Independent Institute – California Globe

California Golden Fleece® Award 2025 Goes to California’s Insurance Disaster

May 12, 2025 1:25 pmMay 12, 2025 1:25 pm

The envelope please… And the 16th California Golden Fleece® Award goes to… But first, some context and history. California is in the throes of a self-imposed insurance crisis, with homeowners facing selling because they can’t get insurance. And elected politicians...

New Golden Fleece Award Goes to BART for ‘Crime, Grime, and Greed’

January 25, 2022 7:11 amApril 3, 2022 3:14 pm

The Bay Area Rapid Transit system has just received the California Golden Fleece® Award for its excessive employee compensation, reckless financial mismanagement, poor on-time performance, unsanitary conditions, and failure to prevent the system from becoming a magnet for criminals, the...

More Than 150 Ph.D. Economists and Political Scientists Call for Gov. Newsom to Suspend AB 5 and Re-Open the Economy

April 16, 2020 1:57 pmApril 16, 2020 1:57 pm

Following Gov. Gavin Newsom’s tweet that “SCIENCE — not politics — must be California’s guide” in its economic recovery, more than 150 California economists and professors sent the Governor an open letter calling on him to suspend AB 5. However, at...

A Schools Choice Organization Is Gathering Signatures For the Education Freedom Act

November 11, 2019 2:21 amNovember 11, 2019 9:07 am

School choice advocates are gathering signatures and raising awareness for the Education Freedom Act, a proposition slated to go before voters in 2022. The statewide initiative would allow parents more control over how their children are educated. This initiative comes...

Bureaucrats Play, Taxpayers Pay

August 9, 2019 6:41 amAugust 9, 2019 12:05 pm

Sexual misconduct complaints and investigations should be handled by outside experts, guarantee due process for both sides, and the results made public. “A state board that regulates construction is paying $950,000 to settle a lawsuit from a female employee...