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Manhattan Beach Firefighter Pay Averages Over $300,000 Per Year

January 21, 2020 2:07 amJanuary 21, 2020 8:52 am

There is now a $300,000 club for California’s firefighters. In the City of Manhattan Beach during 2018, the average pay and benefits for a full time firefighter were $300,242. While the Manhattan Beach firefighters, at least through 2018, belong to...

Gov. Newsom’s 2020-21 Budget – A Big Pie, But Empty Calories

January 14, 2020 4:52 pmJanuary 14, 2020 5:20 pm

Compared to forty years ago, Californians cannot afford to purchase homes, they cannot afford to pay college tuition, they cannot drive on un-congested freeways, and they cannot expect their children to get a good education in public schools. Forty years...

West Contra Costa School District Putting a Half-Billion Bond Before Voters in March

January 9, 2020 2:15 amJanuary 10, 2020 4:01 pm

Wouldn’t saving $37 million mean the deficit, at least for this year, would be reduced from $39.9 million to $2.9M? One of the most financially mismanaged school districts in California has found a solution to their financial challenges –...

Public Employee Strike Looms in Santa Clara County

January 3, 2020 6:35 amJanuary 3, 2020 12:33 pm

With 2020 upon us, it appears likely that two unions representing Santa Clara County employees will be going on strike. Unless agreements can be reached, 3,000 members of the Registered Nurses Professional Association will strike, along with over 11,000 members of...

The Manger vs. The Monster: Housing the Homeless

December 17, 2019 6:01 pmDecember 17, 2019 7:29 pm

And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. – Luke 2:7 Advocates for the homeless frequently invoke biblical passages in...

The Many Unintended Consequences of AB 5

December 10, 2019 8:58 pmDecember 13, 2019 10:16 am

AB 5 is a form of deplatforming, but less subtle and equally harmful. It is blatant oppression. By now anyone who works as an independent contractor in California has heard of AB 5, which will force companies to reclassify them as...

California Pioneers Subsidized Housing for Public Employees

December 3, 2019 2:25 amDecember 3, 2019 12:12 pm

Instead of building practical infrastructure and limiting zoning laws and building codes to practical necessities, they have institutionalized a system of rapacious yet totally legal corruption, masked by moral imperatives. When it comes to affordable housing, what California’s state legislators...