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Flouting the Law: USDOJ Finds UC Med Schools Racially Discriminated
In 1996, California voters approved Proposition 209, which prohibited government, such as public universities, from discriminating or granting preferences based on race, sex, or ethnicity. After its approval, the language of the proposition became part of the state constitution. In 2020, an effort to overturn 209 was soundly defeated by ...
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Young Americans Have Real Problems. Socialism Is the Wrong Answer.
That’s an extraordinary reversal and simply telling young Americans that socialism doesn’t work won’t reverse it. To make the case for free markets, we first have to understand why socialism is appealing to so many young Americans. Consider the Democratic Socialists of America have become a visible political force appealing ...
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How Will The Next California Governor Handle The State’s Zero-Emission Vehicle Mandate
Gov. Gavin Newsom has spent years insisting California will end sales of new gasoline-powered cars in 2035. His successor might have other ideas. When asked if the Newsom’s mandate was the “right goal,” Republican nominee Steve Hilton has said “of course” it “has to be dismantled.” This is exactly as ...
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Pensions are main reason for slowing police response times
Pensions are main reason for slowing police response times by John Seiler | August 28, 2026 One of the reasons to be vigilant about excessive police compensation is because it ironically can crowd out funds for adequate numbers of officers. As cities enter a period of mounting budget deficits, that ...
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Bay Area transit tax would lock in flawed spending system for decades
It’s a tax that would run for 14 years and raise an average of $1.2 billion a year. The four northern counties of Marin, Napa, Solano and Sonoma looked at the deal and opted out. To work around the need for a two-thirds majority, tax proponents funded a petition drive to place ...
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The High Cost of Doing the Right Thing – What a Trip to the Dump Has in Common with the DMV
Oakland has become one of America’s most visible symbols of illegal dumping. Discarded mattresses line neighborhood streets. Sofas, refrigerators, tires, construction debris and bags of household garbage accumulate beneath freeway overpasses, in vacant lots and along roadsides. The consequences extend well beyond appearance. Illegal dumping attracts rodents, creates fire hazards, ...
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California’s New Software Tax Is Another Step Toward More Digital Taxes
Senate Bill 122 is projected to raise roughly $2 billion annual tax increase on the software businesses use to operate, and its costs will spread far beyond company software bills. Since software as a service supports nearly every part of the modern economy, businesses will have to absorb those higher ...
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Newsom Celebrates a Higher Minimum Wage as California Jobs Struggle
California law now provides for an annual adjustment to the statewide minimum wage for inflation. On Jan. 1, 2027, it will jump from $16.90 per hour to $17.40., higher than any statewide minimum wage currently in effect. (In a few cities, the minimum wage is already $20 an hour and in many others it’s dangerously ...
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Who should be liable when utility equipment sparks wildfires?
Who should be liable when utility equipment sparks wildfires? by Kerry Jackson | August 21, 2026 California utilities have been responsible for more than 1 million acres of scorched land. Power lines and other equipment, often outdated, have caused thousands of wildfires. Last year’s Eaton Fire in Los Angeles County for instance, ...
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Charter reform is fine, but sinkhole points to LA’s deeper problems
That’s just one facet of the recommendations delivered to Los Angeles Charter Reform Commission (CRC) members in April while the primary campaign was in full swing. An abundance of Angelenos clearly want something better than spending their tax dollars on failed policies, programs and virtue-signaling. LA residents certainly want functioning ...
Flouting the Law: USDOJ Finds UC Med Schools Racially Discriminated
In 1996, California voters approved Proposition 209, which prohibited government, such as public universities, from discriminating or granting preferences based on race, sex, or ethnicity. After its approval, the language of the proposition became part of the state constitution. In 2020, an effort to overturn 209 was soundly defeated by ...
Young Americans Have Real Problems. Socialism Is the Wrong Answer.
That’s an extraordinary reversal and simply telling young Americans that socialism doesn’t work won’t reverse it. To make the case for free markets, we first have to understand why socialism is appealing to so many young Americans. Consider the Democratic Socialists of America have become a visible political force appealing ...
How Will The Next California Governor Handle The State’s Zero-Emission Vehicle Mandate
Gov. Gavin Newsom has spent years insisting California will end sales of new gasoline-powered cars in 2035. His successor might have other ideas. When asked if the Newsom’s mandate was the “right goal,” Republican nominee Steve Hilton has said “of course” it “has to be dismantled.” This is exactly as ...
Pensions are main reason for slowing police response times
Pensions are main reason for slowing police response times by John Seiler | August 28, 2026 One of the reasons to be vigilant about excessive police compensation is because it ironically can crowd out funds for adequate numbers of officers. As cities enter a period of mounting budget deficits, that ...
Bay Area transit tax would lock in flawed spending system for decades
It’s a tax that would run for 14 years and raise an average of $1.2 billion a year. The four northern counties of Marin, Napa, Solano and Sonoma looked at the deal and opted out. To work around the need for a two-thirds majority, tax proponents funded a petition drive to place ...
The High Cost of Doing the Right Thing – What a Trip to the Dump Has in Common with the DMV
Oakland has become one of America’s most visible symbols of illegal dumping. Discarded mattresses line neighborhood streets. Sofas, refrigerators, tires, construction debris and bags of household garbage accumulate beneath freeway overpasses, in vacant lots and along roadsides. The consequences extend well beyond appearance. Illegal dumping attracts rodents, creates fire hazards, ...
California’s New Software Tax Is Another Step Toward More Digital Taxes
Senate Bill 122 is projected to raise roughly $2 billion annual tax increase on the software businesses use to operate, and its costs will spread far beyond company software bills. Since software as a service supports nearly every part of the modern economy, businesses will have to absorb those higher ...
Newsom Celebrates a Higher Minimum Wage as California Jobs Struggle
California law now provides for an annual adjustment to the statewide minimum wage for inflation. On Jan. 1, 2027, it will jump from $16.90 per hour to $17.40., higher than any statewide minimum wage currently in effect. (In a few cities, the minimum wage is already $20 an hour and in many others it’s dangerously ...
Who should be liable when utility equipment sparks wildfires?
Who should be liable when utility equipment sparks wildfires? by Kerry Jackson | August 21, 2026 California utilities have been responsible for more than 1 million acres of scorched land. Power lines and other equipment, often outdated, have caused thousands of wildfires. Last year’s Eaton Fire in Los Angeles County for instance, ...
Charter reform is fine, but sinkhole points to LA’s deeper problems
That’s just one facet of the recommendations delivered to Los Angeles Charter Reform Commission (CRC) members in April while the primary campaign was in full swing. An abundance of Angelenos clearly want something better than spending their tax dollars on failed policies, programs and virtue-signaling. LA residents certainly want functioning ...