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. ...

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 ...

Watch: Learn How California’s New Reforms Are Making it Easier to Build ADUs

Watch below as a Sacramento-area homeowner gives us a tour of her family’s newly-build ADU and learn how California’s new reforms are making it much easier to build new ADUs.
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America’s Smaller Cities Hold Big Answers for Urban Revival, New PRI Booklet Finds

As policymakers search for answers to the growing challenges facing America’s largest cities, a new study from the Pacific Research Institute – the California-based, nonpartisan, free market think tank – suggests they may be looking in the wrong places. PRI’s ...

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