California
Commentary
By Upholding The Constitution, Trump Can Breathe New Life Into “Repeal and Replace”
Republicans are still smarting from the failure of the American Health Care Act just 10 days ago. Speaker Ryan acknowledged reality when he said in the aftermath of the bills collapse, “Obamacare is the law of the land . . . for the foreseeable future.” “Foreseeable future” need not mean ...
Sally C. Pipes
April 3, 2017
California
San Francisco’s Universal Health Care Plan Eyed As Model For California
SAN FRANCISCO — Maria Consuelo believes she’s alive today because of a groundbreaking program this left-leaning city created a decade ago – one that guarantees health coverage to every one of its 864,000 residents. It’s made San Francisco the only place in the country where truly universal health coverage exists, ...
Tracy Seipel
April 2, 2017
Blog
Will Largest Gas Tax Increase In State History Bring Traffic Relief?
It’s painfully obvious that lawmakers in Sacramento just can’t help themselves. Otherwise Gov. Jerry Brown and a majority of legislators wouldn’t support a $52 billion tax hike to fix Califor- nia’s gouged, pitted and cracked roads. They would find a way to do it with the resources they have. Republicans ...
Kerry Jackson
April 1, 2017
California
Single Payer Is Fool’s Gold For California
While the latest Republican attempt to repeal and replace ObamaCare may have failed, Democrats in California and in D.C. are just getting started in their effort to eliminate the health law. Unfortunately, they’re angling to replace ObamaCare with something even worse. In California, State Senators Ricardo Lara and Toni Atkins ...
Sally C. Pipes
March 31, 2017
California
Join PRI For A Panel Discussion On California’s Housing Crisis On April 11
Join PRI for a “California Ideas in Action” Panel Discussion Unaffordable: How Government Policy Has Shaped California’s Housing Crisis and What Can Be Done to Fix It Tuesday, April 11 10:30 am California State Capitol, Room 126 Sacramento Please RSVP to Tim Anaya at [email protected] Click here for a flyer ...
Pacific Research Institute
March 28, 2017
Business & Economics
Wayne Winegarden Discusses The Clean Power Plan On “The Takeaway”
PRI’s Wayne Winegarden talks about President Trump’s executive action to repeal the Clean Power Plan with Todd Zwillich on “The Takeaway.” Click here to listen to the interview. Last year, PRI released “The Clean Power Plan’s Economic Impact,” a 50-state study showing that the Obama Administration’s climate change regulations would ...
Pacific Research Institute
March 28, 2017
Business & Economics
CAPITAL IDEAS: Rent Control Would Put Housing Out of Reach for More Californians
Download the Brief Click here to watch PRI’s panel discussion on California’s housing crisis from the State Capitol in Sacramento. The most unaffordable city in the world in which to rent a home is not New York or Tokyo or Hong Kong. The title belongs to San Francisco, where a ...
Kerry Jackson
March 24, 2017
Blog
Rent Control Would Put Housing Out of Reach for More Californians
The most unaffordable city in the world in which to rent a home is not New York or Tokyo or Hong Kong. The title belongs to San Francisco, where a single person who wants to live on their own needs to earn more than $85,000 a year to pay the ...
Kerry Jackson
March 24, 2017
California
California Single-Payer Bill Looks Backward, Instead Of Forward To A New Era Of Patient Choice
Here we go again. The California State Legislature is considering yet another bill to impose a so-called single-payer, government monopoly, health care system. This has long been an obsession of the California’s nurses unions, because a health system under total government control would suit the narrow interests of union leaders. ...
John R. Graham
March 23, 2017
California
Devin Nunes Has 5 Big Ideas To Fix California
There are 120 legislators and eight elected statewide officials in Sacramento, but maybe the most sensible elected official in California lives much of the time in Washington, D.C. Or at least the one who’s making the most sensible proposals. Rep. Devin Nunes, who represents California’s 22nd District in Congress, encouraged ...
Kerry Jackson
March 22, 2017
By Upholding The Constitution, Trump Can Breathe New Life Into “Repeal and Replace”
Republicans are still smarting from the failure of the American Health Care Act just 10 days ago. Speaker Ryan acknowledged reality when he said in the aftermath of the bills collapse, “Obamacare is the law of the land . . . for the foreseeable future.” “Foreseeable future” need not mean ...
San Francisco’s Universal Health Care Plan Eyed As Model For California
SAN FRANCISCO — Maria Consuelo believes she’s alive today because of a groundbreaking program this left-leaning city created a decade ago – one that guarantees health coverage to every one of its 864,000 residents. It’s made San Francisco the only place in the country where truly universal health coverage exists, ...
Will Largest Gas Tax Increase In State History Bring Traffic Relief?
It’s painfully obvious that lawmakers in Sacramento just can’t help themselves. Otherwise Gov. Jerry Brown and a majority of legislators wouldn’t support a $52 billion tax hike to fix Califor- nia’s gouged, pitted and cracked roads. They would find a way to do it with the resources they have. Republicans ...
Single Payer Is Fool’s Gold For California
While the latest Republican attempt to repeal and replace ObamaCare may have failed, Democrats in California and in D.C. are just getting started in their effort to eliminate the health law. Unfortunately, they’re angling to replace ObamaCare with something even worse. In California, State Senators Ricardo Lara and Toni Atkins ...
Join PRI For A Panel Discussion On California’s Housing Crisis On April 11
Join PRI for a “California Ideas in Action” Panel Discussion Unaffordable: How Government Policy Has Shaped California’s Housing Crisis and What Can Be Done to Fix It Tuesday, April 11 10:30 am California State Capitol, Room 126 Sacramento Please RSVP to Tim Anaya at [email protected] Click here for a flyer ...
Wayne Winegarden Discusses The Clean Power Plan On “The Takeaway”
PRI’s Wayne Winegarden talks about President Trump’s executive action to repeal the Clean Power Plan with Todd Zwillich on “The Takeaway.” Click here to listen to the interview. Last year, PRI released “The Clean Power Plan’s Economic Impact,” a 50-state study showing that the Obama Administration’s climate change regulations would ...
CAPITAL IDEAS: Rent Control Would Put Housing Out of Reach for More Californians
Download the Brief Click here to watch PRI’s panel discussion on California’s housing crisis from the State Capitol in Sacramento. The most unaffordable city in the world in which to rent a home is not New York or Tokyo or Hong Kong. The title belongs to San Francisco, where a ...
Rent Control Would Put Housing Out of Reach for More Californians
The most unaffordable city in the world in which to rent a home is not New York or Tokyo or Hong Kong. The title belongs to San Francisco, where a single person who wants to live on their own needs to earn more than $85,000 a year to pay the ...
California Single-Payer Bill Looks Backward, Instead Of Forward To A New Era Of Patient Choice
Here we go again. The California State Legislature is considering yet another bill to impose a so-called single-payer, government monopoly, health care system. This has long been an obsession of the California’s nurses unions, because a health system under total government control would suit the narrow interests of union leaders. ...
Devin Nunes Has 5 Big Ideas To Fix California
There are 120 legislators and eight elected statewide officials in Sacramento, but maybe the most sensible elected official in California lives much of the time in Washington, D.C. Or at least the one who’s making the most sensible proposals. Rep. Devin Nunes, who represents California’s 22nd District in Congress, encouraged ...