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California’s Assembly Bill 5 Is A Virus Moving Across the Country

The flood of lousy legislation that has poured out of Sacramento for the last two decades or so truly astonishes in its volume. As fourth-rate as the lawmaking has been, though, nothing has been worse than Assembly Bill 5, an existential threat to both jobs and businesses because it requires ...
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The 2019 PRI Holiday Book Guide

With Thanksgiving falling late this year, you have one less week to get all of your Christmas shopping done.  If you are like me, you’re a bit overwhelmed trying to find the perfect gift for everyone on your shopping list. To give you some inspiration for your holiday shopping, we ...
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A Bearish View on California’s Budget Surplus

Last week the Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) published its latest fiscal outlook for California. The headlines were so great that you could almost hear the champagne corks popping in Sacramento. Not only has the state budget in California run surpluses for several years now, the LAO expects another surplus for ...
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Want to Help Homeless Children? Address Their Education

Recently, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution recognizing November 2019 as Homeless Children and Youth Awareness Month and, importantly, highlighted lack of education as a key characteristic of homeless youth. The Senate resolution noted that young people without a high school degree or general educational development certificate (GED) are significantly ...
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What We’re Watching – November 22

Rowena Itchon – Sally Pipes Debates Single Payer at UC Berkeley Watch Sally Pipes’ debate on single-payer health care in front of students at UC Berkeley. https://www.facebook.com/CalTV/videos/451529945478105/ Ben Smithwick – On Efforts to Crack Down on Free Speech Online Investor and entrepreneur Peter Thiel, who was the keynote speaker at ...
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California Should Embrace Internet Freedom to Ensure Future Innovation, Prosperity

Last month the D.C. Court of Appeals settled, for now, the question of how much freedom consumers will be guaranteed to make their internet experience the one they want. The Court upheld the current Federal Communication Commission’s Restoring Internet Freedom Order, which repealed the prior administration’s heavy-handed, 1930s-style regulation of ...
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At the Intersection of Art and Climate In California

When the California Air Resources Board opens its new headquarters in two years in Riverside, it will be basking in the radiance of the “world’s largest permanent collection of artworks addressing air quality and the effects of climate change.” The cost: $2.42 million, funded by a public art alliance. And ...
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Meet the obscure federal interagency committee who keeps an eye on foreign investment and national security

The United States tweet first, tariff second trade policy against China continues to define American -Chinese relations. As both nations pursue the “Cold War light” escalation through tariffs, the United States continues to drum up new regulations to combat Chinese economic influence. One policy the federal government is embracing is ...
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$15 Minimum Wage Push Claims Latest Victim – Popular East Sac Greek Restaurant

When I was on vacation recently in Europe, our tour guide would tell us stories every night about her time living as a young bride in Greece with her late husband and young daughter.  As we departed, she said she would love to be our guide some day on a ...
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What We’re Watching – November 15

Tim Anaya – Kerry Jackson Talks CA’s Power Outages, Homelessness, Rent Control on National TV In case you missed it, PRI’s own Kerry Jackson was a guest on “The Daily Ledger” on One America News Network discussing California’s major problems, including his new Cap Ideas brief on the state’s massive ...
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California’s Assembly Bill 5 Is A Virus Moving Across the Country

The flood of lousy legislation that has poured out of Sacramento for the last two decades or so truly astonishes in its volume. As fourth-rate as the lawmaking has been, though, nothing has been worse than Assembly Bill 5, an existential threat to both jobs and businesses because it requires ...
Blog

The 2019 PRI Holiday Book Guide

With Thanksgiving falling late this year, you have one less week to get all of your Christmas shopping done.  If you are like me, you’re a bit overwhelmed trying to find the perfect gift for everyone on your shopping list. To give you some inspiration for your holiday shopping, we ...
Blog

A Bearish View on California’s Budget Surplus

Last week the Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) published its latest fiscal outlook for California. The headlines were so great that you could almost hear the champagne corks popping in Sacramento. Not only has the state budget in California run surpluses for several years now, the LAO expects another surplus for ...
Blog

Want to Help Homeless Children? Address Their Education

Recently, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution recognizing November 2019 as Homeless Children and Youth Awareness Month and, importantly, highlighted lack of education as a key characteristic of homeless youth. The Senate resolution noted that young people without a high school degree or general educational development certificate (GED) are significantly ...
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What We’re Watching – November 22

Rowena Itchon – Sally Pipes Debates Single Payer at UC Berkeley Watch Sally Pipes’ debate on single-payer health care in front of students at UC Berkeley. https://www.facebook.com/CalTV/videos/451529945478105/ Ben Smithwick – On Efforts to Crack Down on Free Speech Online Investor and entrepreneur Peter Thiel, who was the keynote speaker at ...
Blog

California Should Embrace Internet Freedom to Ensure Future Innovation, Prosperity

Last month the D.C. Court of Appeals settled, for now, the question of how much freedom consumers will be guaranteed to make their internet experience the one they want. The Court upheld the current Federal Communication Commission’s Restoring Internet Freedom Order, which repealed the prior administration’s heavy-handed, 1930s-style regulation of ...
Blog

At the Intersection of Art and Climate In California

When the California Air Resources Board opens its new headquarters in two years in Riverside, it will be basking in the radiance of the “world’s largest permanent collection of artworks addressing air quality and the effects of climate change.” The cost: $2.42 million, funded by a public art alliance. And ...
Blog

Meet the obscure federal interagency committee who keeps an eye on foreign investment and national security

The United States tweet first, tariff second trade policy against China continues to define American -Chinese relations. As both nations pursue the “Cold War light” escalation through tariffs, the United States continues to drum up new regulations to combat Chinese economic influence. One policy the federal government is embracing is ...
Blog

$15 Minimum Wage Push Claims Latest Victim – Popular East Sac Greek Restaurant

When I was on vacation recently in Europe, our tour guide would tell us stories every night about her time living as a young bride in Greece with her late husband and young daughter.  As we departed, she said she would love to be our guide some day on a ...
Blog

What We’re Watching – November 15

Tim Anaya – Kerry Jackson Talks CA’s Power Outages, Homelessness, Rent Control on National TV In case you missed it, PRI’s own Kerry Jackson was a guest on “The Daily Ledger” on One America News Network discussing California’s major problems, including his new Cap Ideas brief on the state’s massive ...
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