http://www.dailyadvisory.com/ca/site/rss en asdf@asefasdf.com Copyright 2010 2010-11-11T16:40:22+00:00 http://www.dailyadvisory.com/ca/politics/rss/calif.-gasoline-consumption-down-in-july http://www.dailyadvisory.com/ca/politics/rss/calif.-gasoline-consumption-down-in-july#When:16:40:22Z Sacramento Business Journal: The California Board of Equalization on Friday said gasoline consumption in the state was down by 0.8 percent in July. California residents used 1.27 billion gallons of gasoline in the month, compared with 1.28 billion in July 2009. 2010-11-01T08:29:52-08:00 http://www.dailyadvisory.com/ca/politics/rss/redistricting-commission-could-have-redistricting-expert http://www.dailyadvisory.com/ca/politics/rss/redistricting-commission-could-have-redistricting-expert#When:16:40:22Z Capitol Alert: Some critics of the independent commission that's being formed to redraw districts for state legislators and members of the Board of Equalization have questioned whether it would have enough knowledge of the arcane process to do the job. The answer may depend on whether Paul McKaskle, one of the 60 finalists for the Citizens Redistricting Commission, survives the remainder of the selection process, which includes peremptory challenges by legislative leaders. 2010-10-21T11:35:47-08:00 http://www.dailyadvisory.com/ca/politics/rss/new-runner-make-boe-client-friendly http://www.dailyadvisory.com/ca/politics/rss/new-runner-make-boe-client-friendly#When:16:40:22Z CalWatchDog: George Runner may be facing his final days as a termed out senator, but that hasn’t stopped the Antelope Valley Republican from running another campaign. But this time, Runner is setting his sites on what he believes is a crucial flaw in the system – taxes – more specifically, the sales and use taxes charged to businesses operating in the state. For a guy who eschews most taxes, it might seem odd that he would want to surround himself with an agency that is responsible for taxing and has been accused of harassing businesses in the state. But Runner views his run for the Board of Equalization as an important cause. 2010-10-13T11:27:05-08:00 http://www.dailyadvisory.com/ca/politics/rss/california-is-owed-1.4-billion-in-sales-and-use-taxes http://www.dailyadvisory.com/ca/politics/rss/california-is-owed-1.4-billion-in-sales-and-use-taxes#When:16:40:22Z L.A. Times: Much of the money has already been paid by consumers — it just hasn't been turned over by merchants to the state Board of Equalization.California is owed nearly $1.4 billion by auto dealers, restaurants and other businesses that collected sales taxes from buyers but didn't pass the money along to the state — a situation that is aggravating California's budget crisis. 2010-09-28T02:29:06-08:00 http://www.dailyadvisory.com/ca/politics/rss/california-state-analysts-cant-measure-prop.-19s-tax-revenue-potential http://www.dailyadvisory.com/ca/politics/rss/california-state-analysts-cant-measure-prop.-19s-tax-revenue-potential#When:16:40:22Z Sacramento Bee: The state Board of Equalization, which last year famously declared that legalizing marijuana could generate $1.4 billion in new tax revenues for California state coffers, has an updated analysis out for Proposition 19, the November ballot measure to legalize marijuana for recreational use. 2010-09-25T07:32:06-08:00 http://www.dailyadvisory.com/ca/politics/rss/final-60-applicants-for-citizens-redistricitng-commission-selected http://www.dailyadvisory.com/ca/politics/rss/final-60-applicants-for-citizens-redistricitng-commission-selected#When:16:40:22Z Capitol Alert: Sixty finalists have been chosen to serve on the first-of-its-kind independent panel tasked with redrawing the state legislative and Board of Equalization district lines next year. The political map-drawing hopefuls emerged from a pool of 31,000 initial applicants. Fourteen will ultimately be picked to serve on the Citizens Redistricting Commission, created under the 2008 voter-approved Proposition 11. 2010-09-24T10:49:49-08:00 http://www.dailyadvisory.com/ca/politics/rss/calif.-assessed-property-values-dip-78-billion http://www.dailyadvisory.com/ca/politics/rss/calif.-assessed-property-values-dip-78-billion#When:16:40:22Z Orange County Register: California’s total assessed property values — an indicator of real estate health and key to government coffers — fell for the second straight fiscal year. 2010-09-16T12:43:33-08:00 http://www.dailyadvisory.com/ca/politics/rss/prop-23-backers-valero-and-the-gops-dan-logue-the-tax-deadbeat-twins http://www.dailyadvisory.com/ca/politics/rss/prop-23-backers-valero-and-the-gops-dan-logue-the-tax-deadbeat-twins#When:16:40:22Z The California Majority Report: Yesterday, California Watch exposed that Republican Assemblyman Dan Logue, who is carrying the water for the out-of-state oil interests behind Prop 23, has a long history of not paying his taxes. Turns out he has something in common with the major funder behind Prop 23, Texas-based Valero. It too has trouble paying its taxes. 