business

For far too long we’ve seen federal and state governments enacting shortsighted regulations and tax increases onto our business community.

Until more is understood about data privacy policies, California needs to put the brakes on adding new requirements that harm businesses.

California has almost $20 billion of debt from the surge in unemployment claims during the pandemic, more than any other state. One reason is California’s higher unemployment rate; another is that employer taxes haven’t kept up with increasing benefits. Now, employers will see an automatic tax increase to start paying off the debt, and Newsom has proposed spending $3 billion in state funds to reduce the debt.

California needs to help companies commit the resources that new ideas and products require – a R&D tax credit does just that.

Despite popular approval of Prop. 64, only 85 of the state’s 500 municipalities allow retail cannabis sales.

Regulations targeting tech companies will impact small, minority- and women-owned businesses in California.

It’s time for local officials to put an end to unwarranted fears surrounding the establishment of marijuana retailers.

Will California’s strict vaccine rules help bring an end to the pandemic that has disproportionately ravaged communities of color — or further entrench and widen those longstanding disparities? Answering that question is an increasingly urgent task for elected leaders and public health officials: Starting today, customers must show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 […]

Gov. Newsom issued an executive order to help unclog the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports, where there is a record backlog of ships.

Building an "endemic" economy means creating consistent policies for the long haul, not enacting arbitrary, short-term mandates.