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What We’re Watching: Even Fabio Has Turned on California

There were simply too many great videos to choose from for this week’s “What We’re Watching”. Narrowing down our choices this week was as hard as the task faced by the judges on American Idol on Monday night having to cut down 5 contestants. For the record, I’m still upset ...
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Slow Times at Vallco Mall

Watch the 1980s classic film “Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” and you’ll see Sean Penn, Judge Reinhold, Phoebe Cates, Jennifer Jason Leigh and the gang hanging out at “Ridgemont Mall,” which was actually the Sherman Oaks Galleria. The “go to” mall for me growing up was Vallco Mall in Cupertino.  ...
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What We’re Watching

Today, we’re launching a new weekly feature on Right by the Bay called “What We’re Watching”. Think of it as our click bait for short video clips that you should be watching. Every day, when we gather around the water cooler or check our e-mails, we’re bombarded with suggestions for ...
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Herding Cats and Moving the Ball Forward

Tim Anaya interviews Senate Republican Leader Patricia Bates at the State Capitol in Sacramento. Over the years, I had the opportunity to work for 9 consecutive Assembly Republican Leaders.  To say that leading the minority party in California is a great challenge is an understatement. Transitioning from being one Senator ...
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3 Free-Market Bills Worth Watching in April Committee Rush

Former Assemblyman Dennis Mountjoy said it best.  When speaking about his time in the Legislature, he said, “I’m not a lawmaker.  I’m a Republican!” When I worked in the Legislature, I used to always joke that my fellow Republican staff and I had one busy month a year – April. ...
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AG Race is the Most Important 2018 Race You’re Not Following

Last week, I had the opportunity to attend a debate of the Democrat and Republican candidates for California Attorney General, which was sponsored by the Sacramento Press Club. The Republican and Democratic candidates could not present a starker contrast. The Republican candidates – Southern California attorney Eric Early and retired ...
Blackouts

Could Regional Electric Grid Impose Costly CA Policies on Other States?

When talking about the management of California’s power grid, people’s eyelids will surely grow heavy before you finish making your point. But how California’s power grid is managed is incredibly important.  Think back to 2001 and California’s electricity crisis and the rolling blackouts. I once had the chance to visit ...
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Is Theft Ring Bill A Sign That Even Liberals Are Waking Up to Prop. 47’s Problems?

In November 2014, California voters approved Proposition 47, which lowered the penalties for a host of so-called “nonviolent offenses” from felonies to misdemeanors. The measure, along with public safety realignment and 2016’s Prop. 57 – which increased sentence credits and parole opportunities – is part of an effort by Gov. ...
Health Care

Sally Pipes on The Conservative Commandos

Listen to “#CONSERVATIVE COMMANDOS #ClaudiaRosett #SallyPipes #CarlHigbie #PresidentTrump #POTUS #VPOTUS #KimJongUn #Single-Payer #GinaHaspel 3-14-18” on Spreaker. PRI’s Sally C. Pipes discusses her new book, The False Promise of Single-Payer Health Care with Rick Trader and Sharron Angle on “The Conservative Commandos” radio program. Sally’s interview begins at the 64 minute ...
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The View from Sacramento

PRI meets with Assembly Republican Leader Brian Dahle at the State Capitol. Last week, PRI’s team was in Sacramento for our annual “Legislative Day” at the State Capitol. Every year, we meet with legislators, key staff, and leaders in the Capitol Community to discuss our work on state issues, get ...
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What We’re Watching: Even Fabio Has Turned on California

There were simply too many great videos to choose from for this week’s “What We’re Watching”. Narrowing down our choices this week was as hard as the task faced by the judges on American Idol on Monday night having to cut down 5 contestants. For the record, I’m still upset ...
Blog

Slow Times at Vallco Mall

Watch the 1980s classic film “Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” and you’ll see Sean Penn, Judge Reinhold, Phoebe Cates, Jennifer Jason Leigh and the gang hanging out at “Ridgemont Mall,” which was actually the Sherman Oaks Galleria. The “go to” mall for me growing up was Vallco Mall in Cupertino.  ...
Blog

What We’re Watching

Today, we’re launching a new weekly feature on Right by the Bay called “What We’re Watching”. Think of it as our click bait for short video clips that you should be watching. Every day, when we gather around the water cooler or check our e-mails, we’re bombarded with suggestions for ...
Blog

Herding Cats and Moving the Ball Forward

Tim Anaya interviews Senate Republican Leader Patricia Bates at the State Capitol in Sacramento. Over the years, I had the opportunity to work for 9 consecutive Assembly Republican Leaders.  To say that leading the minority party in California is a great challenge is an understatement. Transitioning from being one Senator ...
Blog

3 Free-Market Bills Worth Watching in April Committee Rush

Former Assemblyman Dennis Mountjoy said it best.  When speaking about his time in the Legislature, he said, “I’m not a lawmaker.  I’m a Republican!” When I worked in the Legislature, I used to always joke that my fellow Republican staff and I had one busy month a year – April. ...
Blog

AG Race is the Most Important 2018 Race You’re Not Following

Last week, I had the opportunity to attend a debate of the Democrat and Republican candidates for California Attorney General, which was sponsored by the Sacramento Press Club. The Republican and Democratic candidates could not present a starker contrast. The Republican candidates – Southern California attorney Eric Early and retired ...
Blackouts

Could Regional Electric Grid Impose Costly CA Policies on Other States?

When talking about the management of California’s power grid, people’s eyelids will surely grow heavy before you finish making your point. But how California’s power grid is managed is incredibly important.  Think back to 2001 and California’s electricity crisis and the rolling blackouts. I once had the chance to visit ...
Blog

Is Theft Ring Bill A Sign That Even Liberals Are Waking Up to Prop. 47’s Problems?

In November 2014, California voters approved Proposition 47, which lowered the penalties for a host of so-called “nonviolent offenses” from felonies to misdemeanors. The measure, along with public safety realignment and 2016’s Prop. 57 – which increased sentence credits and parole opportunities – is part of an effort by Gov. ...
Health Care

Sally Pipes on The Conservative Commandos

Listen to “#CONSERVATIVE COMMANDOS #ClaudiaRosett #SallyPipes #CarlHigbie #PresidentTrump #POTUS #VPOTUS #KimJongUn #Single-Payer #GinaHaspel 3-14-18” on Spreaker. PRI’s Sally C. Pipes discusses her new book, The False Promise of Single-Payer Health Care with Rick Trader and Sharron Angle on “The Conservative Commandos” radio program. Sally’s interview begins at the 64 minute ...
Blog

The View from Sacramento

PRI meets with Assembly Republican Leader Brian Dahle at the State Capitol. Last week, PRI’s team was in Sacramento for our annual “Legislative Day” at the State Capitol. Every year, we meet with legislators, key staff, and leaders in the Capitol Community to discuss our work on state issues, get ...
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