California
Business & Economics
Loan rate-cap bill would harm consumers
The California Senate Banking Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing Wednesday (June 26) on a bill that caps consumer loan rates and threatens to sever a vital credit lifeline for many. Oddly, three commercial lenders who offer the kind of loans subject to this regulation support it. Assembly Bill ...
California
Next Round’s 100th Episode with Special Guest House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy
It’s the 100th episode of Next Round with PRI and House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy is our special guest. We discuss the first 6 months of the Democratic majority in the House, and a host of issues of concern to Californians including big tech and privacy, high-speed rail, health care, ...
Blog
Of Dumb Privacy Laws and Smart Speakers
Over the last couple of years, several state legislatures have considered online privacy legislation. Most of these efforts failed, including in California, but the misguided effort was brought back by a San Francisco real estate developer, Alastair MacTaggart, with no expertise in privacy law or legislation. He spent his millions ...
California
Listen to Kerry Jackson on Sunday Morning Newsmakers with Larry Marino
Listen to Kerry Jackson, Fellow with PRI’s Center for California Reform, discuss his new book Living in Fear in California with host Larry Marino on “Sunday Morning Newsmakers” on AM 870 The Answer, KRLA Radio in Los Angeles.
California
If Newsom Is Right, California’s Rot Is Coming To The Rest Of America
California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom predicted this week that the Republican Party will “will go into the waste bin of society.” It was an interesting comment, coming only a couple of weeks after his party’s presidential candidates appeared at California’s Democratic Party convention. That convention showed why California is moving in a ...
Commentary
Medicaid expansion is a failure: Lots of spending, little benefit
Researchers from MIT and Harvard recently released a report concluding that Obamacare had a “clearly positive effect on access to and consumption of health care.” Nearly 16 million people gained coverage through Medicaid expansion while just over 11 million purchased insurance through Obamacare’s exchanges in the past year. But that ...
Blog
CAPITAL IDEAS: Lease-Purchase Model May Provide Solution for Home Affordability Problem
READ THE PDF For a large majority of Americans, their home is their most valuable asset, while also serving as a major portion of their retirement portfolio. For others, owning their home provides a source of stability and community for themselves and their children, granting freedom from worry about rising ...
California
NEW STUDY: Free-Market Reforms, Private Charities Key to Addressing San Francisco’s Growing Homeless Crisis
A new brief on San Francisco’s homeless crisis published today by the nonpartisan Pacific Research Institute concludes that the city could make great strides in reducing homelessness by encouraging and supporting private sector involvement, while making policy changes that will invite a homebuilding boom. The brief includes more than a ...
California
Kerry Jackson Discusses Living in Fear in California on Newsmax TV
Watch Kerry Jackson, fellow with PRI’s Center for California Reform, discuss his new book, Living in Fear in California, on “The Brett Winterble Show” on Newsmax TV. Click here to watch the interview (The interview begins at the 1:01:35 mark)
Blog
When The Lights Go Out In California
When Sacramento unwisely decided that 100% of retail electricity sales in the state would have to be generated by renewable sources by 2045, most reasonable people would have thought that hydroelectric power would be included in the portfolio. But it seems the policymakers in Sacramento might not be altogether reasonable. ...
Loan rate-cap bill would harm consumers
The California Senate Banking Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing Wednesday (June 26) on a bill that caps consumer loan rates and threatens to sever a vital credit lifeline for many. Oddly, three commercial lenders who offer the kind of loans subject to this regulation support it. Assembly Bill ...
Next Round’s 100th Episode with Special Guest House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy
It’s the 100th episode of Next Round with PRI and House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy is our special guest. We discuss the first 6 months of the Democratic majority in the House, and a host of issues of concern to Californians including big tech and privacy, high-speed rail, health care, ...
Of Dumb Privacy Laws and Smart Speakers
Over the last couple of years, several state legislatures have considered online privacy legislation. Most of these efforts failed, including in California, but the misguided effort was brought back by a San Francisco real estate developer, Alastair MacTaggart, with no expertise in privacy law or legislation. He spent his millions ...
Listen to Kerry Jackson on Sunday Morning Newsmakers with Larry Marino
Listen to Kerry Jackson, Fellow with PRI’s Center for California Reform, discuss his new book Living in Fear in California with host Larry Marino on “Sunday Morning Newsmakers” on AM 870 The Answer, KRLA Radio in Los Angeles.
If Newsom Is Right, California’s Rot Is Coming To The Rest Of America
California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom predicted this week that the Republican Party will “will go into the waste bin of society.” It was an interesting comment, coming only a couple of weeks after his party’s presidential candidates appeared at California’s Democratic Party convention. That convention showed why California is moving in a ...
Medicaid expansion is a failure: Lots of spending, little benefit
Researchers from MIT and Harvard recently released a report concluding that Obamacare had a “clearly positive effect on access to and consumption of health care.” Nearly 16 million people gained coverage through Medicaid expansion while just over 11 million purchased insurance through Obamacare’s exchanges in the past year. But that ...
CAPITAL IDEAS: Lease-Purchase Model May Provide Solution for Home Affordability Problem
READ THE PDF For a large majority of Americans, their home is their most valuable asset, while also serving as a major portion of their retirement portfolio. For others, owning their home provides a source of stability and community for themselves and their children, granting freedom from worry about rising ...
NEW STUDY: Free-Market Reforms, Private Charities Key to Addressing San Francisco’s Growing Homeless Crisis
A new brief on San Francisco’s homeless crisis published today by the nonpartisan Pacific Research Institute concludes that the city could make great strides in reducing homelessness by encouraging and supporting private sector involvement, while making policy changes that will invite a homebuilding boom. The brief includes more than a ...
Kerry Jackson Discusses Living in Fear in California on Newsmax TV
Watch Kerry Jackson, fellow with PRI’s Center for California Reform, discuss his new book, Living in Fear in California, on “The Brett Winterble Show” on Newsmax TV. Click here to watch the interview (The interview begins at the 1:01:35 mark)
When The Lights Go Out In California
When Sacramento unwisely decided that 100% of retail electricity sales in the state would have to be generated by renewable sources by 2045, most reasonable people would have thought that hydroelectric power would be included in the portfolio. But it seems the policymakers in Sacramento might not be altogether reasonable. ...
