Pacific Research Institute | California Podcast

How Non-Profits and Private Charities Can More Effectively Lift People Out of Poverty

April 08, 2019

California

There are many well-intentioned programs serving the homeless in California, but private charities and non-profits are just as effective – if not more so – in getting people back on their feet. PRI’s Kerry Jackson and Damon Dunn, Michele Steeb of Saint John’s Program...

Legislating Energy Poverty

April 01, 2019

California

Public opinion polls show that most Californians see climate change as a threat to the state’s economy and quality of life, yet the state’s approach is hurting poor, rural, inland, and minority communities. PRI’s Wayne Winegarden, Nick Loris of the Heritage Foundation, and John...

March 18 – Free-Market Solutions to California’s Health Care Challenges

March 18, 2019

California

In part 1 of a special 4-part series on how free-market ideas can build new, diverse coalitions in California, PRI’s Sally Pipes, Wayne Winegarden, and Henry Miller discuss how proposals like single-payer health care and new mandates on prescription drugs would hurt innovation and how...

Sen. Mike Morrell – Will the Legislature Finally Act to Break California’s Housing Logjam?

March 11, 2019

California

Senate Housing Committee Vice Chair Mike Morrell joins us to discuss all things housing, including the prospects for free-market housing reform legislation this session and his thoughts on Gov. Newsom targeting cities over their failure to meet state housing goals. We also discuss his...

Samuel Coleman on the Impact of the Janus Decision in California

February 18, 2019

California

[podcast src="https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/8681453/height/360/theme/standard/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/" height="360" width="100%" placement="top" theme="standard"]Samuel Coleman, California Outreach Director of the Freedom Foundation, discusses his organization’s efforts to inform union members of their First Amendment rights after the landmark Supreme Court Janus decision in 2018. Janus ruled that non-union members no longer have to...

Sally Pipes on Single-Payer Healthcare

February 11, 2019

Sally Pipes, president and CEO of PRI and PRI’s health care expert, discusses the future of single-payer health care, which is shaping up to be a hot political issue in the 2020 presidential elections. She also talks about the future of single-payer in California,...

Out With The Old and In With The New – The PRI All-Stars on the Newsom Inauguration

January 07, 2019

California

Join the PRI All Stars as we review Gov. Gavin Newsom’s inaugural address. We explore the memorable moments from his speech, whether Californians will remember anything he said by the end of the week, what we can glean from his speech on health care,...