1. HOA living involves a tradeoff of independence in exchange for the benefits the HOA provides. Someone unwilling to trust others to make decisions and who must personally make all
When Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled a much-revised 2024-25 state budget this month, he became visibly irritated when reporters pressed him about raising taxes to cover a $44.9 billion deficit,
Our weekly guide to food and entertainment goings-on in and around town includes a variety of Memorial Day Weekend activities like a Phish tribute concert, free pickleball lessons, a comedy
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Financial support for the nearly 6 million students in California’s public schools is not only the largest chunk of the state budget, but for the past half-century it has
Let’s start off easy...
...with something that demonstrates a couple of truths. Uncountable wealth, used… unwisely.
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Shall we give peace a chance? I’m not referring at the moment to the Middle East but to Santa Monica, where the City Council took an unexpectedly calming and
California’s budget crunch is forcing the Legislature to scale back its agenda this session, with bills to legalize psychedelic therapy, offer reparations to the descendants of enslaved people, and
In Tuesday evening's meeting, City Council voted to extend the local emergency on Homelessness through May of 2025, signaling to the state that we are in fact, still
In 2006, after 31 years of research and collaboration with holistic health experts and practitioners, I decided to invest in my own holistic wellness practice in Sacramento. It’s been
The much-revised 2024-25 state budget that Gov. Gavin Newsom released last week contains hundreds of spending reductions and other actions to close what he says is a $44.9 billion
Governance
1. HOA governance is a team sport. It’s different from our career jobs because the board legally controls the HOA, not the president. The president is not the
