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What We’re Watching – July 19

Tim Anaya – Is FaceApp a Russian Agent? Like many of you, I’ve watched with amusement everyone posting their “old age” photos this week using the FaceApp. However, you should always be careful before so willfully submitting your images online or via an app (most of us aren’t). Those “terms ...
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CAPITAL IDEAS: California Fun For A Few, A Hardship For Many

DOWNLOAD PDF California is the most fun state in the country. So says the website WalletHub. It can’t be fun for everyone, though. Many would say living in California is a miserable existence. If the standard for fun is measured by the vast opportunities of things to do, things to ...
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CA Legislature Now Determining Which Presidential Candidates You Can Vote For

What’s in President Trump’s tax returns?  It’s a mystery that has stumped cable television pundits since he refused to release them during the 2016 campaign.  At times, the furor has been so high that I’m surprised that Matlock or Jessica Fletcher were not called out of retirement to investigate. Democrats ...
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California’s Business Climate Continues to Receive Poor Scores

California has lived on the trope of being the hub of technology startups and innovation for decades. California’s economic success has long been touted and celebrated, none more so than the technology gold rush in the Bay Area. But despite California’s seemingly never-ending economic growth, the Golden State is now ...
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Blue State Model Continues To Drag Down California

About the same time two of California’s largest cities were named among the seven worst-run municipalities in the country, we learn that the state’s — and the country’s — largest county had the worst population outflow in the U.S. in 2018. The livin’ in California ain’t easy, in the summertime ...
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What We’re Watching – July 12

Kerry Jackson – Bono on “the idea of America” U2 frontman Bono’s radical view about America wouldn’t be welcome in most university faculty lounges. Tim Anaya – Getting an Early Warning About the Next “Big One” Caltech’s Dr. Lucy became a big star in Southern California in the wake of ...
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Building Wealth 101 – It All Starts with Home Ownership

Home ownership provides basic financial literacy, drives wealth creation, and increases free cash flow for individuals and families.  However, it can be difficult to differentiate between having surplus cash and wealth.   Having surplus cash is having the ability to spend lots of money now; being wealthy is accumulating assets that allow to ...
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The latest victim of SF’s homeless crisis? Luxury shopping!

San Francisco’s homeless crisis may soon have a new victim – luxury shopping in the City. The City by the Bay has long been known as home to the world’s best shopping.  It was home to now-defunct high-end retailers like I. Magnin, and the Joseph Magnin, Co. started by one ...
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California Lawmakers Lead A Freedom Revolution For College Student-Athletes

Not often does Sacramento get it right in the eyes of the defenders of liberty. A bill allowing athletes at public and private California colleges to earn money from endorsements, however, is likely to earn their approval. Senate Bill 206, the Fair Pay to Play Act, which sailed through the ...
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Why Women Make Less than Men

Citing an oft-used U.S. Census  Bureau statistic that women earn 80 percent of what their male counterparts earn, presidential hopeful and California Senator Kamala Harris said that if elected, she would end gender pay discrimination by requiring companies to disclose salary data to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and secure ...
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What We’re Watching – July 19

Tim Anaya – Is FaceApp a Russian Agent? Like many of you, I’ve watched with amusement everyone posting their “old age” photos this week using the FaceApp. However, you should always be careful before so willfully submitting your images online or via an app (most of us aren’t). Those “terms ...
Agriculture

CAPITAL IDEAS: California Fun For A Few, A Hardship For Many

DOWNLOAD PDF California is the most fun state in the country. So says the website WalletHub. It can’t be fun for everyone, though. Many would say living in California is a miserable existence. If the standard for fun is measured by the vast opportunities of things to do, things to ...
Blog

CA Legislature Now Determining Which Presidential Candidates You Can Vote For

What’s in President Trump’s tax returns?  It’s a mystery that has stumped cable television pundits since he refused to release them during the 2016 campaign.  At times, the furor has been so high that I’m surprised that Matlock or Jessica Fletcher were not called out of retirement to investigate. Democrats ...
Blog

California’s Business Climate Continues to Receive Poor Scores

California has lived on the trope of being the hub of technology startups and innovation for decades. California’s economic success has long been touted and celebrated, none more so than the technology gold rush in the Bay Area. But despite California’s seemingly never-ending economic growth, the Golden State is now ...
Blog

Blue State Model Continues To Drag Down California

About the same time two of California’s largest cities were named among the seven worst-run municipalities in the country, we learn that the state’s — and the country’s — largest county had the worst population outflow in the U.S. in 2018. The livin’ in California ain’t easy, in the summertime ...
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What We’re Watching – July 12

Kerry Jackson – Bono on “the idea of America” U2 frontman Bono’s radical view about America wouldn’t be welcome in most university faculty lounges. Tim Anaya – Getting an Early Warning About the Next “Big One” Caltech’s Dr. Lucy became a big star in Southern California in the wake of ...
Blog

Building Wealth 101 – It All Starts with Home Ownership

Home ownership provides basic financial literacy, drives wealth creation, and increases free cash flow for individuals and families.  However, it can be difficult to differentiate between having surplus cash and wealth.   Having surplus cash is having the ability to spend lots of money now; being wealthy is accumulating assets that allow to ...
Blog

The latest victim of SF’s homeless crisis? Luxury shopping!

San Francisco’s homeless crisis may soon have a new victim – luxury shopping in the City. The City by the Bay has long been known as home to the world’s best shopping.  It was home to now-defunct high-end retailers like I. Magnin, and the Joseph Magnin, Co. started by one ...
Blog

California Lawmakers Lead A Freedom Revolution For College Student-Athletes

Not often does Sacramento get it right in the eyes of the defenders of liberty. A bill allowing athletes at public and private California colleges to earn money from endorsements, however, is likely to earn their approval. Senate Bill 206, the Fair Pay to Play Act, which sailed through the ...
Blog

Why Women Make Less than Men

Citing an oft-used U.S. Census  Bureau statistic that women earn 80 percent of what their male counterparts earn, presidential hopeful and California Senator Kamala Harris said that if elected, she would end gender pay discrimination by requiring companies to disclose salary data to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and secure ...
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