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California cities struggling to implement latest housing law
California cities struggling to implement latest housing law By John Seiler | March 19, 2026 Since 2017, the California Legislature has passed and governors Jerry Brown and Gavin Newsom have signed about 215 housing-related bills. There’s no master list. But the Terner Center at UC Berkeley tallied almost 100 from ...
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LAX People Mover Is Yet Another Infrastructure Failure In CA
The LAX automated people mover project, begun in 2019, was supposed to be completed about three years ago, but it remains closed to service with no new opening date in sight. The automated people mover (APM) will be an electric rail line, 2.25 miles long that travels over an elevated ...
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California Risks Deepening Home Insurance Crisis with Latest Bills
One measure, Senate Bill 876, would establish accelerated timelines for insurers to pay the cash value of both damaged property and associated replacement costs in the event of an emergency. Residential property insurance policies would have to offer at least 50% extra replacement coverage beyond the policy’s stated limit. To ...
Agriculture
Farm Bill looks to save California, and everyone else, from Prop 12
While the controversial Prop 12 was passed by California voters in 2018, it was not fully implemented nationwide until January 2024. Under the requirements of Prop 12, veal calves must have at least 43 square feet of pen space, egg-laying hens must be housed in “cage-free” environments, and hogs must ...
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What Gavin Newsom Accidentally Admitted to Ben Shapiro
The conversation offered a chance to see how the governor responds when pressed by a critic. One of those moments came when Shapiro challenged Newsom’s office calling ICE operations in Minnesota “state-sponsored terrorism.” Shapiro pointed out that whatever people think about federal immigration policy, ICE officers are not terrorists. Language ...
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Let people live as they want, with or without cars
Let people live as they want, with or without cars By Sal Rodriguez | March 13, 2026 Many urbanists were excited by a recent study from Arizona State University researchers reporting that “nearly one fifth of urban and suburban U.S. car owners express a definite interest in living car-free (18%), and an ...
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Rooms for improvement: single-room occupancy in your state
Rooms for improvement: single-room occupancy in your state By D. Dowd Muska | March 12, 2026 “I would never want to live like that, so therefore [insert housing type] should be illegal.” Online chatter generates intense heat, and measly light, but occasionally, a profound truth is posted. The quote above ...
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The Funston Case – The Dangerous Myth of the “Elderly Inmate”
In California, a life sentence rarely means life. With limited exceptions — death penalty cases, life without parole (LWOP) sentences, and certain murder convictions — most inmates serving life terms will eventually become eligible for release. In 2021, lawmakers passed AB 3234, lowering the age for “elderly parole” eligibility from ...
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Another Tax That Backfired
Passed in 2022 by nearly 58% of Angeleno voters, Measure ULA initially imposes an additional 4% tax on the sales of any homes or commercial properties, not just mansions, valued at more than $5.3 million. The rate on sales of properties sold at more than $10.6 million rises to 5.5%. The dollars coming in are dedicated ...
Agriculture
SCOTUS’s rollback of tariffs is a win for farms
When the Trump Administration announced “Liberation Day” in April 2025 and told farmers to “have fun,” it was with the expectation that food producers would be able to market their product domestically rather than relying on the global market. It was a far-fetched expectation. Farmers and ranchers in the United ...
California cities struggling to implement latest housing law
California cities struggling to implement latest housing law By John Seiler | March 19, 2026 Since 2017, the California Legislature has passed and governors Jerry Brown and Gavin Newsom have signed about 215 housing-related bills. There’s no master list. But the Terner Center at UC Berkeley tallied almost 100 from ...
LAX People Mover Is Yet Another Infrastructure Failure In CA
The LAX automated people mover project, begun in 2019, was supposed to be completed about three years ago, but it remains closed to service with no new opening date in sight. The automated people mover (APM) will be an electric rail line, 2.25 miles long that travels over an elevated ...
California Risks Deepening Home Insurance Crisis with Latest Bills
One measure, Senate Bill 876, would establish accelerated timelines for insurers to pay the cash value of both damaged property and associated replacement costs in the event of an emergency. Residential property insurance policies would have to offer at least 50% extra replacement coverage beyond the policy’s stated limit. To ...
Farm Bill looks to save California, and everyone else, from Prop 12
While the controversial Prop 12 was passed by California voters in 2018, it was not fully implemented nationwide until January 2024. Under the requirements of Prop 12, veal calves must have at least 43 square feet of pen space, egg-laying hens must be housed in “cage-free” environments, and hogs must ...
What Gavin Newsom Accidentally Admitted to Ben Shapiro
The conversation offered a chance to see how the governor responds when pressed by a critic. One of those moments came when Shapiro challenged Newsom’s office calling ICE operations in Minnesota “state-sponsored terrorism.” Shapiro pointed out that whatever people think about federal immigration policy, ICE officers are not terrorists. Language ...
Let people live as they want, with or without cars
Let people live as they want, with or without cars By Sal Rodriguez | March 13, 2026 Many urbanists were excited by a recent study from Arizona State University researchers reporting that “nearly one fifth of urban and suburban U.S. car owners express a definite interest in living car-free (18%), and an ...
Rooms for improvement: single-room occupancy in your state
Rooms for improvement: single-room occupancy in your state By D. Dowd Muska | March 12, 2026 “I would never want to live like that, so therefore [insert housing type] should be illegal.” Online chatter generates intense heat, and measly light, but occasionally, a profound truth is posted. The quote above ...
The Funston Case – The Dangerous Myth of the “Elderly Inmate”
In California, a life sentence rarely means life. With limited exceptions — death penalty cases, life without parole (LWOP) sentences, and certain murder convictions — most inmates serving life terms will eventually become eligible for release. In 2021, lawmakers passed AB 3234, lowering the age for “elderly parole” eligibility from ...
Another Tax That Backfired
Passed in 2022 by nearly 58% of Angeleno voters, Measure ULA initially imposes an additional 4% tax on the sales of any homes or commercial properties, not just mansions, valued at more than $5.3 million. The rate on sales of properties sold at more than $10.6 million rises to 5.5%. The dollars coming in are dedicated ...
SCOTUS’s rollback of tariffs is a win for farms
When the Trump Administration announced “Liberation Day” in April 2025 and told farmers to “have fun,” it was with the expectation that food producers would be able to market their product domestically rather than relying on the global market. It was a far-fetched expectation. Farmers and ranchers in the United ...