CALIFORNIA POLITICAL NEWS & VIEWS 10/10/2015

Bay Area Wetlands Protection tax proposed for June 2016 Ballot–Tax for Puddles By Stephen Frank on Oct 09, 2015 08:04 pm Once again the Left has figured out we are suckers for conservation. At a time when we do not have enough water, in the Central Valley dozens of towns have run out of well water, Bay Area Leftists want to tax people to protect puddles. Instead of using bond money to build water storage facilities […] Read More and Comment: Bay Area Wetlands Protection tax proposed for June 2016 Ballot–Tax for Puddles Why the Santa Monica Airport Should Become a Park–Who Really Needs Jobs? By Stephen Frank on Oct 09, 2015 08:03 pm The Left tries hard to kill jobs. One group is putting a $9 billion property tax measure on the ballot—which if passed will kill 397,000 jobs. In Moreno Valley a lawsuit is stopping the creation of hundreds of jobs for a warehouse center. In Hanford a San Fran law firm, specializing in killing free market […] Read More and Comment: Why the Santa Monica Airport Should Become a Park–Who Really Needs Jobs? How AB 109 Jeopardized Public Safety By Stephen Frank on Oct 09, 2015 08:03 pm Thanks to Arnold, then Guv Brown, California has decided that the comfort of criminals is more important than the safety of honest citizens. The Courts ruled that criminals were uncomfortable and had to be put back on the streets. Now the public is paying the penalty of weak governors and judges with armed bodyguards. “AB109 […] Read More and Comment: How AB 109 Jeopardized Public Safety CleanPowerSF program suffers setback in more than six week delay By Stephen Frank on Oct 09, 2015 08:02 pm Should the people of San Fran own a power company in competition with private firms? Should taxpayer money be used to subsidize the creation of a government owned Energy Company? In San Fran the government has created a publicly owned firm that used tax dollars for a study and creation. Oh, this energy company is […] Read More and Comment: CleanPowerSF program suffers setback in more than six week delay Housing Crisis Leaves Section 8 Renters on Outside Looking In By Stephen Frank on Oct 09, 2015 08:01 pm Thanks to the gentrification of San Fran and the recent 20% increase in the cost of housing in Oakland—along with the massive increase in rental costs in Santa Clara County, government issued Section 8 Rental Vouchers are virtually worthless. The cost of housing is so high that truly affordable housing is non-existent in the Bay […] Read More and Comment: Housing Crisis Leaves Section 8 Renters on Outside Looking In Oakland had Only ONE Market Rate Housing Project in 2015 By Stephen Frank on Oct 09, 2015 08:00 pm Affordable housing is Oakland. Market priced housing has nearly disappeared. This is a problem for the long term, if the city wants economic growth. Affordable housing brings in the poor. Market priced housing brings in job holding, productive people. At this point Oakland is betting its future on the poor—not those that produce jobs. Looks […] Read More and Comment: Oakland had Only ONE Market Rate Housing Project in 2015 UCLA Anderson Forecast: Nation and Region Remain Healthy By Stephen Frank on Oct 09, 2015 07:58 pm My good friend Celeste Greig calls me most mornings to complain that the California Political News and Views only prints depressing news. In fact, we only publish news of importance to those interested in government, politics and public policy. If you want fiction or good news…juts read the mainstream media. Today is slightly different. The […] Read More and Comment: UCLA Anderson Forecast: Nation and Region Remain Healthy CBP to pilot open-air face, iris scans at San Diego Airport By Stephen Frank on Oct 09, 2015 07:56 pm If you thought your privacy was being invaded by the NSA, the IRS, the TSA and the rest of government add a new program of Homeland Security collection of biometric information on Americans. With all of this you would think they would know who the drug dealers and illegal aliens were—then enforce the laws. Instead […] Read More and Comment: CBP to pilot open-air face, iris scans at San Diego Airport Coronado Puts The Brakes On All Future Bike Lanes After Resident Complaints By Stephen Frank on Oct 09, 2015 07:55 pm While the city of Los Angeles is closing off lanes in Silverlake to slow down traffic with bikes, which Santa Barbara has been doing for years, Coronado is run by adults. The current craze by environmentalists and Luddites is to allow bikes freedom of the streets while forcing cars to slow down for the weaving […] Read More and Comment: Coronado Puts The Brakes On All Future Bike Lanes After Resident Complaints How City Should be Run: Irvine DENIES Extra Pay for Vendor Over-runs By Stephen Frank on Oct 09, 2015 07:52 pm I nominate the City Council of Irvine for the city of the year, maybe decade, award. Unlike many government agencies, they take their fiduciary responsibility seriously—and in public. Few backroom deals. In this case they look at the invoices and reports, then turned down paying extra for projects not approved. “Taylor tried to make the […] Read More and Comment: How City Should be Run: Irvine DENIES Extra Pay for Vendor Over-runs   In Case You Missed It: REI-ality Check: Store Boots Mom for Complaining About Man in Girls’ Bathroom Did Gambling Interests “Buy” the Democrat Chair of State Senate Committee? Forget Learning Spanish—Start Learning Asian Languages California Educrats CONFUSED About Making Students College Ready Trying to buy a house in California, but it’s too pricey? It’ll get worse