Smart economics is not a consideration. California Gov. Jerry Brown simply does not care about what will happen to citizens in non-urban parts of the state under a $15 minimum wage. He didn’t literally say that, but what he did say when today was that he understood that there may be some bad outcomes for such a massive, unprecedented mandate. And then he signed it into law anyway. ... MORE
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Showing posts with label California. Show all posts
Richmond California Establishes A New Low By Paying Criminals Up To $1000 A Month Not To Shoot People
by Jennifer Cruz. A San Francisco suburb has taken an unconventional approach to fighting crime by essentially paying a sort of monthly salary to ex-cons in exchange for them staying out of trouble and helping others to do the same. The program, known as Operation Peacemaker Fellowship, targets some of the most violent offenders in Richmond, ... MORE
How The West Was Shunned In Primary Politics
by Froma Harrop. There's a not-insignificant part of the United States known as the West Coast. It includes such prominent states as California, Oregon and Washington. These states have yet to hold a single presidential primary or caucus. But at 8 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Tuesday, this population center of 50 million-plus souls was informed that the ... MORE
California’s Carl’s Jr. Says So Long, Golden State
They know when they are not wanted. States: To hear Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, you’d think that taxes can go up to 60% or even 80%, and businesses and investors will just … pay up. But the growing number of businesses stampeding out of high tax areas suggest that they’re very wrong. We got more evidence of that this week when CKE ... MORE
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California Grants Driver's Licenses To 605,000 Illegal Aliens
Pass Go, collect $200. Some 605,000 undocumented immigrants who live in California were granted driver's licenses in 2015, the first year they have been able to enjoy that benefit, officials said Monday. The law known as AB60 took effect on January 2, 2015. The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) expects a total of about 1.4 million people ... MORE
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Steven Greenhut: California's Deep Debt Problems
The bureaucratic pension burden. For those who wonder about the practical importance of transparency, I
offer as evidence the latest result of a modest rule change in
California from a mind-numbingly named organization—the Governmental Accounting Standards Board,
or GASB (pronounced Gaz-bee). The group's stated goal is to promote ... MORE
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Melody Gutierrez: Jerry Brown's Scheme To Grow Welfare And Fix Roads Will Cost California Taxpayers Big Time
$7 billion more to be spent on IHSS welfare expansion. Gov. Jerry Brown doubled down on his calls for fiscal prudence as he delivered a State of the State speech Thursday that recounted what California has accomplished and proposed little in the way of new policies or programs. Instead, Brown said his focus this year will be on how the state ... MORE
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Steven Greenhut: Price Controls Will Slow Drug Innovation
More bad ideas from the left coast. The California state legislature has a habit of legislating by anecdote.
Assembly members or senators may have a bad experience at a state
agency or with private industry and they write a bill to address it.
Often, legislators offer proposals based on the latest news cycle.
Ultimately there are hearings, a long vetting ... MORE
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incentives,
innovation,
price controls,
regulation
TSA Will Stop Accepting Driver's Licenses From 9 States
by Nick Gillespie. The last time we took notice of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), it was to inform you that the unpopular, expensive, and ineffectual outfit had decided it could force travelers on domestic airline flights to go through full-body scanners. Previously, TSA had allowed folks to submit instead to a full-body pat-down. ... MORE
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licensing,
transportation,
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Steven Greenhut: Regulation A Sure Bet For Fantasy Games
California's option destroyers never sleep. "Fantasy sports"
has come a long way from the office football pool. Instead of passing
around photocopied spreadsheets and collecting a few bucks from cubicle
mates, players now go to sophisticated web sites, where they can make
daily wagers—and not just trudge through a long sports season ... MORE
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regulation,
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California Has Plenty Of Water — And Too Much Politics
by Steven Greenhut. Almost everyone knows California is running out of water as it enters the fourth year of a grueling drought. The results are stark, as massive reservoirs turn into mud pits, and state inspectors fine residents for watering their lawns. But in the state's second most populous county, there's a problem of a different sort. The San Diego ... MORE
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government,
incentives,
politics,
red tape,
regulation,
resources,
water
Guess What Marijuana Is Being Blamed For Now
by Sean Willliams. We're less than three weeks away from the calendar ticking over to a new year -- a year that very well could be the most important for the marijuana industry to date. We can certainly look back on some of the milestone events within the marijuana industry over the past two decades and argue that they've been pivotal ... MORE
Jerry Brown Pimps 'Coercive Power of the State' In Paris
by Rob Nikolewski. For the public good as determined by political elites. California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) raised some eyebrows while attending the United Nations Climate Summit
in Paris, proclaiming the "coercive power of the central state" is
needed to promote good public policy, specifically when it comes to a
cleaner environment. ... MORE
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California Climate Policies Chilling Housing Growth
by Steven Greenhut. The California Supreme Court's decision
late last month to reject a nearly 6,000-page environmental report for a
proposed development north of Los Angeles will not only delay or
possibly kill a new suburban community. It will make it much more
difficult for developers anywhere in California to build large-scale
housing projects. ... MORE
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growth,
housing,
policy,
politicians,
prices
More Trouble For Jerry Brown's Rail Boondoggle
by Steven Greenhut. Moonbeam's plan no longer resembles original proposal. One of the biggest problems with California Gov. Jerry Brown's efforts to battle climate change is the "do or die" nature of the situation. Based on his rhetoric, there's little room for debate over costs, benefits, details and oversight. When the future of the Earth is at stake, ... MORE
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dishonesty,
high speed rail,
nitwittery,
politics,
spending,
transportation
Throwing Billions Down A Dark Tunnel For Bullet Train
Political nitwittery thrives in California. For years, critics of the California high-speed rail project – from government oversight agencies to transportation and engineering experts to think tanks to local grass-roots organizations to these Opinion pages – have faulted the California High-Speed Rail Authority for its overly optimistic and ever-changing ... MORE
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government,
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unions,
vote-buying
Victor Davis Hanson: Can California Be Saved?
So naturally rich but so poorly run. Crime is back up in California. Los Angeles reported a 20.6 percent
increase in violent crimes over the first half of 2015 and nearly an 11
percent increase in property crimes.
Last year, cash-strapped California taxpayers voted for Proposition 47,
which so far has let thousands of convicted criminals go free ... MORE
The Underbelly Of The California Drought
by Victor Davis Hanson. People should be represented as well as salmon. Even the high mountain lakes and reservoirs are about empty – and equally void of vacationers who have few places to boat, fish, and ski, and are unsure where the next forest fire will break out and force evacuations on often one-lane winding mountain roads. Four years of ... MORE
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drought,
government,
incentives,
liberalism,
policy,
public service,
water
59 Million More Americans Could Access Marijuana In 2016
by Todd Campbell. California and Florida could both be liberated by next year. Marijuana advocates have been gaining momentum in states that have yet to legalize marijuana, but supporters and those interested in the legalization efforts are undeniably watching most closely to see what happens in California and Florida. Those two states have different ... MORE
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