On this week’s podcast, enjoy a special presentation of PRI’s recent Newport Beach luncheon featuring Heather Mac Donald of the Manhattan Institute in conversation with PRI senior fellow in urban studies Steve Smith. Heather and ...
08 August, 2022
When rampant inflation and government policy collide, independent workers and consumers bear the brunt of the consequences. The recent enforcement of California’s AB 5 is beginning to ripple through California and, by extension, t...
28 July, 2022
This podcast features a new analysis of Gov. Newsom’s Project Homekey – his plan to alleviate homelessness in the state. Project Homekey, which evolved from the original Project Roomkey, provides taxpayer funds to renovate old bu...
25 July, 2022
The Real Solution to Homelessness is Not Where They Live Last week, the Los Angeles City Council members passed a controversial resolution that would ban homeless encampments within 500 feet of a school or daycare. But they aren’t...
16 August, 2022
“Join us in California where we still believe in freedom,” urged Gov. Newsom in a political ad to Floridians — never mind that he barred California state government workers from ever traveling to the Sunshine Sta...
09 August, 2022
Gov. Newsom made waves once again with another political hit on red state governors. This time film and TV productions that moved to red states that reject Newsom’s blue state agenda were targeted. In a full page advertisement in...
08 August, 2022
On this week’s podcast, enjoy a special presentation of PRI’s recent Newport Beach luncheon featuring Heather Mac Donald of the Manhattan Institute in conversation with PRI senior fellow in urban studies Steve Smith. Heather and ...
08 August, 2022
Join Rowena and Tim for a special celebration of Next Round’s 5th anniversary as they take a trip down memory lane reliving some of our most interesting, provocative, and entertaining interviews. They share behind the scenes stor...
02 August, 2022
This podcast features a new analysis of Gov. Newsom’s Project Homekey – his plan to alleviate homelessness in the state. Project Homekey, which evolved from the original Project Roomkey, provides taxpayer funds to renovate old bu...
25 July, 2022
BY KERRY JACKSON and WAYNE WINEGARDEN SACRAMENTO – Contrary to claims that Project Homekey is successfully addressing California’s homeless crisis, a new study released today by the nonpartisan Pacific Research Institute fi...
21 July, 2022
DOWNLOAD THE PDF California’s 2022 budget includes a tax on lithium, which is necessary for building electric vehicle batteries. It’s almost as if policymakers aren’t as interested in forcing people into electric vehicles as they ...
21 July, 2022
DOWNLOAD THE BRIEF The overcast days of June Gloom, a month of cloud and fog cover along the usually sunny Southern California coastal regions, can be a bit depressing. It’s a natural phenomenon that can’t be controlled. The same ...
20 June, 2022
Dr. Wayne Winegarden, PRI Senior Fellow in Business and Economics, discusses the findings of his new study on Project Homekey (co-authored with Kerry Jackson) on the popular John and Ken Show on KFI-AM 640 in Los Angeles. ShareTwe...
02 August, 2022Listen to Dr. Wayne Winegarden, PRI senior fellow business and economics and co-author of No Way Home, discuss the new PRI study on Project Homekey on “The Andy Caldwell Show”. The interview begins at the 42:00 mark. ...
25 July, 2022
Watch Kerry Jackson, fellow with PRI’s Center for California Reform, discuss the move by state lawmakers to ban things ranging from gas-powered cars to ketchup packets at fast food restaurants on the “California Inside...
14 February, 2022
Watch Lance Izumi, senior director of PRI’s Center for Education, in conversation with Secretary Betsy DeVos, author of the new book Hostages No More: The Fight for Education Freedom and the Future of the American Child (Cen...
16 August, 2022
Advocacy group Pacific Research Institute pushes back on state’s claims about Homekey homeless program By Ben van der Meer – Senior Reporter, Sacramento Business Journal The state of California touted Project Homekey as a ...
04 August, 2022
Join Rowena and Tim for a special celebration of Next Round’s 5th anniversary as they take a trip down memory lane reliving some of our most interesting, provocative, and entertaining interviews. They share behind the scenes stor...
02 August, 2022
Commentary
National Rankings Show San Francisco Falling Further Behind
What has happened to San Francisco, often thought of in the past as the most beautiful city in the country, if not the entire world? The transition from beloved by almost all to profoundly repellant to many is the sad story of a g...
27 July, 2022Wayne Winegarden Talks California’s Project Homekey on Andy Caldwell Show
PRI’s Wayne Winegarden discusses California’s Project Homekey and his new study from Kerry Jackson and himself, “Project Homekey Provides No Way Home for California’s Homeless,” on the Andy Caldwell Show. S...
25 July, 2022California Crime ‘Reform’ Takes Away Key Tool to Hold Juvenile Killers Accountable
In 2000 California passed Proposition 21 – a ballot proposition aimed at addressing gang violence and allowing prosecutors to hold juveniles accountable as adults for violent crimes. 18 years later, voters reaffirmed their desire...
12 July, 2022