2010-09-16T11:38:57-08:00 http://www.dailyadvisory.com/ca/politics/rss/california-marijuana-tax-stamps-readied http://www.dailyadvisory.com/ca/politics/rss/california-marijuana-tax-stamps-readied#When:16:40:22Z East Bay Express: The State Board of Equalization already collects around $100 million per year in sales taxes from medical cannabis dispensaries in California. Now, the agency is laying the groundwork to collect an estimated $1.3 billion more. 2010-09-09T13:52:50-08:00 http://www.dailyadvisory.com/ca/politics/rss/california-feds-tussle-over-marijuana-cash http://www.dailyadvisory.com/ca/politics/rss/california-feds-tussle-over-marijuana-cash#When:16:40:22Z East Bay Express: Fearful of enticing another federal raid, at least one California medical marijuana dispensary has a unique practice: it pays its state sales taxes every week. Usually businesses pay the state Board of Equalization annually, quarterly, or monthly, but there's nothing stopping companies from “prepaying” weekly, says board spokesperson Anita Gore 2010-09-09T11:24:17-08:00 http://www.dailyadvisory.com/ca/politics/rss/editorial-need-a-favorable-tax-ruling-from-boe http://www.dailyadvisory.com/ca/politics/rss/editorial-need-a-favorable-tax-ruling-from-boe#When:16:40:22Z Sacramento Bee: Once again, Californians are being reminded about a festering problem with dollar-and-cents implications... 2010-08-30T07:15:28-08:00 http://www.dailyadvisory.com/ca/politics/rss/press-clips-one-woman-i-team-sacks-tax-board http://www.dailyadvisory.com/ca/politics/rss/press-clips-one-woman-i-team-sacks-tax-board#When:16:40:22Z Calbuzz: Known as “the Board of Eeek!” to generations of California reporters who quake with fear at the mere thought of covering complex financial stories, the BOE not only administers billions of dollars of tax collections, but also adjudicates disputes about them between the state and corporations or individuals. 2010-08-27T05:55:01-08:00 http://www.dailyadvisory.com/ca/politics/rss/are-campaign-contributions-a-route-to-a-lower-tax-bill http://www.dailyadvisory.com/ca/politics/rss/are-campaign-contributions-a-route-to-a-lower-tax-bill#When:16:40:22Z L.A. Times Politics Blog: Sitting on the Board of Equalization is not the most glamorous job in California politics, but it can be one of the most powerful. 2010-08-26T11:44:32-08:00 http://www.dailyadvisory.com/ca/politics/rss/senate-approves-boe-headquarters-bill http://www.dailyadvisory.com/ca/politics/rss/senate-approves-boe-headquarters-bill#When:16:40:22Z Sac Bee State Worker Blog: The Senate just passed AB 151, the BOE headquarters bill. The measure goes now back to the Assembly for a vote on amendments made to it in the Senate. If approved there, which is likely, the bill goes on to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. 2010-08-25T12:20:47-08:00 http://www.dailyadvisory.com/ca/politics/rss/board-of-equalization-building-study-bill-nears-floor-vote http://www.dailyadvisory.com/ca/politics/rss/board-of-equalization-building-study-bill-nears-floor-vote#When:16:40:22Z Sac Bee State Worker Blog: Assembly Bill 151, which would authorize the Department of General Services to study whether it makes sense to sell the Board of Equalization's Sacramento headquarters, is up for a Senate floor vote. The measure would have DGS to report its findings to the Legislature by April 1, 2011. 2010-08-23T11:51:20-08:00 http://www.dailyadvisory.com/ca/politics/rss/plummeting-cigarette-sales-cut-california-tax-revenues http://www.dailyadvisory.com/ca/politics/rss/plummeting-cigarette-sales-cut-california-tax-revenues#When:16:40:22Z Sacramento Bee: Cigarette sales in California plunged to their lowest level in a decade last year as smokers were squeezed by new taxes and restrictions on where they could light up. While tobacco use has been steadily declining, the 8.1 percent sales drop was the largest year-over-year decline since 2000, according to the state Board of Equalization. 2010-07-28T06:43:10-08:00 http://www.dailyadvisory.com/ca/politics/rss/20100619-labor-unions-looking-to-buy-another-boe-seat http://www.dailyadvisory.com/ca/politics/rss/20100619-labor-unions-looking-to-buy-another-boe-seat#When:16:40:22Z Flash Report: It's no secret that Jerry Brown's main funding source for his gubernatorial run is labor unions, many of them state employee "associations."...Lesser known, is the labor unions' strategy to buy a seat on the Board of Equalization vis-a-vis Chris Parker, a candidate for BOE District 2, Barbara Alby's seat. 2010-06-20T03:05:32-08:00 http://www.dailyadvisory.com/ca/politics/rss/california-tax-collections-fall-almost-5b http://www.dailyadvisory.com/ca/politics/rss/california-tax-collections-fall-almost-5b#When:16:40:22Z Sacramento Business Journal: The California State Board of Equalization collected about $4.7 billion less in 2008-09 than the previous fiscal year, a decline of 8.9 percent, the agency reported Friday. 2010-06-19T03:19:30-08:00 http://www.dailyadvisory.com/ca/politics/rss/runner-appears-headed-for-win-in-tight-boe-primary http://www.dailyadvisory.com/ca/politics/rss/runner-appears-headed-for-win-in-tight-boe-primary#When:16:40:22Z Capitol Alert: State Sen. George Runner appeared headed for victory Wednesday morning in a three-way fight to secure the GOP's nomination for the Board of Equalization's second district seat. The Lancaster Republican, known for legislation to crack down on sexual predators, had 35.7 percent of the vote with more than 98 percent of the precincts counted. 2010-06-09T07:18:11-08:00 http://www.dailyadvisory.com/ca/politics/rss/tax-board-race-tight-between-gop-contenders http://www.dailyadvisory.com/ca/politics/rss/tax-board-race-tight-between-gop-contenders#When:16:40:22Z Capitol Alert: The Republican race for Board of Equalization featuring three experienced officeholders was too close to call, with Sen. George Runner leading in early returns. The Democratic contest also had no clear winner in early vote counting, although Chris Parker had a lead. 2010-06-09T04:34:24-08:00