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Earth Day: How To Avoid Discussion Of Real California Issues
Conspicuously missing from the Los Angeles mayor’s race, the Los Angeles Times “reported” last month, was an adequate focus on climate change. No surprise that the Times’ culture columnist and critic followed up by writing that “the only thing we should be talking about is the climate crisis.” Rather than ...
Climate Change
To Help The Earth Let’s Acknowledge The Limits Of Alternative Energy
Earth Day is this week. A day set aside to celebrate “the planet’s clean natural resources”, which is now synonymous with alleviating the costs associated with global climate change. Since alternative technologies are viewed as clean resources that will solve the problem of global climate change, the website earthday.org claims that, consumer demand for ...
Agriculture
More Talk, Less Action as Dry, Hot Summer Approaches
On Tuesday, Gov. Newsom travelled to Butte County where, according to a press release from his office, he discussed “impacts of the climate driven drought, including on hydropower production by state facilities, and the state’s response.” It’s part of the Governor’s campaign to promote his so-called “Save Our Water” campaign, ...
Business & Economics
Spending Watch Californians Have Little to Show for All That Government Spending Wayne Winegarden July 2, 2024 Business & Economics Californians Have Little to Show for All That Government Spending Wayne Winegarden July 2024 It should not shock anyone that the FY2024-25 budget was short on fiscal discipline and ...
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There’s No Such Thing as Free Public Transportation Either
Whether it’s suspending the gas tax, $400 gift cards, or $200 refund checks – these proposals to help Californians cope with high gas prices all have varying degrees of merit. But free public transportation? That was a real head scratcher. Gov. Newsom, in his $11 billion relief package for Californians, ...
Climate Change
Wayne Winegarden Quoted on Pew Stateline on Cities Suing Oil Companies
PRI senior fellow in business and economics Wayne Winegarden was interviewed by Pew Stateline on the growing trend of cities filing lawsuits against oil companies for their supposed impact on climate change. “We choose to use energy, which is mostly fossil fuel, because it makes our lives better,” said Wayne ...
Climate Change
Democrats’ Tone-Deafness on Medicare for All Costly
House Democrats haven’t given up on bringing socialized health care to the United States — at least judging from a hearing the Committee on Oversight and Reform held earlier this week. The event was titled “Examining Pathways to Universal Health Coverage.” But for the committee’s Democrats, the only pathway worth considering was a ...
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Rent Control Can’t Stop Soaring Housing Rents
California’s “Been There, Done That” California’s sky-high rental housing rates are now being felt by the rest of the country. Apartment List’s most recent report in February showed that rents grew 17.6 percent annually for all housing types and increased 0.6 percent over the month. This tracks the Bureau of ...
CEQA
UC Berkeley Case Shows Why Comprehensive Reform Badly Needed to End CEQA Abuse
By Chris Carr The California Supreme Court last week declined to stay a lower court order in a case involving a housing and classroom complex under construction on the UC Berkeley campus. This will effectively shut the door to one of America’s finest public universities for thousands of prospective students. ...
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Misplaced Priorities
There is much to lament in California and Los Angeles, but the Los Angeles Times recently chose to rub its knuckles Pelosi-style at the lack of focus on climate change in the city’s mayor race. “Neither Rep. Karen Bass nor developer Rick Caruso mention the issue of climate change on ...
Earth Day: How To Avoid Discussion Of Real California Issues
Conspicuously missing from the Los Angeles mayor’s race, the Los Angeles Times “reported” last month, was an adequate focus on climate change. No surprise that the Times’ culture columnist and critic followed up by writing that “the only thing we should be talking about is the climate crisis.” Rather than ...
To Help The Earth Let’s Acknowledge The Limits Of Alternative Energy
Earth Day is this week. A day set aside to celebrate “the planet’s clean natural resources”, which is now synonymous with alleviating the costs associated with global climate change. Since alternative technologies are viewed as clean resources that will solve the problem of global climate change, the website earthday.org claims that, consumer demand for ...
More Talk, Less Action as Dry, Hot Summer Approaches
On Tuesday, Gov. Newsom travelled to Butte County where, according to a press release from his office, he discussed “impacts of the climate driven drought, including on hydropower production by state facilities, and the state’s response.” It’s part of the Governor’s campaign to promote his so-called “Save Our Water” campaign, ...
Business & Economics
Spending Watch Californians Have Little to Show for All That Government Spending Wayne Winegarden July 2, 2024 Business & Economics Californians Have Little to Show for All That Government Spending Wayne Winegarden July 2024 It should not shock anyone that the FY2024-25 budget was short on fiscal discipline and ...
There’s No Such Thing as Free Public Transportation Either
Whether it’s suspending the gas tax, $400 gift cards, or $200 refund checks – these proposals to help Californians cope with high gas prices all have varying degrees of merit. But free public transportation? That was a real head scratcher. Gov. Newsom, in his $11 billion relief package for Californians, ...
Wayne Winegarden Quoted on Pew Stateline on Cities Suing Oil Companies
PRI senior fellow in business and economics Wayne Winegarden was interviewed by Pew Stateline on the growing trend of cities filing lawsuits against oil companies for their supposed impact on climate change. “We choose to use energy, which is mostly fossil fuel, because it makes our lives better,” said Wayne ...
Democrats’ Tone-Deafness on Medicare for All Costly
House Democrats haven’t given up on bringing socialized health care to the United States — at least judging from a hearing the Committee on Oversight and Reform held earlier this week. The event was titled “Examining Pathways to Universal Health Coverage.” But for the committee’s Democrats, the only pathway worth considering was a ...
Rent Control Can’t Stop Soaring Housing Rents
California’s “Been There, Done That” California’s sky-high rental housing rates are now being felt by the rest of the country. Apartment List’s most recent report in February showed that rents grew 17.6 percent annually for all housing types and increased 0.6 percent over the month. This tracks the Bureau of ...
UC Berkeley Case Shows Why Comprehensive Reform Badly Needed to End CEQA Abuse
By Chris Carr The California Supreme Court last week declined to stay a lower court order in a case involving a housing and classroom complex under construction on the UC Berkeley campus. This will effectively shut the door to one of America’s finest public universities for thousands of prospective students. ...
Misplaced Priorities
There is much to lament in California and Los Angeles, but the Los Angeles Times recently chose to rub its knuckles Pelosi-style at the lack of focus on climate change in the city’s mayor race. “Neither Rep. Karen Bass nor developer Rick Caruso mention the issue of climate change on ...
