CALIFORNIA POLITICAL NEWS & VIEWS 09/11/2015

Feds Spend Tax $$ to End “Sexist Computer Designs” By Stephen Frank on Sep 10, 2015 08:39 pm In my home we have four computers; two are mine and two belong to my wife. She also has an IPAD and I have a Samsung tablet. I would dare anyone to look at all these technologies and determine, just by looking at them, which are mine and which are used by my wife. We […] Read More and Comment: Feds Spend Tax $$ to End “Sexist Computer Designs” Guv Brown to use Regulations to Kill Cars in California, Starting in 2020 By Stephen Frank on Sep 10, 2015 08:36 pm This is why Trump, Fiorina and Carson are doing so well. They are running against politics as usual and officeholders that abuse their office, to the detriment of the system, the families and jobs of our freedom. A couple of days ago our very confused Guv Brown admitted that SB 350 was not going to […] Read More and Comment: Guv Brown to use Regulations to Kill Cars in California, Starting in 2020 Most California students below standards on Common Core-aligned tests By Stephen Frank on Sep 10, 2015 08:32 pm We know that the test results from Common Core stink: First-year scores on the new standardized tests aligned to the Common Core standards showed that 34 percent of California’s students met achievement targets in math, and 44 percent met achievement targets in English language arts.” The unasked question is this because of previous theories of […] Read More and Comment: Most California students below standards on Common Core-aligned tests Crony Capitalists/Unions Join to Tax California Middle Class Into Poverty or Texas By Stephen Frank on Sep 10, 2015 08:29 pm There is no doubt we have the worst roads and streets in nation. According to Senator Bob Huff the State has misused $5 billion of gas tax money in the past ten years. Senator John Moorlach made public a Legislative Analysts Office report that CalTRANS has $500 million worth of management it does not need. […] Read More and Comment: Crony Capitalists/Unions Join to Tax California Middle Class Into Poverty or Texas San Fran: Shipping Containers on Parking Lots as Offices By Stephen Frank on Sep 10, 2015 08:06 pm A few weeks ago the California Political News and Views reported on a new type of housing for San Fran, shipping containers that are 160 sq.ft. The cost of these are $1,000 a month and are located in warehouses. This may be how Mayor Lee will be able to “build” 30,000 new housing units in […] Read More and Comment: San Fran: Shipping Containers on Parking Lots as Offices States and cities face scrutiny for optimistic investment assumptions as stock market dips, Stanford scholar says By Stephen Frank on Sep 10, 2015 08:02 pm CalSTRS and CalPERS are doing great—just ask them. They will show reports “proving” that return on equity is going to be 7.5%. Facts and history mean nothing. The movement of assets from equities (stocks) into very low paying Treasury Notes are not mentioned. The fact that in the past they lied about hitting the 7.5% […] Read More and Comment: States and cities face scrutiny for optimistic investment assumptions as stock market dips, Stanford scholar says California Senate OKs Police Accountability Bill By Stephen Frank on Sep 10, 2015 07:59 pm Yesterday, thanks to the lobbying of police departments and organizations, a bill to stop the theft of private property (asset forfeiture) from people no charged with or been convicted of a crime was killed. The police need the money so bad, they are willing to steal, that is the right word, from innocent people. Sad. […] Read More and Comment: California Senate OKs Police Accountability Bill A Victory for Common Sense in CA–Rare By Stephen Frank on Sep 10, 2015 07:56 pm There are some very sleazy attorney and organizations in California. They know that filing a lawsuit against a corporation or wealthy individual usually means a “settlement”. No need for discovery, hearing negotiations—just settle the suit and the organization, usually environmental groups and unions and radical ideological groups will Plaintiff will get their budget for the […] Read More and Comment: A Victory for Common Sense in CA–Rare San Fran Trying to Sue Nearby Small City for REFUSAL to Become Another San Fran By Stephen Frank on Sep 10, 2015 07:53 pm San Fran is crowded, almost as dense as new York—and they have to build up, high, to get more people in their city. The cost is that it is no longer affordable by the middle class, who are moving to Oakland, also expensive and to Texas—reasonable. The city is so desperate they want to destroy […] Read More and Comment: San Fran Trying to Sue Nearby Small City for REFUSAL to Become Another San Fran Tenants Sue Stockton PD for ‘Blitz’ Raids–Prefer Unhealthy/Unsafe Homes By Stephen Frank on Sep 10, 2015 07:51 pm This seems to be a situation where the police, the tenants and community have a problem. If a landlord allows their apartments to violate city health or safety codes should the police and government try to enforce them? If the tenants are afraid to report them, for fear of being evicted, how can government assure […] Read More and Comment: Tenants Sue Stockton PD for ‘Blitz’ Raids–Prefer Unhealthy/Unsafe Homes   In Case You Missed It: Left: Stop Artic Drilling—“Noise” Disturbs Whales—Seriously! Ring: Deceptive and Misleading Claims – How Government Unions Fool the Public Guv Brown “Compromise” I Will TAX You $3.5 Billion Instead of $6 Billion Controversial tech shuttles on road to becoming part of The City’s transit ecosystem Los Angeles Homicide Rate Skyrockets in August