Businesses deserve a break from legislative onslaughts

During a hearing soon after the state Legislature returned from its COVID-19-related hiatus, an Assembly committee considered a measure that would have imposed criminal penalties on online hotel booking sites that don’t disclose all of their fees.
By California standards, Assembly Bill 3235 was a relatively modest regulation – and it failed to secure enough votes for passage. But the short committee debate reminded us of a disturbing truth: Despite a projected $54 billion budget defi