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California Lawmakers Can Lower Healthcare Costs

October 7, 2024 9:45 amOctober 7, 2024 9:48 am

This week I learned that the House Education and Workforce Committee considered an anti-competitive hospital contracting bill led by California Congresswoman Michelle Steele (CA-45)—the Healthy Competition for Better Care Act—that would massively boost healthcare affordability in the Golden State. The...

Meetings of California State Agencies

October 7, 2024 7:27 amOctober 7, 2024 7:27 am

Section 11120 expresses the public policy of this state that public agencies exist to aid in the conduct of the people’s business and the proceedings of public agencies be conducted openly so that the public may remain informed. In enacting...

Introspection is the Enemy of Happiness – Especially in Government

October 7, 2024 6:00 amOctober 7, 2024 6:01 am

“Introspection is the enemy of happiness.” A very coldly cynical line spoken by Sterling Archer, the lead character in the astonishingly funny “Archer” animated spy television series. It is also very true. While Socrates famously said that “The unexamined life...

False Advertising: NYC High Line vs. SF Great Highway

October 7, 2024 2:45 amOctober 7, 2024 2:46 am

Walking westward from my midtown Manhattan hotel, I arrived at my intended destination: a bustling street corner filled with traffic: cars, delivery vans, taxis, bicycles, scooters, a few skateboarders. I watched as the traffic light cycled through several cycles, traffic...

The Joint Legislative Audit Committee

October 6, 2024 3:06 pmOctober 6, 2024 3:06 pm

Article 1 deals with the Joint Legislative Audit Committee. Section 10500 states that it is the desire of the Legislature to create the Office of the Auditor General, whose primary duties are to perform performance audits as may be requested...

Larry Turner Inches Closer to Todd Gloria in San Diego Mayoral Race

October 6, 2024 8:25 amOctober 7, 2024 7:02 am

In the past few weeks, support has begun to swing more and more in favor of police officer Larry Turner (I) over incumbent Mayor Todd Gloria (D) in the San Diego Mayoral race. Back in 2020, Gloria, then an Assemblymember...

Teen Opinion: Kamala Harris Has Done Nothing but Lie to Americans

October 5, 2024 8:28 amOctober 5, 2024 8:28 am

As we are about 6 weeks out from the most important election of our lives, and I am still shocked and sickened at anyone who supports Kamala Harris. President Joe Biden and Vice President Harris have destroyed our country with...