Our View: No excuse for Garcia’s anti-democratic behavior
The civil war within the Republican party arrived at the edge of the Tri-Counties, when recently re-elected U.S. Rep. Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, said he would oppose the certification of Joe Biden as president-elect. “I do believe there is enough evidence of compromised processes and breakdowns in election integrity by certain state legislatures that do Read More →
Read More →Our View: State’s virus response plagued by bureaucratic bumbling
What’s really frustrating for Central Coast business owners is the way California continues to be heavy on tax and regulation and light on services and delivery. The state’s COVID-19 response has put businesses through the ringer time and again, with opening and closing and reopening orders. Now that things are out of control again, the Read More →
Read More →Opinion: Ventura County supervisors are taking our energy jobs
By Kelly Stater Throughout the fall, a broad coalition of union members, business leaders, energy workers, contractors, mineral owners, and other community partners spoke out against an unprecedented plan to politicize zoning decisions in Ventura County through the county’s so-called “update” process to its General Plan. Despite this broad opposition, the Board of Supervisors moved Read More →
Read More →Opinion: How to profit safely as a landlord to cannabis companies
By Josh Rabinowitz and Jack Ucciferri With dozens of jurisdictions in California having recently approved initiatives to tax and/or regulate cannabis, a wave of commercial real estate owners up and down the state are already in, or about to enter into, negotiations with would-be marijuana-related business (MRB) tenants. Those landlords will be acutely aware that Read More →
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