban on plastic bags captures ...


National news -  Sept. 2
U.S. employers push rising cost of healthcare onto workers – Strained by rising healthcare costs and the sour economy, U.S. employers are pressing workers to shoulder the added burden alone as employees pay ...  Noam N. Levey in the L.A. Times

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