Kersten Communications

Kersten Communications (KC) has completed a new report titled “President Obama’s Jobs Plan Bolder Than Expected, But Not Likely to Have a Significant Lasting Positive Impact on Economy.”  To view the publication click here.

KC Fiscal Focus is periodic electronic newsletter that focuses on public policy issues from a fiscal perspective.  KC is a California-based consulting firm which specializes in public policy research and analysis.  To sign-up for KC Fiscal Focus click here.

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Kersten Communications (KC) has completed a new report titled “Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom Proposes Ambitious Agenda to
Promote Economic Growth and Competitiveness in California.” To view the report click here.

KC has produced a second report titled “State Legislators Must Get Beyond Partisan Divisions, Outdated and Flawed Understanding of State’s Economy to Improve California’s Economic Competitiveness.”  To view the report click here.

The reports mark the first in a new series of KC reports examining the state’s business climate and what needs to be done to improve the state’s
competitiveness and create jobs in California.

KC Fiscal Focus is periodic electronic newsletter that focuses on California State public policy issues from a fiscal perspective.  KC is a Sacramento-based consulting firm which specializes in public policy research and analysis.  To sign-up for KC Fiscal Focus click here.

Finally, we welcome your feedback on this  newsletter and our other publications.  To submit your comments click here.

Kersten Communications (KC) has completed a new analysis explaining why the California Republican Party is not fit to govern California which is titled “CA Republican Party Does Not Govern and Only Serves to Obstruct Governance by Democratic Majority, Devolution of CA Republican Party Provides Mandate for Lowering 2/3 Vote Requirement.”  To view the report click here.    

A second analysis is titled “Summary of Benefits and Costs of California’s 2/3 Vote Requirement for Taxes or a Budget With Increased Tax Revenues,” shows that the costs of the 2/3 vote requirement far outweight its benefits.  To view the report click here.   These reports marks the second installment in a new series of KC Fiscal Focus articles analyzing structural reform issues in California.   

KC Fiscal Focus is periodic electronic newsletter that focuses on California State public policy issues from a fiscal perspective.  KC is a Sacramento-based consulting firm which specializes in public policy research and analysis.  To sign-up for KC Fiscal Focus click here.

Finally, we welcome your feedback on this newsletter and our other publications.  To submit your comments click here.

Kersten Communications (KC) has completed a new analysis titled “Think Long Committee is Poorly Suited to Take on Comprehensive Structural and Constitutional Reform Issues, Committee Membership Makes It Unlikley to Challenge Status Quo and Provide Meaningful Reform.”  To view the report click here.      

This report marks the first installment in a new series of KC Fiscal Focus articles in the coming months that will analyze structural reform issues in California.   

KC Fiscal Focus is periodic electronic newsletter that focuses on California State public policy issues from a fiscal perspective.  KC is a Sacramento-based consulting firm which specializes in public policy research and analysis.  To sign-up for KC Fiscal Focus click here.

Finally, we welcome your feedback on this newsletter and our other publications.  To submit your comments click here.

Kersten Communications (KC) has completed a brief report, titled “Legislature Begins Voting on Budget Package Which Contains Budget and Pension Reform Including Significant Changes to “Rainy Day Fund” and Rollback of Pension Benefits for New Employees.”  To view the report click here.      

Another KC report, titled “Brown, Whitman Campaign Proposals Won’t Likely Solve Many Policy Problems But Offer a Glimpse of the Candidates’ Perspectives on Major State Issues Such as Job Creation, Pension Reform, Tax, Budget and Environmental Issues.”  To view the report click here. 

A third report, titled “Proposition 26 May Be a ”Trojan Horse” that Would Prevent Funding of AB 32 Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions, Federal Health Care Reform Legislation.”  To view the report click here.

Kersten Communications (KC) has completed a brief report, titled “Two Schools of Academic Thought Emerge on How to Break Budget Gridlock in Sacramento,” which examines the opinions of experts at the state’s premier universities on how to break out of the budget gridlock in Sacramento.  To view the report click here.   

Another KC report, titled “Statewide Protests Target Chase Bank and Wall Street Firms, Summary Report Released with Research Support from Kersten Communications,” which summarizes why a group of community activists and labor and education leaders staged a series of protests on August 10 to call attention to a $17 billion bill itemizing the ways Wall Street banks are shortchanging California residents and state and local governments.  To view the report click here.  

A third report, titled “State General Fund Spending Has Dropped by $20 Billion Since 2006-07, Major Decreases for Every Major Program Area,” provides new KC analysis of Department of Finance data which illustrates how the three state budgets passed since 2007-08 have significantly ratcheted down state spending on major state programs such as education, higher education, and health and human services, despite the increasing needs of a growing state population.  To view the report click here.     

KC Fiscal Focus is periodic electronic newsletter that focuses on California State public policy issues from a fiscal perspective.  KC is a Sacramento-based consulting firm which specializes in public policy research and analysis.  To sign-up for KC Fiscal Focus click here.

Finally, we welcome your feedback on this newsletter and our other publications.  To submit your comments click here.

Kersten Communications (KC) has completed a brief report, titled “Summary of November 2010 Ballot Measures,” which provides of summary of the three measures that have qualified for the November 2010 statewide ballot and seven other measures that have collected the requisite number of signatures but are pending verification.  To view this summary click here.   

Another KC report, titled “New Report Finds Major Shift in Property Tax Burden From Commercial to Residential Property Since Prop. 13, Describes Loopholes In System,” summarizes a new report which was co-authored by Lenny Goldberg, executive director of the California Tax Reform Association, and David Kersten, with Kersten Communications.  To view this report click here. 

The full report, titled “System Failure: Califonria’s Loophole-Ridden Commercial Property Tax,” is available by clicking here.   

KC Blog Briefs:

“Summary of Analyses of the Governor’s May Revised Budget Proposal.”

“House and Senate Reach Compromise on ‘Job Creation’ and ‘Tax Loophole Closure’ Legislation.”

Kersten Communications (KC) has completed a brief report, titled “PG&E’s Prop. 16 Turns the 100-Year Old Initiative Process on Its Head,” which examines what is wrong with Prop. 16 and how PG&E is using the initiative process to do exactly the opposite of what it was designed to do.  To view the report click here.

Other KC Fiscal Focus Reports: 

“Ballot Measures Qualified for June and November 2010.”

“Federal Stimulus Funding Slow to be Spent in California, Other States.” 

“KC Fiscual Focus Guide to Searching for Federal Stimulus Funding in Your Community.”