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Earlier today in Sacramento we delivered a letter signed by 500 members of the GFC Network in opposition to AB 699, a bill that would exempt ballot measures that authorize the issuance of bonds, impose a tax, or increase a tax with more than one rate from laws requiring ballots to disclose the amount of money to be raised and the rate and duration of the tax to be levied.

When Gavin Newsom took office as governor in January 2019, California’s unemployment rate was the 13th highest in the nation and just five percent above the national rate. But now California’s unemployment rate is the highest in the nation and nearly 30 percent above the national rate. What should California’s next governor do to improve the market for job seekers?

One of the reasons government unions in California are polling for opportunities to raise taxes was exposed earlier this week when State Controller Cohen issued a report that the state now has $95 billion of obligations to retired state employees for post-retirement healthcare, $10 billion more than the year before.

California’s government employee unions and other beneficiaries of government spending are pressing state legislators to enact a law that would obscure the costs of bond and tax measures.

For some time I have been telling those who asked me about Kamala Harris that I thought she would not run for governor.

GFC has joined with California Common Cause, the League of Women Voters of California and other good government organizations in signing a letter of opposition to any effort to undo California’s Independent Redistricting Commission…

GFC supports candidates for important local races when we are asked to do so by people we trust. Recently our friends at Vibrant LA asked us to support four candidates for the Los Angeles City Council: Traci Park, Tim Gaspar, Jose Ugarte and Lou Calanche.

The 2025-26 budget Governor Newsom signed into law last Friday takes a terrible toll on the future by issuing debt and draining reserves to close deficits caused by overspending.

Our friends at Blueprint SF have launched a petition to pause an ethnic studies program at San Francisco Unified School District.

GFC President David Crane recently sat down with the State of Gold podcast to discuss the state of California’s governance.