Nikhil Agarwal

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On Young Americans and their Growing Acceptance of Socialism

Their survey found that 53% of Americans aged 18-39 would like to see a democratic socialist candidate win the 2028 presidential election, while 76% of respondents agree that ‘major industries like health care, energy, and big tech should be nationalized to give more control and equity to the people.’ Among ...
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Jury Still Deliberating On California’s Push To Build More Homes

This year’s devastating wildfires decimated upwards of 13,000 homes. In response, California has passed two new laws that seek to streamline the process of housing development. Will they have the desired effect? That remains to be seen. Under AB130, new housing developments that meet certain size, density, location, and use requirements ...
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California’s flawed budgeting causes routine deficits

For years analysts have warned that California’s overreliance on a roller-coaster stock market destabilizes California’s budget. During bull markets, revenues surge and Sacramento politicians commit to an unaffordable level of spending that only becomes evident when revenues inevitably crash. Rather than admitting that the spending was never affordable, the political ...
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Slowing Consumption Poses an Additional Fiscal Threat to California

The California New Car Dealers Associationnotes that total new vehicle registrations in the state stagnated in 2024 and are expected to decline slightly in 2025. The California Chamber of Commerce reports that tourism, which generated over $12 billion in tax revenue from both international and domestic visitors in 2024, is ...
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Learn why California's unemployment rate is rising

Disaster looms with California’s high unemployment

Currently, California currently ranks as the fourth-highest unemployment rate of any state (including the District of Columbia) in the nation, at 5.3 percent. California’s unemployment rate steadily increased by a full percentage point between March 2023 and September 2024 and, despite continued economic growth, has plateaued ever since. By contrast, ...
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How does California’s employment growth compare with the rest of the US?

Gov. Gavin Newsom and California’s progressives point to the Trump Administration’s imposition of tariffs as a reason for its economic slowdown, and the LAO acknowledges that unpredictable policymaking at the federal level puts California’s ‘fragile economy at risk.’ But while California’s ports have seen a decline in economic activity over ...
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State Budget Week - Learn how the Newsom Budget Will Impact California's Tax Burden

The Newsom Budget on Taxes: Yes, Governor, California Is a High Tax State

California imposes the highest top marginal state income tax rate and one of the highest state and local sales tax rates in the country. It is simply illogical to claim that a state with the highest income tax rate and a very high state and local sales tax rates is ...
Classroom Ideology

How Localism Ignites The American Dream

As the United States waged an ideological war against the Soviet Union in the latter half of the 20th century, the American dream became a symbol of prosperity, one which captured the imagination of millions around the world who sought a better life. My father, who grew up in a ...
Anti-Semitism

Read the latest about anti-Semitism at California's colleges and universities

Title VI Must Be Enforced Against Private Colleges Which Flounder in the Face of Anti-Semitism

Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 guarantees that ‘no person in the United States, shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation, in, be denied the benefits of, or subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving financial assistance.’ While ...
Anti-Semitism

Read the latest on anti-Semitism at California's public colleges and universities

California Makes Significant Strides in Managing Pro-Palestine Protests at Public Universities

A year on from Hamas’s coordinated and heinous attack on Israel on October 7th 2023, the protests on college campuses in support of Palestine which swept the nation earlier this year show no signs of slowing.  Under pressure from both their student bodies and donors, college administrators have struggled to ...
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On Young Americans and their Growing Acceptance of Socialism

Their survey found that 53% of Americans aged 18-39 would like to see a democratic socialist candidate win the 2028 presidential election, while 76% of respondents agree that ‘major industries like health care, energy, and big tech should be nationalized to give more control and equity to the people.’ Among ...
Blog

Jury Still Deliberating On California’s Push To Build More Homes

This year’s devastating wildfires decimated upwards of 13,000 homes. In response, California has passed two new laws that seek to streamline the process of housing development. Will they have the desired effect? That remains to be seen. Under AB130, new housing developments that meet certain size, density, location, and use requirements ...
Blog

California’s flawed budgeting causes routine deficits

For years analysts have warned that California’s overreliance on a roller-coaster stock market destabilizes California’s budget. During bull markets, revenues surge and Sacramento politicians commit to an unaffordable level of spending that only becomes evident when revenues inevitably crash. Rather than admitting that the spending was never affordable, the political ...
Blog

Slowing Consumption Poses an Additional Fiscal Threat to California

The California New Car Dealers Associationnotes that total new vehicle registrations in the state stagnated in 2024 and are expected to decline slightly in 2025. The California Chamber of Commerce reports that tourism, which generated over $12 billion in tax revenue from both international and domestic visitors in 2024, is ...
Blog

Learn why California's unemployment rate is rising

Disaster looms with California’s high unemployment

Currently, California currently ranks as the fourth-highest unemployment rate of any state (including the District of Columbia) in the nation, at 5.3 percent. California’s unemployment rate steadily increased by a full percentage point between March 2023 and September 2024 and, despite continued economic growth, has plateaued ever since. By contrast, ...
Blog

How does California’s employment growth compare with the rest of the US?

Gov. Gavin Newsom and California’s progressives point to the Trump Administration’s imposition of tariffs as a reason for its economic slowdown, and the LAO acknowledges that unpredictable policymaking at the federal level puts California’s ‘fragile economy at risk.’ But while California’s ports have seen a decline in economic activity over ...
Blog

State Budget Week - Learn how the Newsom Budget Will Impact California's Tax Burden

The Newsom Budget on Taxes: Yes, Governor, California Is a High Tax State

California imposes the highest top marginal state income tax rate and one of the highest state and local sales tax rates in the country. It is simply illogical to claim that a state with the highest income tax rate and a very high state and local sales tax rates is ...
Classroom Ideology

How Localism Ignites The American Dream

As the United States waged an ideological war against the Soviet Union in the latter half of the 20th century, the American dream became a symbol of prosperity, one which captured the imagination of millions around the world who sought a better life. My father, who grew up in a ...
Anti-Semitism

Read the latest about anti-Semitism at California's colleges and universities

Title VI Must Be Enforced Against Private Colleges Which Flounder in the Face of Anti-Semitism

Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 guarantees that ‘no person in the United States, shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation, in, be denied the benefits of, or subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving financial assistance.’ While ...
Anti-Semitism

Read the latest on anti-Semitism at California's public colleges and universities

California Makes Significant Strides in Managing Pro-Palestine Protests at Public Universities

A year on from Hamas’s coordinated and heinous attack on Israel on October 7th 2023, the protests on college campuses in support of Palestine which swept the nation earlier this year show no signs of slowing.  Under pressure from both their student bodies and donors, college administrators have struggled to ...
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