HeyJaredJon Coupal
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 10
- Latest publication
- Sep 24, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for The Daily Breeze
- Top 500K sites
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 9, 2026
Latest articles
Jon Coupal: Modest pension reform survives in California (opens the original)
Read excerpt
In what is surely this legislative session’s biggest surprise, Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed Assembly Bill 1383, which would have substantially weakened a modest pension reform bill backed by former Governor Jerry Brown in 2012. The veto was especially unexpected given that AB 1383 cleared both houses of the legislature by nearly unanimous votes. In 2012, California’s pension debt exceeded $200 billion, requiring the state and local governments to make up the difference out of their annual budget
Jon Coupal: Proposition 3 is a warning against Proposition 40 (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Two tax increase ballot measures facing voters this November deserve rejection. Proposition 3 would extend higher income tax rates initially imposed in 2012, while Proposition 40 is an attempt to levy a wealth tax on a handful of very rich individuals. Although not specifically related, the former offers a lesson why the latter should be viewed with skepticism. The genesis of Prop. 3 occurred in 2012 amid an all-too-familiar recurring “budget crisis.” The description in the official ballot mater
Despite fines, local governments still spend tax dollars on campaigns (opens the original)
Read excerpt
As the November election gets closer, be on guard for local governments openly supporting tax hikes – and spending taxpayer dollars doing so. While local officials are free to support or oppose ballot measures, they may not spend public funds on any election contest – either for or against a candidate or initiative. Despite this clear prohibition, this is a growing problem, and it gets worse every election cycle as local governments – egged on by high priced consultants – push the envelope from
Jon Coupal: Wealth disparities are no excuse for Marxism (opens the original)
Read excerpt
In case you were wondering about the extent to which full-scale Marxism has infected the University of California, wonder no more. G. Cristina Mora and Tianna S. Pachel are both professors at University of California Berkeley, and co-authors of “Normalizing Inequality; How Californians Make Sense of the Growing Divide.” It reflects what you would expect from ground zero of higher education progressivism. The basis for the book, according to the authors, were “in-depth interviews and survey data
Jon Coupal: Inspector General slams latest high-speed rail plan (opens the original)
Read excerpt
We’re sorry for flogging a dead boondoggle, but can the news about California’s High Speed Rail project get any worse? Apparently, there is no bottom to the negative revelations about this international embarrassment. For those who have been living on Mars since 2008, we’ll bring you up to speed. What began as a $10 billion bond measure to fund a rail project that would travel from Los Angeles to San Francisco is projected to cost well over ten times the original bond amount. Critics of the proj
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
Top 500K sites
For The Daily Breeze, the outlet · Measured Aug 1, 2026
Website popularity band, not a count of readers or article views.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.