CALIFORNIA POLITICAL NEWS & VIEWS 12/26/2015 ANOTHER REAL ESTATE BUBBLE IN LA

Finally—Criminals ARRESTED: 9 Black Lives Matter Activists Charged With Vandalism Over 405 Freeway Protest By Stephen Frank on Dec 25, 2015 08:59 pm On Wednesday early afternoon a group of criminals, some call them terrorists, walked on to the 405 San Diego Freeway near LAX—and shut it down. They halted traffic. The #blacklivesmatter movement called this a protest—it was not, it was vandalism, endangered lives and commerce. A similar group closed down the road to the Minneapolis Airport […] Read More and Comment: Finally—Criminals ARRESTED: 9 Black Lives Matter Activists Charged With Vandalism Over 405 Freeway Protest San Carlos Uses Tax $$ to Steal Money From Citizens—Voters REVOLT Against Government Corruption By Stephen Frank on Dec 25, 2015 08:56 pm The people of San Carlos may be very liberal, elect tax and spend politicians, but even radicals can say NO to more taxes. The worst part of this is that $500,000 of taxpayer money, money taken by force from the people by government, was used to steal even more money from the people. “An informal […] Read More and Comment: San Carlos Uses Tax $$ to Steal Money From Citizens—Voters REVOLT Against Government Corruption Are We Witnessing Another Real Estate Bubble in Los Angeles? By Stephen Frank on Dec 25, 2015 08:53 pm The Bay Area, home of the most expensive homes and rent in the nation has found prices stabilized and in some areas go down. A housing bubble? In the Sacramento area it is cheaper to rent a three bedroom home than buy a house—is a housing bubble on its way in this area? Now we […] Read More and Comment: Are We Witnessing Another Real Estate Bubble in Los Angeles? Sacramento 2016: Billions in Bonds and More Billions in Tax Increases for Worst Roads in Nation By Stephen Frank on Dec 25, 2015 08:51 pm When Arnold was Governor he has us vote for a $10 billion transportation bond—meant to fix the roads. He took one billion dollars of that of that money and gave it to large trucking companies—so those that operate at the Los Angeles and Oakland ports could buy new diesel engine for their trucks. In exchange, […] Read More and Comment: Sacramento 2016: Billions in Bonds and More Billions in Tax Increases for Worst Roads in Nation Democrat Assemblyman Represents Las Vegas Interests—Demand Fantasy Football Shut Down—Profits for Vegas at Stake By Stephen Frank on Dec 25, 2015 08:48 pm Las Vegas does not competition. For years they have been fighting online gambling—though gambling is not a monopoly granted them in the Constitution. Just look at all the Indian tribes in California that have casinos. When Prop.5 was on the ballot in gas 1998, it was the Vegas folks that spend the money to kill […] Read More and Comment: Democrat Assemblyman Represents Las Vegas Interests—Demand Fantasy Football Shut Down—Profits for Vegas at Stake Radical Claremont Church Doesn’t Use Anti-Gun Message for Christmas. Has Reality Set in for Leftists? By Stephen Frank on Dec 25, 2015 08:47 pm A few weeks ago fourteen people in San Bernardino lost their lives because they were not allowed to defend themselves. There were in a government building with a sign, “Gun Free Zone”. A few months ago, parishioners in a North Carolina church were gunned down—again, no one had a gun to defend themselves. A Methodist […] Read More and Comment: Radical Claremont Church Doesn’t Use Anti-Gun Message for Christmas. Has Reality Set in for Leftists? Guv/AG Refusal to Defend Prop. 8—Precedent to Kill Future Initiatives Hack Politicians Don’t Like By Stephen Frank on Dec 25, 2015 08:45 pm Years ago, Guv Gray Davis decided NOT to defend Prop. 187 in court, though the people of California voted to control illegal aliens. Then after the Prop. 8 fight in 2008, the confused Guv Brown (then Attorney General) decided he did not want to defend a ballot measure passed by the people—because HE did not […] Read More and Comment: Guv/AG Refusal to Defend Prop. 8—Precedent to Kill Future Initiatives Hack Politicians Don’t Like Sacramento Area Housing Bubble Exposed—Cost of Rent Cheaper Than Buying Home By Stephen Frank on Dec 25, 2015 08:42 pm The Bay Area has very expensive housing, but the price increases have stabilized and in some places declined. Now we have the Sacramento area with high costs—so high, it is cheaper to rent. “He says in Placer County, average wage earners would need to spend nearly 60 percent of their income to buy a home, […] Read More and Comment: Sacramento Area Housing Bubble Exposed—Cost of Rent Cheaper Than Buying Home Bankrupt San Bernardino Allowed to Outsource Firefighting—Unions Upset Losing Golden Goose By Stephen Frank on Dec 25, 2015 08:39 pm The Judge offered the city a deal—they would not have to pay millions (it did not have) to CalPERS. The brains running the city said they would instead pay 95% of what they owed—knowing this would throw them back into bankruptcy with months of being out of BK. Now the city wants to outsource their […] Read More and Comment: Bankrupt San Bernardino Allowed to Outsource Firefighting—Unions Upset Losing Golden Goose Los Angeles Surplus Disposal – Another Self-Inflicted Wound By Stephen Frank on Dec 25, 2015 08:36 pm The City of Los Angeles has a $100 million deficit and it is growing. Outrageous union contracts, union agreements giving them a monopoly over workers—union rules killing productivity. Plus Mayor Garcetti is begging special interest groups and minorities to come up with ideas to give away tax dollars, so he can buy votes. Now we […] Read More and Comment: Los Angeles Surplus Disposal – Another Self-Inflicted Wound   In Case You Missed It: Merry Christmas Democrat Style: Guv Brown Agency Causes Farm to FIRE 2551 (not a typo) Workers Project Labor Agreement Threats Surge in California in 2015==More tax $$ Used for Union Payoffs Feds Spend $1.2 Million for ‘Climate Change Liaisons’ for Native American Tribes Illegal Alien Apprehensions DOWN—Because Border Guard LET Them In Without Arrests More Criminals in California “Sentenced” to Probation Than Jail/Prison—As Crime Spikes Up