Author: Edward Ring

Edward Ring is a contributing editor and senior fellow with the California Policy Center, which he co-founded in 2013 and served as its first president. The California Policy Center is an educational non-profit focused on public policies that aim to improve California’s democracy and economy. He is also a senior fellow of the Center for American Greatness. Ring is the author of two books: "Fixing California - Abundance, Pragmatism, Optimism" (2021), and "The Abundance Choice - Our Fight for More Water in California" (2022).

Average Pay for Manhattan Beach Firefighters is $328,000 Per Year

August 4, 2022 6:50 amAugust 4, 2022 6:15 am

Negotiations between the Manhattan Beach Firefighters Association and the Manhattan Beach City Council have been stalled since May, when an impasse was announced. As reported in a local publication serving Manhattan Beach and nearby cities, firefighters and their supporters packed a...

When Will Government Unions Stand Up For All California Workers?

July 15, 2022 6:17 amJuly 17, 2022 8:06 am

Public sector unions have corrupted the ability of California’s governing institutions to serve the interests of the people. The consequences include a failing public education system, catastrophically flawed environmental policies, and an unrelenting attack on the ability of small businesses...

The California Nanny State Invades Household Kitchens

July 1, 2022 2:30 amJune 30, 2022 5:31 pm

Unsurprisingly, every top search result for “Senate Bill 1383 food waste” yields links to propitious, upbeat summaries of what’s coming to every household kitchen in California. For example, from CalRecycle, under the heading “Recycling Organic Materials into New Products,” there is...

The Abundance Choice, Part 15: Our Fight for More Water

June 16, 2022 2:30 amJune 15, 2022 8:49 pm

There are plenty of ways to ration water, and California’s state legislature is pursuing all of them. Restrict agricultural water allocations until millions of acres of California’s irrigated farmland is taken out of production. Ban outdoor watering entirely in urban...

The Abundance Choice, Part 14: Infinite Abundance

June 14, 2022 2:30 amJune 15, 2022 12:43 pm

From the inaugural Stanford Digital Economy Lab gathering in April 2022, noted venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson posted the following quote to Facebook: “Our goal is to usher in an era of infinite abundance.” “Infinite abundance.” This phrase epitomizes the ongoing promise of California’s tech...

The Abundance Choice, Part 13: The Lords of Scarcity

June 9, 2022 2:30 amJune 14, 2022 6:50 am

One of the farmers who supported our attempt to qualify the Water Infrastructure Funding Act for the November 2022 ballot was John Duarte. It was a privilege to speak with Duarte, because his reputation had preceded him. Duarte is the...

The Abundance Choice, Part 12: Numbers Don’t Lie

June 7, 2022 2:30 amJune 7, 2022 4:13 pm

Scope insensitivity happens whenever a statistic has huge emotional impact but in reality has little relevance to the issues and challenges it purports to illuminate. It is scope insensitivity that makes conscientious Californians willing to put a bucket in their shower....