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State Commission Recommends Tax Reforms for a New Century
Capital Ideas
By: Jason Clemens
9.30.2009
The Commission on the 21st Century Economy, tasked by the governor to modernize the state’s tax system and stabilize revenues, finally delivered its report this week. The main recommendations are to eliminate the state sales tax and corporate income tax and replace them with a new “net receipts tax” on business.
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Assessing the State of the Golden State
California Prosperity Project
By: Jason Clemens
9.24.2009
California’s labor performance over the last five years is among the worst performing in the nation, ranking 48th and besting only Michigan and Mississippi. The ranking was published in the new study “Assessing the State of the Golden State.”
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UC Giveaway Disrespects Students, Taxpayers
Capital Ideas
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley
9.23.2009
Last week University of California students protested a proposed 32 percent hike in fees, which follows a 9.3 percent increase approved in May. The hikes should call attention to a recent UC giveaway of $4 million, under pressure from Sacramento politicians, to a propaganda mill that should not be on a UC campus at all.
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Big Brother Wants Your Compost – Or Else
Environmental Notes
By: Amy Kaleita, Ph.D
9.17.2009
In October, San Francisco’s newest garbage management law goes into effect, potentially fining residents up to $100 per violation – businesses up to $500 – for failing to separate compostable garbage from their trash. Fines can also be incurred if garbage collectors notice an individual is not producing enough compost – at least a cubic yard of compostable waste each week.
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Is San Francisco’s “Open Season” on Data a Model for State Government?
Capital Ideas
By: Daniel R. Ballon, Ph.D
9.2.2009
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom last month launched DataSF.org, a new web site designed to improve transparency by disclosing information about city government. Giving residents unfettered access to data such as crime statistics, restaurant inspection records, and public works projects demonstrates a strong commitment to open government, but will it help make San Francisco a model for efficiency and accountability?
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Bean Counting Comes to Broadway
The Contrarian
By: Sally C. Pipes
9.1.2009
The theatre of the absurd enjoyed a run on Broadway this summer as the theatrical world reacted to the publication of a new study on gender bias. Opening the Curtain on Playwright Gender, by Princeton economics student Emily Glassberg Sands, features a three-part inquiry into the scarcity of female playwrights in American theatre.
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Policy Alerts
Highlights of PRI Publications, Press Activity, and Events
9.1.2009
Policy Alerts highlights PRI's latest press releases, media coverage and impact on public policy in California and across the nation.
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