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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 ...
Agriculture

New Survey Shows Golden State Marching to the Beat of its Own Drummer

Last week, I had the opportunity to attend a very interesting presentation in Sacramento by the Edelman public relations firm on its annual “Trust Barometer” survey. For the past 18 years, the firm’s research arm has conducted a global survey measuring the public’s trust in key institutions and organizations.  You ...
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The Most Surprising Result in PRI’s California Business Climate Survey

This week, PRI’s scholars are offering their perspectives on different aspects of PRI’s new survey of business executives in high-demand fields who aren’t expanding in the Golden State. Reading the survey results, a lot of the findings were what you might expect. For example, 71 percent said that the state’s ...
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Why are Highly-Desired Industries & Jobs Not Coming to California?

California lawmakers have made it clear. They want clean tech, R&D, manufacturing, energy, and other highly-desired industries to set up shop in California and create jobs in the Golden. State. Yet, despite introducing legislation offering tax credits and other incentives for these companies to come here, most are choosing not ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Agriculture

New Survey Shows Golden State Marching to the Beat of its Own Drummer

Last week, I had the opportunity to attend a very interesting presentation in Sacramento by the Edelman public relations firm on its annual “Trust Barometer” survey. For the past 18 years, the firm’s research arm has conducted a global survey measuring the public’s trust in key institutions and organizations.  You ...
Blog

The Most Surprising Result in PRI’s California Business Climate Survey

This week, PRI’s scholars are offering their perspectives on different aspects of PRI’s new survey of business executives in high-demand fields who aren’t expanding in the Golden State. Reading the survey results, a lot of the findings were what you might expect. For example, 71 percent said that the state’s ...
Blog

Why are Highly-Desired Industries & Jobs Not Coming to California?

California lawmakers have made it clear. They want clean tech, R&D, manufacturing, energy, and other highly-desired industries to set up shop in California and create jobs in the Golden. State. Yet, despite introducing legislation offering tax credits and other incentives for these companies to come here, most are choosing not ...
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