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Capping food prices will not fix grocery bills
Since the beginning of COVID, there has been a great deal of discussion about the supply chain but there is still not widespread understanding of how complex the system is. In the case of the food supply chain, there are several stops between the farm gate and a consumer’s plate. ...
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The strange hypocrisy of the ‘just build housing’ YIMBYs
The strange hypocrisy of the ‘just build housing’ YIMBYs Steven Greenhut | October 2, 2024 Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from the Free Cities Center’s forthcoming booklet (“Building New Cities from Scratch: America’s Long History of Urban Experimentation”) about new cities, which was prompted by California Forever’s proposal to ...
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Read the latest from PRI's Free Cities Center
Democratic plan would bring turmoil to housing markets
A century ago, the federal government involved itself hardly at all in housing, leaving that to state and local governments, and the market. The major exception was housing on federal land, including the District of Columbia, other territories and military bases. That changed in 1937 when, as part of President ...
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California and the SEC face legal challenges to their climate-related disclosure requirements
These requirements are not only financially burdensome but have been challenged on legal and Constitutional grounds. In January, the California Chamber of Commerce sued the California Air and Resource Board (CARB), seeking an injunction against the implementation of SB 253 and SB 261. In their complaint, they argued that California ...
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Spending Watch
The Governor’s Special Session Will Worsen Gasoline Affordability
The Governor’s Special Session Will Worsen Gasoline Affordability Wayne Winegarden and Kerry Jackson September 2024 The special session called by Governor Gavin Newsom is supposed to save Californians from price gasoline spikes. The governor wants to blame the price spikes on greedy corporations. His accusations are merely a diversion from ...
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Read about latest taxpayer-funded giveaway for undocumented immigrants
Newsom Gets One Right in Vetoing Downpayment Aid for Undocumented
Had he signed it, the legislation would have forbidden applicants seeking financial aid for home purchases through the state’s housing purchase assistance program, created by a previous bill, from being “disqualified solely based on the applicant’s immigration status.” But as the governor said in his veto message, funding for the ...
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Time for release: Can cities unshackle themselves from abusive union perk?
Time for release: Can cities unshackle themselves from abusive union perk? By D. Dowd Muska | September 20, 2024 The stewards for Los Angeles County’s health-science professionals are allowed as much as 1,200 hours each year in a controversial benefit known as “release time,” whereby union officials are released to ...
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Learn about the problems with rent control
Rent-control madness is coming to California’s November ballot
Indeed, the so-called Justice for Renters Act features this simple text: “The state may not limit the right of any city, county, or city and county to maintain, enact or expand residential rent control.” If voters approve the initiative, it would repeal the Costa-Hawkins Rental Control Act. That 1995 law ...
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Learn how drug price controls hurt patients, innovation
Senator Sanders’ Price Controls Will Harm Patients
In a patently politicized press release, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) who is Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, claims that the U.S. price of Ozempic is too high. As evidence, he cites generic companies that claim they can sell Ozempic for less than $100 a ...
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All Crime is Local – Why National Crime Statistics Don’t Matter
The FBI doesn’t receive individual reports of crimes, rather, they aggregate the crime statistics reported by thousands of law enforcement agencies who, for ease of comparison, share a common reporting format. This gives us a bird’s eye view of national and state crime statistics, albeit with a lot of errors ...
Capping food prices will not fix grocery bills
Since the beginning of COVID, there has been a great deal of discussion about the supply chain but there is still not widespread understanding of how complex the system is. In the case of the food supply chain, there are several stops between the farm gate and a consumer’s plate. ...
The strange hypocrisy of the ‘just build housing’ YIMBYs
The strange hypocrisy of the ‘just build housing’ YIMBYs Steven Greenhut | October 2, 2024 Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from the Free Cities Center’s forthcoming booklet (“Building New Cities from Scratch: America’s Long History of Urban Experimentation”) about new cities, which was prompted by California Forever’s proposal to ...
Read the latest from PRI's Free Cities Center
Democratic plan would bring turmoil to housing markets
A century ago, the federal government involved itself hardly at all in housing, leaving that to state and local governments, and the market. The major exception was housing on federal land, including the District of Columbia, other territories and military bases. That changed in 1937 when, as part of President ...
California and the SEC face legal challenges to their climate-related disclosure requirements
These requirements are not only financially burdensome but have been challenged on legal and Constitutional grounds. In January, the California Chamber of Commerce sued the California Air and Resource Board (CARB), seeking an injunction against the implementation of SB 253 and SB 261. In their complaint, they argued that California ...
Spending Watch
The Governor’s Special Session Will Worsen Gasoline Affordability
The Governor’s Special Session Will Worsen Gasoline Affordability Wayne Winegarden and Kerry Jackson September 2024 The special session called by Governor Gavin Newsom is supposed to save Californians from price gasoline spikes. The governor wants to blame the price spikes on greedy corporations. His accusations are merely a diversion from ...
Read about latest taxpayer-funded giveaway for undocumented immigrants
Newsom Gets One Right in Vetoing Downpayment Aid for Undocumented
Had he signed it, the legislation would have forbidden applicants seeking financial aid for home purchases through the state’s housing purchase assistance program, created by a previous bill, from being “disqualified solely based on the applicant’s immigration status.” But as the governor said in his veto message, funding for the ...
Time for release: Can cities unshackle themselves from abusive union perk?
Time for release: Can cities unshackle themselves from abusive union perk? By D. Dowd Muska | September 20, 2024 The stewards for Los Angeles County’s health-science professionals are allowed as much as 1,200 hours each year in a controversial benefit known as “release time,” whereby union officials are released to ...
Learn about the problems with rent control
Rent-control madness is coming to California’s November ballot
Indeed, the so-called Justice for Renters Act features this simple text: “The state may not limit the right of any city, county, or city and county to maintain, enact or expand residential rent control.” If voters approve the initiative, it would repeal the Costa-Hawkins Rental Control Act. That 1995 law ...
Learn how drug price controls hurt patients, innovation
Senator Sanders’ Price Controls Will Harm Patients
In a patently politicized press release, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) who is Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, claims that the U.S. price of Ozempic is too high. As evidence, he cites generic companies that claim they can sell Ozempic for less than $100 a ...
All Crime is Local – Why National Crime Statistics Don’t Matter
The FBI doesn’t receive individual reports of crimes, rather, they aggregate the crime statistics reported by thousands of law enforcement agencies who, for ease of comparison, share a common reporting format. This gives us a bird’s eye view of national and state crime statistics, albeit with a lot of errors ...
