Send Trump California’s Gang Database: A Holiday Gift with a Giant Red Bow
On January 20, 2017, when President-elect Donald Trump takes his oath of office, California officials should present him a delayed holiday present: The gift of our state database of 150,000 known gang members and their affiliates. Although the California State Auditor has found dozens of instances of inaccurate and questionable information in the Gang database, […]
California voters also reflect middle class anxiety
Academic researchers from top American universities delivered some dispiriting news last week: Barely half of 30-year-olds earn more than their parents did at a similar age, an enormous decline from the early 1970s when the incomes of nearly all offspring outpaced their parents. As reported by the Wall Street Journal, even rapid economic growth won’t do much to reverse […]
California Democrats, Like Trump, Love To Throw Money at Companies That Don’t Need It
California’s leading Democrats and the president-elect of the United States may be headed for conflict on immigration, healthcare and climate change, but there’s at least one issue where they are closely aligned. They both love to make unnecessary payoffs to corporations. Many on the left in California criticized Donald Trump’s trumped-up saving of Carrier jobs, […]
An Additional Role for Legislators in Agency Rulemaking
California’s Legislature should give consideration to playing a greater role in regulations that are used to implement and interpret the statutes that the Assembly and Senate write. This would also be appropriate in light of their efforts to expand oversight of administrative agencies. The State of California has over 200 agencies, departments, boards, and commissions […]
Small Business Optimism Soars Nationally Post Election
(Editor’s note: The following press release was received from NFIB/California) Small business optimism remained flat nationally leading up to Election Day and then rocketed higher as business owners expected much better conditions under new leadership in Washington, according to a special edition of the monthly NFIB Index of Small Business Optimism, released today. What a difference […]