CALIFORNIA POLITICAL NEWS & VIEWS 03/21/2015

L.A. ranked most termite-infested city in America–San Fran #2! By Stephen Frank on Mar 20, 2015 08:37 pm Los Angeles has to be the most proud city in the State. Highest taxes in California, highest cost of housing in California. This is a city that prioritizes bike riders and forces cars to slow down behind the bikes. Want potholes—the city has tens of thousands. Now it is the “Termite Capitol of America”. For […] Read More and Comment: L.A. ranked most termite-infested city in America–San Fran #2! Santa Monica Faces Nearly $385 Million in Pensions, Report Finds By Stephen Frank on Mar 20, 2015 08:34 pm Even the Leftists have problems paying their bills. Santa Monica is forcing lots of people to be evicted—in an effort to get rid of the poor and middle class. Now they will have to raise taxes to begin paying off $385 million owed to CalPERS. “As of June 30, 2013, the City’s unfunded accrued liability […] Read More and Comment: Santa Monica Faces Nearly $385 Million in Pensions, Report Finds Oakland Raiders to Rip Off $1.5 BILLION From the Poor of Oakland By Stephen Frank on Mar 20, 2015 08:32 pm Years ago the Oakland Raisers legally ripped off Irwindale of $10 million. They made out like bandits. But that is nothing like the hundreds of millions to be spent by the poor and middle class of Oakland to keep a truly third rate team in town. They may be terrible on the field, but know […] Read More and Comment: Oakland Raiders to Rip Off $1.5 BILLION From the Poor of Oakland The Only Thing Worse Than Scandals Are California’s Attempts to Stop Them By Stephen Frank on Mar 20, 2015 08:29 pm When you have government, you always have corruption. People trying to get a deal, information on government actions before they become public—the buying of elected officials by unions and special interests. When billions are involved, Bell, California is really just small potatoes. Think the Calderon brothers, one more sleazy then the other—but in November a […] Read More and Comment: The Only Thing Worse Than Scandals Are California’s Attempts to Stop Them Greenhut: California Officials in the Dark About Black Markets By Stephen Frank on Mar 20, 2015 08:25 pm Those that run government are always surprised when people act rationally. NFL football players do not want to play for California teams because of high taxes. Between 50-60% of the cigarettes sold in New York City are black market, because of the high taxes. People will find a way to save money when they feel […] Read More and Comment: Greenhut: California Officials in the Dark About Black Markets Gov. Brown redefines ongoing programs as emergency drought aid–actually Old $$ By Stephen Frank on Mar 20, 2015 08:20 pm Guv Brown is making the media looks like fools. The headlines are all about the $1.1 billion he is using to bring us drought “relief”. Yet, not a dime of that money is going toward the creation of new water sources—dams, desalinization plants or stopping the flow of water into the ocean. Even worse—he could […] Read More and Comment: Gov. Brown redefines ongoing programs as emergency drought aid–actually Old $$ Report: Greenhouse Gas Blind Spot on Public Lands–Obama to End Drilling on Public Lands By Stephen Frank on Mar 20, 2015 08:14 pm Thanks to junk science, Barack Obama is going to stop the drilling for oil on public lands. He is working very hard to force us to buy oil from terrorists—to do so he has to stop the drilling of oil—so he is releasing new regulations—government by regulation, who needs a Congress—they are in D.C. just […] Read More and Comment: Report: Greenhouse Gas Blind Spot on Public Lands–Obama to End Drilling on Public Lands More Proof: Water Shortage Due to Government Policy NOT Drought By Stephen Frank on Mar 20, 2015 08:12 pm For forty years the State of California has refused to build more dams. For forty years the State of California, the politicians and courts have stopped the building of desalinization plants in California. For years both Northern and Southern California have allowed millions of acres feet of water each year to flow into the ocean […] Read More and Comment: More Proof: Water Shortage Due to Government Policy NOT Drought What Californians Could Spend $100 Million Fighting Over in 2016 By Stephen Frank on Mar 20, 2015 08:10 pm California governments, at all levels have over one trillion in unfunded pension liabilities—and the unions love it. In fact they are willing to steal $100 million from workers, to assure their pension systems collapse in the future. Imagine being forced to finance the end of your own pension. “It’s a direct challenge to the state’s […] Read More and Comment: What Californians Could Spend $100 Million Fighting Over in 2016 Mass Rent-Control Evictions Are on the Rise in Santa Monica By Stephen Frank on Mar 20, 2015 08:06 pm San Fran tried to protect the poor, instead it is making them homeless due to loopholes in rent control laws of the State of California. Now we are finding Moscow on the ocean, Santa Moscow, ur, Monica, is also protecting the poor and middle class by using laws to evict them from their homes. If […] Read More and Comment: Mass Rent-Control Evictions Are on the Rise in Santa Monica   In Case You Missed It: Facebook Management: OK to Hate Promotion of Christian Movie Students at Cal Berkeley Promote Racism and Terrorism San Fran Laws to “Protect” Renters via Rent Control USED Against Them Malibu Super-Rich: We Don’t Want Any Affordable Housing in Our Neighborhood Cost of Los Angeles Minimum Wage Increase: Upwards of 140,000 LOST Jobs