Kerry Jackson
California
Emergency financial lifelines at risk of disappearing in California
Imagine, somewhere in the Inland Empire, a young couple with two children just getting by financially. One morning the husbandâs car wonât start. If he doesnât get to work, heâll lose his job. But the next payday is nearly a week off and the family doesnât have money for repairs. ...
California
All Signs Point to Crime Making a Comeback in California
California was once known for being tough on criminals. Weâre not talking about frontier days, but much more recently. It was only five years ago when the Washington Postâs Max Ehrenfreund wrote that âCaliforniaâs criminal justice system has long been among the most punitive.â At one time, Newsweek said, the stateâs three-strikes ...
Blog
Yet Another Bad Policy Idea for California: San Francisco Proposes An âIPOâ Tax
Anyone thinking that California canât become more anti-business or add another punitive tax hasnât seen the recent news out of San Francisco. Political leaders there are campaigning for an increase in the cityâs âIPO tax,â which is both unnecessary and counterproductive. The proposal, sponsored by Supervisor Gordon Mar, would hike ...
California
Kamala’s Promise to End Right-to-Work Would Make Every State Like California
Democratic presidential candidate and California Sen. Kamala Harris has said that if sheâs elected, she would issue an executive order to rescind hard-won worker freedom. Maybe itâs a âCalifornia valueâ to support conscripted unionism. But before Harrisâ position becomes too hardened to walk back, she should consider how reforms would ...
California
Going Medieval in Californiaâs Streets
California, to some peopleâs way of thinking, is the most modern state in the country, if not the most cutting-edge place on earth. Itâs progressive, hip, innovativeâa bellwether, filled with pioneers and opinion-makers. Itâs also unique for its constant battles against biblical catastrophesâearthquakes, droughts, landslides, and floods are all part ...
Blackouts
The problem with government-protected utility monopolies
Just a few months back it was noted that California was suffering through a resurgence of medieval diseases. Another plague of premodern times now threatens to visit the state this summer: darkness. Bloomberg News reported that âCalifornia may go dark this summer.â Pacific Gas & Electric plans to cut power ...
Business & Economics
Worker Freedom at Risk in California
When the state Supreme Court issued a ruling last year threatening workersâ ability to operate as independent contractors, it sent a chill through the gig economy. The temperature dropped a few more degrees recently when the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals determined the standards outlined by the California court ...
Agriculture
Try the Free Market Before Tourists Are One Day Warned to Not Drink the Water in California
California has regressed from the land of opportunity to the land of crisis. A chronic housing shortage, growing homelessness problems, the highest poverty rate in the nation, and runaway public employee pension liability are ripping at the seams of the state. Add to that list of troubles the taint of ...
Book
New Book Explores Why Many Californians Are Living in Fear, Outlines Reforms to Restore Safe Communities
Well-meaning policy changes are undermining safe communities in California and must be reformed to restore public safety throughout the state, writes Pacific Research Institute fellow Kerry Jackson in his new book on crime in California, Living in Fear in California. Living in Fear in California can be purchased at Amazon.com, Barnes ...
Agriculture
Let It Flow: Carlsbad Desalination Plant Expansion Approval A Bright Spot In A Dry State
With more than 800 miles of coastline and a great big ocean out there, California shouldnât be always be scrambling for water as if it were in the middle of the Sahara Desert. But politics tend to make goods scarce rather than plentiful. But sometimes thereâs good news. Such as ...
Emergency financial lifelines at risk of disappearing in California
Imagine, somewhere in the Inland Empire, a young couple with two children just getting by financially. One morning the husbandâs car wonât start. If he doesnât get to work, heâll lose his job. But the next payday is nearly a week off and the family doesnât have money for repairs. ...
All Signs Point to Crime Making a Comeback in California
California was once known for being tough on criminals. Weâre not talking about frontier days, but much more recently. It was only five years ago when the Washington Postâs Max Ehrenfreund wrote that âCaliforniaâs criminal justice system has long been among the most punitive.â At one time, Newsweek said, the stateâs three-strikes ...
Yet Another Bad Policy Idea for California: San Francisco Proposes An âIPOâ Tax
Anyone thinking that California canât become more anti-business or add another punitive tax hasnât seen the recent news out of San Francisco. Political leaders there are campaigning for an increase in the cityâs âIPO tax,â which is both unnecessary and counterproductive. The proposal, sponsored by Supervisor Gordon Mar, would hike ...
Kamala’s Promise to End Right-to-Work Would Make Every State Like California
Democratic presidential candidate and California Sen. Kamala Harris has said that if sheâs elected, she would issue an executive order to rescind hard-won worker freedom. Maybe itâs a âCalifornia valueâ to support conscripted unionism. But before Harrisâ position becomes too hardened to walk back, she should consider how reforms would ...
Going Medieval in Californiaâs Streets
California, to some peopleâs way of thinking, is the most modern state in the country, if not the most cutting-edge place on earth. Itâs progressive, hip, innovativeâa bellwether, filled with pioneers and opinion-makers. Itâs also unique for its constant battles against biblical catastrophesâearthquakes, droughts, landslides, and floods are all part ...
The problem with government-protected utility monopolies
Just a few months back it was noted that California was suffering through a resurgence of medieval diseases. Another plague of premodern times now threatens to visit the state this summer: darkness. Bloomberg News reported that âCalifornia may go dark this summer.â Pacific Gas & Electric plans to cut power ...
Worker Freedom at Risk in California
When the state Supreme Court issued a ruling last year threatening workersâ ability to operate as independent contractors, it sent a chill through the gig economy. The temperature dropped a few more degrees recently when the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals determined the standards outlined by the California court ...
Try the Free Market Before Tourists Are One Day Warned to Not Drink the Water in California
California has regressed from the land of opportunity to the land of crisis. A chronic housing shortage, growing homelessness problems, the highest poverty rate in the nation, and runaway public employee pension liability are ripping at the seams of the state. Add to that list of troubles the taint of ...
New Book Explores Why Many Californians Are Living in Fear, Outlines Reforms to Restore Safe Communities
Well-meaning policy changes are undermining safe communities in California and must be reformed to restore public safety throughout the state, writes Pacific Research Institute fellow Kerry Jackson in his new book on crime in California, Living in Fear in California. Living in Fear in California can be purchased at Amazon.com, Barnes ...
Let It Flow: Carlsbad Desalination Plant Expansion Approval A Bright Spot In A Dry State
With more than 800 miles of coastline and a great big ocean out there, California shouldnât be always be scrambling for water as if it were in the middle of the Sahara Desert. But politics tend to make goods scarce rather than plentiful. But sometimes thereâs good news. Such as ...
