Last week's election of Barack Obama and solidification of Democratic majorities in the House and Senate make federal transfer tax (bestate/b, gift, and generation-skipping tax) reform almost a certainty for 2009.
AB 2604, signed by the Governor on August 1, 2008, allows local agencies to defer the collection of development impact fees to the close of escrow. Given that most developer fees are currently collected at the building-permit stage, ...
For as long as I have been living in Beverley, John "Bernie"Martindale has been sitting on his favourite bench in the Market Place outside the Push Inn pub with his bottle of cider and his "boombox", belting out 1960's songs at the top ...
