The Medi-Cal Mess
California’s health program for the poor and disabled, Medi-Cal, has presented state lawmakers with quite a perplexing paradox. More and more people fall under the protection of Medi-Cal and need a doctor but fewer and fewer doctors are accepting the low fees associated with the program. While a simple solution may appear to be increasing […]
More Supply, Less Regulation Is Path Through Housing Crisis
The California political establishment has passed the Fitzgerald Intelligence Test – that’s the author F. Scott Fitzgerald, who in 1936 had this observation: “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.” In California, that would be […]
California Regulators Ignore Science, Magnify Drinking Water Shortage
In 1983, the Durand Express reported that the city of Durand, Michigan’s water pipes were contaminated with dihydrogen oxide. More alarming, dihydrogen oxide was the main component in acid rain, contributed to the “greenhouse effect” and caused erosion in natural landscapes, the hoax went. Of course, dihydrogen oxide is more commonly known as water. Without science, we are […]
State Assembly Approves Plan To Bring Back Kelo-Style Redevelopment
Redevelopment agencies would once again have the power to seize private property for big developers under a bill that passed the California State Assembly earlier this month. Assembly Bill 2, authored by Assemblyman Luis Alejo, D-Salinas, would give local governments the power to create new entities that would have the same legal authority as redevelopment agencies. These new Community […]