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Government is Failing at Solving California’s Self-Imposed Homeless Crisis

November 25, 2019 2:15 amNovember 25, 2019 8:41 am

Local Mayors value their worth on how much public funding they can spend and spread around to campaign donors. In a new White House strategy on homelessness aimed at California, Trump administration officials say that housing needs to be deregulated...

Long-Term Solutions for California Wildfire Prevention

November 7, 2019 2:05 amNovember 7, 2019 1:15 pm

Nobody knew how the fire started. It took hold in the dry chaparral and grasslands and quickly spread up the sides of the canyon. Propelled by winds gusting over 40 miles per hour and extremely dry air (humidity below 25...

How Federal Intervention Can Ease California’s Homeless Crisis

October 30, 2019 7:25 pmOctober 31, 2019 12:05 pm

By Edward Ring and Soledad Ursua On October 24, Curbed LA reported that the Los Angeles City Council unanimously voted to provide an additional $24 million in homeless housing bonds to “repurpose a building (207) on the Veterans Affairs campus in West Los...

California’s Regulatory Hostility Prevents More New Homes

June 29, 2019 7:20 amJune 29, 2019 3:10 pm

If “NIMBYism” means stop destroying well established and tranquil low density neighborhoods with mandated high density projects, then California needs more NIMBYism, not less. The median home price in Los Angeles County is $618,000. In Santa Clara County it’s $1.2 million. In the entire...

Dems Squabble on Bill to Expedite California Environmental Review on Development Projects

May 25, 2019 9:42 amMay 27, 2019 8:51 am

A bill by Sen. Anna Caballero (D-Salinas) to expedite California Environmental Quality Act provisions and judicial reviews on many types of developments, exposed a divide in the State Senate Thursday. The idea behind SB 25 is to expedite CEQA litigation,...

How ‘New Way California’ Can Find Its Way

March 22, 2019 7:43 amMarch 25, 2019 12:46 pm

In November 2018, former Assembly Republican leader Kristin Olsen wrote a guest commentary for CalMatters entitled “GOP is dead in California. A new way must rise.” She’s right on both counts. California’s GOP is dead. And a new way must rise. Unfortunately, the New Way...

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s State of the State Address: Resist Trump, Grow CA Government

February 12, 2019 6:12 pmFebruary 13, 2019 12:27 pm

In his first State of the State speech Tuesday, Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that he will significantly refashion former Gov. Jerry Brown’s pet projects, including the mismanaged High Speed Rail project, and the Delta Tunnels project will be downsized...