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Sen. Niello Bill Would Require CA Air Resources Board to Analyze Cost-of-Living Impacts of its Regulations

March 18, 2026 10:11 amMarch 18, 2026 10:11 am

Senator Roger Niello (R-Sacramento) has authored a California Air Resource Board bill to require the Board to explicitly analyze cost-of-living impacts when considering imposing major regulations, including effects on gasoline, electricity, groceries, housing construction, and business costs. We know that...

Ringside: The Regulatory Burden that Prevents Abundance

November 13, 2025 2:55 amNovember 13, 2025 2:56 am

The cost-of-living has become a national issue, a favored topic of partisan debate. The debate is governed by emotions, ideology, and widely divergent economic theories, probably in that order. Our contribution to this debate, drawing on all three of those...

An Economic New Year’s Resolution for California

January 2, 2025 12:49 pmJanuary 2, 2025 1:25 pm

California was once the epitome of the American economic dream, a powerhouse that grew to become the world’s fifth-largest economy. But today, that dream is fading as businesses—from Fortune 500 companies to small enterprises—flee the state’s punitive tax regime as...

Asm. DeMaio Unveils Republican Contract to Reform California in ‘26

December 27, 2024 8:00 amDecember 27, 2024 8:01 am

Carl DeMaio hit the ground running after being sworn in Dec. 2nd to the California Assembly. Two weeks ago DeMaio released his 7-Point Plan to Overhaul ‘Broken’ CA Republican Party. Now, he and Reform California are unveiling a Contract to...

56% Of Californians Have Considered A Move Away From California According To A New Poll

October 18, 2024 12:49 pmOctober 20, 2024 7:44 pm

A new poll of California residents released this week found that 56% of Californians have considered moving away from the state, with the main reason being cost of living. California’s state population nearly reached 40 million in the 2010’s, but...

Support Climbs For Trump Following Coachella Rally

October 14, 2024 5:20 pmOctober 14, 2024 5:20 pm

Former President and Presidential candidate Donald Trump gave a rally at a polo field on Calhoun Ranch in Coachella on Saturday, with his unusual mid-October rally with multiple goals in mind a success, despite an arrest before the event. In...

VP Debate Moderators Showed their ‘Smug and Arrogant Bias’

October 2, 2024 8:03 amOctober 2, 2024 4:03 pm

Tuesdays’ Vice Presidential debate was disappointing but expected, only because my expectations were so low already. CBS “hairdos” Norah O’Donnell and Margaret Brennan did provide one surprise – I did not expect them to be so bitchy. Someone after the...