Govern For California
Govern For California is a political philanthropy that works to counter special interest influence over California governments.
Calls to Action: Citizens, Collective Bargaining For Public Employees, Fiscal Affairs
Reversing Rent-Seeker Dominance In California
In fiscal year 2024-25, state and local governments in California spent $240 billion on public employees and $161 billion on healthcare enterprises. The government in California is big business, and the public employee unions, healthcare corporations and healthcare employee unions that captured those billions are among the biggest businesses in California.
David Crane
Budget, Fiscal Affairs, Taxes
Last night’s CA gubernatorial debate hosted by Jewish California reminded me of Li’l Abner, a comic strip I read as a kid in which the residents of a town lived in a state of perpetual war with tax agents whom they called “Revenooers.”
David Crane
Collective Bargaining For Public Employees, Fiscal Affairs, Updates
Other Forms Of Rent-Seeking In California
Yesterday’s post was about rent-seekers such as hospitals and public employees who receive cash from the California governments they seek to influence. Today’s post is about rent-seekers who receive benefits in other forms.
David Crane
