Author: Edward Ring

Edward Ring is the director of water and energy policy for 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).

California’s Antiquated Legislature Can Update State Technologies

March 6, 2019 7:29 pmMarch 7, 2019 4:18 pm

Last year, California’s state Senate and Assembly passed 1,217 pieces of legislation. Governor Brown signed 1,016 of them into law, and most took effect January 1st. Included were predictable acts of liberal zealotry – sanctuary for the undocumented, gender equity on...

California Poised to Lower Voting Age to 17

March 5, 2019 2:44 pmMarch 6, 2019 6:58 am

Expect 17 year olds to be voting in California’s 2020 election. A new bill, ACA 8, just introduced by Assemblyman Evan Low, will amend the state constitution to lower the voting age from 18 to 17. Having kids vote is ridiculous,...

California’s GOP Plays it Safe When Safe Equals Death

February 25, 2019 6:56 amFebruary 25, 2019 3:06 pm

In September 2016, Michael Anton published an influential essay entitled “The Flight 93 Election.” It compared the 2016 election to the tragic Flight 93 of 9/11/2001. Anton’s essay opened with this: “2016 is the Flight 93 election: charge the cockpit or...

California’s Renewables Mandate Sets an Impossible Example for the World

February 14, 2019 2:03 amFebruary 14, 2019 12:26 pm

“We will never waver on achieving the nation’s most ambitious clean energy goals.” – Excerpt from Gavin Newsom’s State of the State Address, January 12, 2019 California has long been proclaiming itself the leader in fighting “climate change,” and incoming...

Police Cannot Police in Dysfunctional California

February 6, 2019 11:01 amFebruary 8, 2019 8:48 am

California is run by a progressive elite who have decided to sacrifice the aspirations of ordinary residents on the altar of utopian dreams. It’s not working, but they’re doubling down, and at this point there’s no end in sight. The...