If you haven’t had an opportunity to check out California State Controller John Chiang’s new website and you are interested in the inside...

Let’s be honest, is anyone really excited about our choices for State office on the ballot this year?  Most of my friends have no clue...

This week, Gov. Brown signed SB 270 by State Senators de Leon, Lara and Padilla (who is running for State Secretary).  Once it becomes...

By Carolyn Cavecche, President & CEO of OCTax Published in the Orange County Register, September 11, 2014 Time travel into the past is...

Divide and Conquer: the process of breaking up a large concentration of power into smaller ones that have less power and then prevent...

ORANGE, Calif.— The Orange County Taxpayers Association (OCTax) has released the list of finalists for its fourth annual “Roses, Radishes...

Earlier this year the taxpayers of Ventura County collected enough signatures to place an initiative on the November 2014 ballot that...

By Carolyn Cavecche, President of OCTax Published in the Orange County Register, July 27, 2014 It’s discouraging to watch the California...

Recently my political friends and I have been having fun discussing venture capitalist Tim Draper’s ballot measure that proposes to split...

Dear Members of the Commission: I am Carolyn Cavecche, president and CEO of the Orange County (California) Taxpayers Association, and...

Mark you calendars for the 4th Annual Roses, Radishes and Royalty Awards Dinner on September 4th from 5:30-8:30 pm at the Island Hotel in...

We know we have a problem with how we fund our infrastructure and transportation needs.  Our federal Highway Fund is close to being out...

By Carolyn Cavecche, President of OCTax Published in the Orange County Register, May 20, 2014 Over the past several weeks, we have all...

By Jon Coupal Published in the Flashreport, May 19, 2014 Last week, the media was all abuzz about a bill moving through the Legislature...

The Orange County Taxpayers Association has gone on the record of opposing any split-roll property tax proposal.  We have also been a...

This year’s May Budget Revise was introduced with little fanfare from the Democratic Party or much backlash from the Republicans.  Senate...

The Orange County Taxpayers Association was a part of a larger state coalition that worked to try and defeat SB 1021 (Wolk) a bill that...

Happy Tax Freedom Day California! We have the privilege of being one of the states whose taxpayers have to work the longest to pay their...

Do you think someone should be able to keep money that was gotten illegally? How about the State of California? Should state government...

OCTax doesn’t like to wish anyone a Happy Tax Day. We will save the best wishes for April 30th, Tax Freedom Day for Californians. That’s...