California is BROKE!!  The state legislative analyst has suggested that we will have a 10 billion dollar deficit. And the legislature is gridlocked on how to solve this. One item everyone agrees on is the fact that there just isn’t any money. One thing we know is that if the state can collect more money, we will go a long way to fix this situation. Currently, there are two free programs that are offered by the state to help taxpayers file their returns,

As local and state transit agencies vote on more funding for a tram between BART and the Oakland Airport parking lot, an updated study is showing it requires a $102 taxpayer subsidy for each new rider to go just 3 miles. Bay Area transit advocacy group TransForm says that by comparison a limousine could pick up eight people at their home anywhere in the East Bay and take them straight to the airport terminal for just $99. TransForm references a $500 million cost for the OAC (Oakland Airport Connector) while BART totals it at $484 million.

Officials from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Port of Oakland recently held a news conference to announce advanced imaging technology (AIT) at Oakland International Airport (OAK).  Members of the news media were invited to see a demonstration of the body scan technology and observe the steps TSA has taken to protect passenger privacy of imaging technology screening. The new units are installed and now operating at Terminal 1.