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    Markets and subsidies: Exposing the delusions of urbanists

    To understand the “rules” regarding the role of the internal combustion engine powered by fossil fuels, Calvinball comes to mind, created in the comic strip, “Calvin and Hobbes.” Calvinball players make up the rules as they go along, and other players cannot make sense of what is happening. To hear ...
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    Read the latest on California's water crisis

    Proposed State Water Regulations Would Add Bureaucracy, Not Water Supply

    Anyone who has lived in California for more than five minutes, or visited for 10, knows the state has an enormous water problem. They’d also know that the current political class has no answers. Or rather what passes for “answers” are policies that won’t work. While much of California is ...
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    Is Prop. 47 reform in sight?

    Prop. 47 Reforms Gain Traction

    It doesn’t take a deep understanding of crime statistics to understand that theft is on the increase.  The media and social media  provide almost daily examples of brazen shoplifting and car burglaries. The San Francisco Chronicle’s auto burglary “tracker” shows hundreds of thefts from vehicles every month and KRON 4 ...
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    Creating a bigger bureaucracy won’t fix Bay Area transit

    Creating a bigger bureaucracy won’t fix Bay Area transit By Steven Greenhut | January 26, 2024 Note:  This is a longer version of an op-ed that ran earlier this week in the East Bay Times. When government agencies face daunting problems, it’s not uncommon for lawmakers to propose some “solution” ...
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    Read latest on SF's housing woes

    So-Called Vacant Housing Tax Will Make SF’s Rental Housing Problems Even Worse

    San Francisco’s residential vacancy rate is around 13% to 15%. Tens of thousands of housing units are unoccupied. Some might see this as merely the natural order of things, the market response to the conditions on the ground. But politicians, and a majority of voters – 54% –  believe it’s ...
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    High Crime in Oakland Claims In-N-Out

    Why is In-N-Out Closing in Oakland? Out of Control Crime in the “Crime Triangle”

    Last month, In-N-Out, California’s iconic purveyor of burgers and fresh cut fries, opened one of its newest locations in Boise, Idaho. Eager Idahoans waited in eight-hour long lines for what for many was their first Double-Double with fries “animal” style, proving perhaps that not everything from California is bad in ...
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    Celebrating National School Choice Week

    Missing from Newsom’s Ed Budget: Student Outcome Goals and Choice

    Newsom proposes $127 billion in total funding for education.  Yet, his spending proposals contain no goals on improving student outcomes. For example, Newsom is proposing $13 billion to address learning loss among students and promote learning recovery. There is no question that California’s ineffective education policies during the COVID-19 pandemic ...
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    Cities can improve day-to-day life by freeing street vendors

    Cities can improve day-to-day life by freeing street vendors By Sal Rodriguez | January 19, 2024 As long as there have been street vendors, city bureaucrats have tried to stop them. Whether for protectionist reasons protecting brick-and-mortar businesses from competition or in response to exaggerated health concerns, such rules are ...
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    Read the latest on California's housing crisis

    Building infrastructure is key to lowering housing costs

    Housing. Shelter. Room at the inn. A hearth and a home. From the moment neolithic humans emerged from caves to build structures in the open, they needed some place warm and dry to call home. It is a primal necessity and a prerequisite for civilization. This imperative is not lost ...
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    Newsom public safety budget shortchanges crime victims

    For California’s Crime Victims – Budget Dust

    Despite his protestations to the opposite in the recent debate with Governor DeSantis,  California’s violent crimes are up 6.1 percent and property crimes are up 6.2 percent over their 2021 levels, making California a crime outlier compared to national crime statistics which have dropped. The Governor’s “Real Public Safety Plan” ...
    Blog

    Markets and subsidies: Exposing the delusions of urbanists

    To understand the “rules” regarding the role of the internal combustion engine powered by fossil fuels, Calvinball comes to mind, created in the comic strip, “Calvin and Hobbes.” Calvinball players make up the rules as they go along, and other players cannot make sense of what is happening. To hear ...
    Blog

    Read the latest on California's water crisis

    Proposed State Water Regulations Would Add Bureaucracy, Not Water Supply

    Anyone who has lived in California for more than five minutes, or visited for 10, knows the state has an enormous water problem. They’d also know that the current political class has no answers. Or rather what passes for “answers” are policies that won’t work. While much of California is ...
    Blog

    Is Prop. 47 reform in sight?

    Prop. 47 Reforms Gain Traction

    It doesn’t take a deep understanding of crime statistics to understand that theft is on the increase.  The media and social media  provide almost daily examples of brazen shoplifting and car burglaries. The San Francisco Chronicle’s auto burglary “tracker” shows hundreds of thefts from vehicles every month and KRON 4 ...
    Blog

    Creating a bigger bureaucracy won’t fix Bay Area transit

    Creating a bigger bureaucracy won’t fix Bay Area transit By Steven Greenhut | January 26, 2024 Note:  This is a longer version of an op-ed that ran earlier this week in the East Bay Times. When government agencies face daunting problems, it’s not uncommon for lawmakers to propose some “solution” ...
    Blog

    Read latest on SF's housing woes

    So-Called Vacant Housing Tax Will Make SF’s Rental Housing Problems Even Worse

    San Francisco’s residential vacancy rate is around 13% to 15%. Tens of thousands of housing units are unoccupied. Some might see this as merely the natural order of things, the market response to the conditions on the ground. But politicians, and a majority of voters – 54% –  believe it’s ...
    Blog

    High Crime in Oakland Claims In-N-Out

    Why is In-N-Out Closing in Oakland? Out of Control Crime in the “Crime Triangle”

    Last month, In-N-Out, California’s iconic purveyor of burgers and fresh cut fries, opened one of its newest locations in Boise, Idaho. Eager Idahoans waited in eight-hour long lines for what for many was their first Double-Double with fries “animal” style, proving perhaps that not everything from California is bad in ...
    Blog

    Celebrating National School Choice Week

    Missing from Newsom’s Ed Budget: Student Outcome Goals and Choice

    Newsom proposes $127 billion in total funding for education.  Yet, his spending proposals contain no goals on improving student outcomes. For example, Newsom is proposing $13 billion to address learning loss among students and promote learning recovery. There is no question that California’s ineffective education policies during the COVID-19 pandemic ...
    Blog

    Cities can improve day-to-day life by freeing street vendors

    Cities can improve day-to-day life by freeing street vendors By Sal Rodriguez | January 19, 2024 As long as there have been street vendors, city bureaucrats have tried to stop them. Whether for protectionist reasons protecting brick-and-mortar businesses from competition or in response to exaggerated health concerns, such rules are ...
    Blog

    Read the latest on California's housing crisis

    Building infrastructure is key to lowering housing costs

    Housing. Shelter. Room at the inn. A hearth and a home. From the moment neolithic humans emerged from caves to build structures in the open, they needed some place warm and dry to call home. It is a primal necessity and a prerequisite for civilization. This imperative is not lost ...
    Blog

    Newsom public safety budget shortchanges crime victims

    For California’s Crime Victims – Budget Dust

    Despite his protestations to the opposite in the recent debate with Governor DeSantis,  California’s violent crimes are up 6.1 percent and property crimes are up 6.2 percent over their 2021 levels, making California a crime outlier compared to national crime statistics which have dropped. The Governor’s “Real Public Safety Plan” ...
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