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A few months back my wife received one of those annoying letters in the mail stating she had run a stop light (she missed the cut off by a fraction of a second). She received a photo and a stunning bill for $500. She made the mistake of acknowledging the citation; apparently just ignoring it helps to defeat these electronic tickets. Then she said to me, “How do working-class people afford these things.” We now know they don’t – they don’t pay them and Governor Brown has a plan to rid them of the burden and stick it to the Middle Class.

Brown made headlines by calling the California court system a “hellhole of desperation” for the poor. Brown then proposed an amnesty program which would restructure the program so that “drivers with lesser infractions would pay half of what they owe, and administrative fees would be slashed from $300 to $50.” These outsized fines for traffic tickets have resulted in 4.8 million people having their licenses suspended since 2006.

This is all well and good since California’s employees have started a war with the residents of the state to collect more revenues, thereby maintaining their jobs and their immense… Read More

A woman’s right to choose is a rallying cry for women across the country. But they are talking about choice over abortions, and not vaccinations.

Parental choice and decision making over childhood vaccinations was removed in California thanks to a state law passed in 2012. Assembly Bill 2109 by then-Assemblyman Richard Pan, D-Sacramento, orders that children will not be allowed to attend public school without proof that parents have been counseled, and children vaccinated in accordance with the vaccination schedule of the federal Center for Disease Control. The only exception to the law is a personal belief or religious exemption – the only way Pan could get the bill passed. However, now-Sen. Richard Pan is back with another bill, Senate Bill 277, to remove even the personal belief/religious exemption, following the measles outbreak at Disneyland in January. “We are in a situation where there are not enough people being vaccinated to contain these… Read More

Sacramento is about to launch a new attack in its ongoing war on drivers.

California’s 48.6 cent gas tax already ranks second out of 50 states – the feds take another 18.4 cents — and when the hidden carbon tax, part of the cap-and-trade program, is factored in, our state leads the pack by a wide margin. But this is not nearly enough, according to the political class.

Sen. Jim Beall is building a coalition of both Democrats and Republicans in the Legislature to hike gas taxes along with vehicle license fees and registration.

The San Jose lawmaker’s Senate Bill 16 slams taxpayers in three ways. First, it would raise at least $3 billion annually by increasing the gas tax by another 10 cents a gallon. Second, it would hike the vehicle license fee, which is based on value, by more than 50 percent over 5 years. Third, it would increase the cost to register a vehicle by over 80 percent.

To read the entire column click here: http://www.hjta.org/california-commentary/more-pain-at-the-pump/… Read More