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California Lawmakers Still Ignoring Dark Pension Clouds
It’s been a little more than 20 years since the California Legislature passed, and Gov. Gray Davis signed, Senate Bill 400, which granted 50-percent pension hikes to employees of the California Highway Patrol. The law’s clear intent was for every other California agency to follow its model. They mostly did. So, these pension deals spread across […]
CalPERS, CalSTRS Trying to Figure Out Vague Newsom Order to “Mitigate Climate Change”
California agencies are trying to figure out the implications of a vague executive order issued by Gov. Gavin Newsom in September that orders many policy decisions to be made with the need to “mitigate climate change” kept in mind. A recent Sacramento Bee story suggested that among the most vexed were the California Public Employees’ Retirement System […]
The Many Unintended Consequences of AB 5
By now anyone who works as an independent contractor in California has heard of AB 5, which will force companies to reclassify them as employees. The justification for AB 5, which was reportedly written by the AFL-CIO, is to prevent companies from exploiting workers. Without AB 5, the reasoning goes, companies hire freelancers to do the same work […]
Gov. Newsom Picks Fish Over Farms
When a union president was asked about his end goal in negotiations with his members’ employers, he responded with: “More.” No matter the proposal, he always demanded more of whatever was being offered to his union. I thought of that cynical retort when looking at the latest battle over water flows through the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta — […]
Bait and Switch on California Pensions
Local officials, particularly those in California’s 400-plus cities, have been complaining loudly in recent years about pension costs, raising the specter of insolvency if they continue their rapid increase. Last year, the League of California Cities issued a report declaring that “pension costs will dramatically increase to unsustainable levels.” The California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) confirms […]
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Why Libertarians Are Unwitting Enablers of Socialism
“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves […]
What a Schiff Show
Look who’s colluding now. The New York Times just published a bombshell: Adam Schiff’s office met with the whistleblower prior to the complaint being filed, helped shepherd him through the process the way Schiff’s team wanted, and then played dumb and subpoenaed for the complaint they knew had been filed because they were part of […]
Death by Ecology: Killing California … God’s Best Green Deal
[An excerpt from a forthcoming book] So you think the Green New Deal isn’t going to happen? Well, California is leading the way — good[?] intentions on the road to hell? Here’s an autopsy of the Green policies killing California and identifying the killers. For 15,000 years, millions of human beings migrated to California. It […]
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Homelessness Epidemic – New Poll Reveals Rising Public Anger of L.A. Residents
Sixty-three percent of Los Angeles County residents believe “homeless” people should not be allowed to degrade residential and business property and sleep in streets. Sixty-five percent believe police should be more involved with “homeless” in cleaning up streets and addressing broader health crisis. FINALLY a relevant poll from LA Times. California’s “homeless” crisis will not […]
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Los Alamitos Show Choir Named National Grand Champions
Los Alamitos’ Sound FX Choir “strives to achieve the highest level of choral excellence” … and recently they did just that by earning 1st place and the title of Grand Champion at Show Choir Nationals. Sound FX is no stranger to success, having been named Grand Champions at over 175 competitions, including nine National Grand Championship […]
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Recent Rains Nearly Eliminate California Drought
Recent rains have saturated California and reduced the portion of the state deemed to be abnormally dry to just 3.6%, according to the Drought Monitor released Thursday. One week ago, the Drought Monitor showed 85.3% of the state as abnormally dry. Now, 96.4% of the state is drought free. The data in the report released […]
Drug Overdoses and Deaths Exploding in San Francisco
Admissions to addiction treatment programs in San Francisco have dropped by 20% over the past five years, even as drug use and overdose deaths have exploded, according to public health data published this week. Combined with recent reports of treatment center vacancies — on some nights, 1 in 4 beds is empty in San Francisco’s […]
Retired city workers get year-end bonus, even with pension shortfall at $3 billion
The extra year-end pension bonus for retired San Diego city employees topped $6.8 million this year, beating out last year’s total and setting a new five-year record for the program. The “13th check,” which goes out in certain years as an additional payment on top of the regular 12 monthly distributions, was sent to more […]
Oracle Moving Annual Conference to Las Vegas Because San Francisco is Too Expensive
Oracle’s OpenWorld conference, one of the biggest annual technology events in San Francisco, is moving to Las Vegas in 2020 and will remain in Sin City for at least three years. According to an email that the San Francisco Travel Association (SFTA) sent to its members on Monday, Oracle has signed a three-year agreement to bring its […]
Lawsuit Claims SAT And ACT Are Illegal In California Admissions
Fatima Martinez knows there’s a lot riding on her SAT score. “My future is at stake,” says the Los Angeles high school senior. “The score I will receive will determine which UC schools I get into.” But that may not always be the case. A lawsuit expected to be filed Tuesday is challenging the University […]
