Good Policy

• Seiler: 61% of kids want govt. out of their lives
    61% of kids want govt. out of their lives By John Seiler, Calwatchdog,   5/9/13 Here’s a heartening story. From the time they go [...]
• Sacramento Condo’s: 65% Sold for Cash
    Cash-only condo sales on the rise About 65 percent of condo sales in the Sacramento area are for cash only. Ben van [...]
• Apple Avoids $9.2 Billion in Taxes With Debt Deal
    Apple Avoids $9.2 Billion in Taxes With Debt Deal By Peter Burrows, Bloomberg,  5/3/13 Apple Inc. (AAPL) avoided as much as $9.2 [...]
• Best Bill of the Week: Assemblywoman Beth Gaines AB 661—Making Government Transparent
    Assembly Committee Approves Gaines’ Bill Calling for More Oversight of State Agencies Assemblywoman Beth Gaines,  4/9/13 SACRAMENTO – The Assembly Accountability and [...]
• Veterans Court Study Proves Encouraging for Organizers
    Veterans Court Study Proves Encouraging for Organizers Rick Rogers, San Diego News Room,   4/12/13 Each week, about 25 veterans are booked into San [...]
• California’s Fracking Bonanza May Fall Short of Promise
  California’s Fracking Bonanza May Fall Short of Promise By Alison Vekshin, Bloomberg,   4/9/13 California and oil producers such as Occidental Petroleum Corp. [...]
• 200 Ronald Reagan Quotations
    200 Ronald Reagan Quotations 4/3/13 Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911-2004), the 33rd Governor of California and the 40th President of the United States [...]
• How We Can Solve the Skills Shortage and Attract the Next Generation of Manufacturing Workers
    How We Can Solve the Skills Shortage and Attract the Next Generation of Manufacturing Workers     Written by Michele Nash-Hoff, San Diego [...]
• Orange County Experiments With Privatizing Ambulance Service
    County Experiments With Privatizing Ambulance Service By REX DALTON, Voice of OC,  3/27/13 For the first time, private paramedics were deployed last [...]
• New Leno Legislation Protects Email Privacy–Even Left Gets it right Once in a While
    New Leno Legislation Protects Email Privacy Senator Mark Leno,   3/20/13 SB 467 Requires Law Enforcement to Obtain a Warrant Before Seizing Private Electronic [...]
• What’s driving privatization of public transit?
    What’s driving privatization of public transit? by Kelly Chen, California Watch,   3/7/13 In Fairfield, officials have outsourced the city’s public bus service [...]
• “TIME TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT TEXAS WAR ON CALIFORNIA”
        “TIME TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT TEXAS WAR ON CALIFORNIA”   Tom Elias,  California Focus,   3/8/13 It’s easy to see the four-day job-poaching [...]
• All bets are on: Sports wagering on the table in California
    All bets are on: Sports wagering on the table By Cindy Baker, Capitol Weekly, 02/26/13 There’s a lot more than table stakes in [...]
• Bipartisan Solutions For California
    Bipartisan Solutions For California By Ed Ring, Union Watch,   2/25/13 When Governor Jerry Brown, back in the 1970′s, suggested that California should [...]
• New Report Provides Recommendations to Improve CA’s Agriculture Industry
    New Report Provides Recommendations to Improve CA’s Agriculture Industry by Amy Kaleita, Pacific Research Institute,  2/7/13 San Francisco – The Pacific Research [...]
• John Seiler—Kotkin: Economy shifting to U.S. South
  Want a good quality of life?  Go South.  Want a good job without paying bribes?  Go South.  Want education, not [...]
• San Francisco seeks model approach to improve public housing
    San Francisco seeks model approach to improve public housing By: Chris Roberts, SF Examiner, 01/29/13 Mayor Ed Lee cited Valencia Gardens at [...]
• 5 predictions, 3 cautions from Cisco’s futurists
    5 predictions, 3 cautions from Cisco’s futurists Cromwell Schubarth,- Silicon Valley Business Journal,   1/19/13 Living to be 300 years old, getting a [...]
• Los Angeles Activist Prove You Can Fight City Hall and Win
  LA’s NC’s Demand 60-Day Delay on $4.5 Billion Street Tax Vote by Jack Humphreville, City Watch LA,   1/15/13 STATUS REPORT – The [...]
• California could be next oil boom state
    California could be next oil boom state By Steve Hargreaves @CNNMoney, 1/14/13 California is sitting on a massive amount of shale oil [...]
• 13,000 Local Government Jobs Cut in December–It is a Start
    Local governments humming a quieter tune By Steve Malanga, Public Sector,   1/4/13 The BLS jobs report today included the news that government [...]
• Could Occupiers and Tea Partiers join to fight growth controls?
    Could Occupiers and Tea Partiers join to fight growth controls? By Wayne Lusvardi, CalWatchdog,   1/3/13 Mixing metaphors, David Farber once said, [...]
• Self-driving cars ahead in New Year
    Self-driving cars ahead in New Year Central Valley Business Times, 12/24/12 •  Google at the wheel •  One of numerous new [...]
• Economist outlines CA road to prosperity
    Economist outlines CA road to prosperity By Katy Grimes, Calwatchdog, 12/20/12 SACRAMENTO — California’s economy isn’t dead — yet. With a few smart, [...]
• State denies $73 million in local redevelopment funding
    State denies $73 million in local redevelopment funding Carlsbad loses 88%, San Diego’s highest loss at $46 million By Roger Showley, San [...]
• Palmdale Approves Public-Private Partnership to Operate its Library
    Palmdale Approves Public-Private Partnership to Operate its Library California City News,   12/11/12 As a way to cut costs and increase hours of [...]
• Growing Trend? More Cities Consider Outsourcing Police Services to Trim Costs
    Growing Trend? More Cities Consider Outsourcing Police Services to Trim Costs California Cities News,  11/6/12 Baldwin Park is among the growing list [...]
• Orange County Airport Might Accept Bids for Private Firefighting Services
  Airport Might Accept Bids for Private Firefighting Services Voiceofoc.org,  11/1/12 Orange County supervisors on Tuesday authorized the potential privatization of aircraft rescue [...]
• Secret Discussions: Is LA DWP for Sale? Why Not?
    Secret Discussions: Is DWP for Sale? Jack Humphreville, City Watch LA,  10/25/12 LA WATCHDOG – The finances of our once great City [...]
• How Texas Pays the Bills–CA Can Learn Something
    How Texas Pays the Bills By Kevin D. Williamson, National Review Online,  10/24/12 Susan Combs, Texas’s comptroller, dropped an interesting piece of news [...]
• San Diego to post contracts online–truly transparent!
    City to post contracts online         San Diego News Room, 10/23/12   SAN DIEGO (CNS) – The City Council on Tuesday unanimously directed that [...]
• San Diego City Employees BID for Government Projects—“Save” $9.2 million
  In order “win” a bid to do government work, the city of San Diego FIRED 14 people.  While they won [...]
• San Francisco to consider full-scale public nudity ban–end the show?
    San Francisco to consider full-scale public nudity ban By: Dan Schreiber, SF Examiner, 10/02/12 Citing a sizable and inappropriate rise in public [...]
• San Fran to End Union Toll Bridge Jobs—Modernize System
  All-electronic tolling coming to Golden Gate Bridge next year By Andy Wright, Bay Citizen,   9/24/12 Starting next year, human toll collectors on [...]
• San Diego Employees Win Bidding for Landfill Operations
      San Diego Employees Win Bidding for Landfill Operations     San Diego News Room,  7/20/12 Competitive bidding to run the [...]
• Grimes: CA State Parks Dept needs privatization
      State Parks dept needs privatization Katy Grimes, CalWatchdog, 7/16/12 While the State Parks and Recreation department, under agency Director Ruth Coleman’s leadership, [...]
• California cities lead nation in self-employment
      California cities lead nation in self-employment The Business Journals by G. Scott Thomas 7/9/12 California typically ranks near the top of national [...]
• Salinas NON PROFIT provides transportation for elderly—who needs government?
      Service offers low-cost rides to seniors, visually-impaired By Melissa Flores, California Health Report, 5/22/12 Judy Daniels, a Salinas senior, doesn’t drive anymore. [...]
• Santa Ana Moves From Edge of Bankruptcy: Cutting Employees, Cutting Union Contracts, Outsourcing
      Balanced Budget Released in Santa Ana; Outsourcing and Concessions Key Factors California City News,  5/24/12 It wasn’t long ago that dire budget [...]
• California Senate Paves Way for Driverless Cars
      California Senate Paves Way for Driverless Cars Legislation by Senator Padilla Would Establish Safety and Performance Standards Senator Alex Padilla,  [...]
• Private Citizens Perform $4 Million Road Repair Job For Free in 8 Days
      Private Citizens Perform $4 Million Road Repair Job For Free in 8 Days posted by Nima, Economics Junkie,  4/10/09 Anyone who thinks [...]
• Why California Job Seekers and Investors Should be PROUD of Apple—Left Hates It
      Why California taxpayers should be steamed at Apple By Mark Lacter, LA Observed,  4/30/12 Part of it has to do with the [...]
• Boeing to Grow Again in RIGHT TO WORK STATE—no extortion by Unions of Workers
      Boeing secures option on more land in South Carolina Puget Sound Business Journal by Steve Wilhelm, 4/24/12 Boeing has secured an option [...]
• Time to privatize the L.A. Zoo? Parking Lots, Stadiums,Libraries?
      Time to privatize the L.A. Zoo? By Matthew DeBord, KPCC, 4/24/12 I’ve been digging through Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s budget proposal for [...]
• 49ers Departure a BIG Win for San Fran Taxpayers
      49ers Departure a Win for San Francisco Taxpayers by Randy Shaw‚ BeyondChron,  4/17/12 As construction breaks ground this week on the San [...]
• CA small businesses more optimistic than most
      California small businesses more optimistic than most Central Valley Business Times,  4/12/12 •  But still not completely out of the grip [...]
• Editorial by Stephen Frank “Allow Credit Unions to Compete With Banks—Support H.R. 1418 by Royce”
      Editorial by Stephen Frank   “Allow Credit Unions to Compete With Banks—Support H.R. 1418 by Royce” For the California Political News and [...]
• Texas Expands 80 MPH Speed Limit–Love Texas!
      Texas Expands 80 MPH Speed Limit Texas toll roads to post 80 MPH speed limits. The Newspaper, 4/6/12 Roads nationwide are [...]
• California traffic deaths at 66-year low
      California traffic deaths at 66-year low Central Valley Business Times,  4/4/12 •  State says safety improvements should get some credit •  [...]
• Good News!!! Foreclosure rates fall across Central Valley
      Foreclosure rates fall across Central Valley Central Valley Business Times, 3/27/12 •  Declined in every metro in January, says new report [...]
• Patient punishment: Medicinal pot user weeded out of work
      Patient punishment: Medicinal pot user weeded out of work By: Joshua Sabatini, SF Examiner, 03/18/12 A union labor boss is asking The [...]
• Seiler: Local CA Governments Face Bankruptcy Quandary
      Local Governments Face Bankruptcy Quandary By JOHN SEILER, CalWatchdog, 3/16/12 Bankruptcy is the boogeyman haunting governments across America. It’s not a question [...]
• Apple Adding 3600 New Jobs—In Texas
      Apple to add 3600 jobs at new $304 million campus in Austin Tech Newest,  3/10/12 Apple Inc. plans to create a $304 [...]
• CA Proposes Rules For Autonomous Cars
  California Proposes Rules For Autonomous Cars By Kurt Ernst, Motor Authority,  3/09/12 As of now, the only state where self-driving cars [...]
• Lebarre: Americans First
  Americans First By Mike LeBarre, Exclusive to the California Political News and Views  2/4/12 We all have concerns, worries and heartache. Good [...]
• UC using more private developers for student housing–good start
  UC using more private developers for student housing Erica Perez, California Watch,  1/30/12 The University of California has been slowly [...]
• Choice of Energy Sources: Another Reason to Move to Texas
  Ten Years of Texas Electric Utility Deregulation Texans talk about electricity providers the way urban epicures discuss recipes. Greentechmedia, 1/26/12 Texas has the [...]
• Workers’ comp reforms, rulings cut benefits by 58%
  Workers’ comp reforms, rulings cut benefits by 58% Sacramento Business Journal [...]
• As Feds (Gov’t) Abandon Cities, Corporate (Private Sector) Clout Grows
  As Feds Abandon Cities, Corporate Clout Grows by Randy Shaw‚ Beyoin Chron,  1/17/12 On Friday, January 13, a large group [...]
• Market, Not Govt., Builds Cheaper Housing–No Surprise
  Market, Not Govt., Builds Cheaper Housing By WAYNE LUSVARDI, Cal Watchdog,  1/17/12 Is the demise of redevelopment hurting the poor? El Monte Mayor [...]
• Brown to welfare clients: work, or else–sounds like a Republican
  Brown to welfare clients: work, or else By Daniel Weintraub, Healthy Cal, 1/12/12 Gov. Jerry Brown is proposing the most far-reaching [...]
• Google: Major Player in Solar Industry
  Google Invests $94 Million in Solar Energy by Zoe Fox, Mashable, 12/20/11 Google announced a major investment in four solar [...]
• CA No. 2 in U.S. in government job cuts
      California No. 2 in U.S. in government job cuts Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal, 12/29/11 Over the past five years, [...]
• Mimi Steel: Community Organizing for the Constitution: The Price of Liberty
        Community Organizing for the Constitution:  The Price of Liberty Mimi Steel, Exclusive to the California Political News and Views, 12/26/11   As [...]
• Faith in America–Faith IS America
  Faith in America http://blog.heritage.org/2011/12/26/morning-bell-faith-in-america/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Morning%2BBell Matt Spalding, Heritage Foundation,  12/26/11 “The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time,” Thomas [...]
• Fraternal Order of Real Bearded Santas (FORBS),–an Association for Santa’s
  Even Santa’s Got an Association TRACY WOOD, voiceofoc, 12/23/11 Everybody these days seem to have an interest group. Businesses have the chambers [...]
• Who Created Prosperity? Bureaucrats Or Individuals?
  Who Created Prosperity? Bureaucrats Or Individuals? By SVETLANA KUNIN, Investors Daily,  12/19/11 I am not sure what is more puzzling: President Obama’s [...]
• Man Bites Dog in San Diego–450 Jobs CREATED
  Solar manufacturing plant expected to create 450 local jobs San Diego News Room,  12/15/11 SAN DIEGO (CNS) – Soitec, a French [...]
• Outsourcing Could save parks and CA fiscal crisis
  Civic California A new law could revitalize local governance in the Golden State. Ashley Trim, City Journal,  12/13/11 California’s periodic crises have often [...]
• Barajas: Who Said Life Would be Easy?
      Who Said Life Would be Easy? By Hector Barajas, Fox & Hounds,  12/07/11 Enough already with this Occupy Wall Street nonsense. Don’t get [...]
• CA Traffic deaths decline to lowest level in 60+ years
  Traffic deaths decline to lowest level in 60+ years Central Valley Business Times,  12/08/11 •  California sees 12 percent drop in 2010 [...]
• Taking the Pledge: Anti-Tax Pledge to Target CA Officials; Follows Norquist’s Efforts
  Taking the Pledge: Anti-Tax Pledge to Target CA Officials; Follows Norquist’s Efforts California County News, 12/06/11 If you paid any attention to [...]
• Good news story: Oakland Suing Rioters!
  Store Owner Still Waiting for Looters to Pay After Mehserle verdict, Oakland sued rioters, a tactic it may use against some [...]
• States Should Consider Modest Increases in Speed Limits–CA to add 5mph?
  States Should Consider Modest Increases in Speed Limits Baruch Feigenbaum, Reason,  11/21/11 While drivers in Europe and Asia can travel 87 miles [...]
• They are Here!!! Google to make DRIVERLESS cars in U.S.?
  Google to make driverless cars in U.S.? Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal, 11/14/11 Google is reportedly considering making its driverless [...]
• House of Representatives Votes No to $$ for Arnold High Speed Choo Choo
      New Setback for High-Speed Rail House vote to strip funding creates more uncertainty. By Kevin Riggs, nbclosangeles, 11/18/11 California’s bullet train can get [...]
• Millbrae votes to outsource police services
  Millbrae votes to outsource police services By Aaron Kinney, Mecury News, 11/16/11 TO SEE COMPLETE STORY CLICK ON BLUE HEADLINE “When we make [...]
• Man Bites dog: Unneeded Sacto Gov’t Agency Closed
  Postsecondary Education Commission shutting down Sacramento Business Journal by Kelly Johnson,   11/15/11 This week marks the end of the road for the [...]
• The Enduring Proposition 13
  The Enduring Proposition 13 Try as it might, the Left just can’t kill California’s property tax cap. Troy Senik, City Journal, 9/14/11 Los [...]