CALIFORNIA POLITICAL NEWS & VIEWS 01/06/2016

San Fran Rent Increased 13.8% IN NOVEMBER By Stephen Frank on Jan 05, 2016 08:36 pm The cost of living in San Fran is going crazy. During the 1930’s people went to the grocery store in Germany with wheelbarrows filled with money—just to pay for the basics. In November the cost of rental housing in San Fran went up 13.8%. In 2015 the value of homes in San Fran increased 12.2% […] Read More and Comment: San Fran Rent Increased 13.8% IN NOVEMBER San Diego County Sheriff: The Ramifications of Prop. 47 Are Coming Into Focus, and They Don’t Bode Well for Communities By Stephen Frank on Jan 05, 2016 08:33 pm Between Obama trying to take away guns on a national level, AB 109 and Prop. 47 in California, the gun business could not be better. Smith & Wesson stock has gone up 924% since Barack took office. Another gun manufacturer had its stock up 938% in the same time. Government has made it clear that […] Read More and Comment: San Diego County Sheriff: The Ramifications of Prop. 47 Are Coming Into Focus, and They Don’t Bode Well for Communities What We’re Watching for in the Governor’s Proposed Budget By Stephen Frank on Jan 05, 2016 08:31 pm In the next 48 hours the very confused Guv Brown is going to present the 2016-17 budget. There will be discussions, hearings and special interest begging for higher taxes and more money. Then in May the Guv will provide a “revise” of the budget—this is the real budget the governors wants. The one presented in […] Read More and Comment: What We’re Watching for in the Governor’s Proposed Budget Sand: Testing Matters By Stephen Frank on Jan 05, 2016 08:28 pm Thanks to the California legislature, you no longer have to pass an exit exam to get a diploma—for what it is worth. If you have failed the exit test over the past few years, thanks to the confused Guv and the legislature, you can get a diploma. Imagine telling your future employer you failed in […] Read More and Comment: Sand: Testing Matters Guv Brown Controlled Agency: San Diego to PAY One Billion MORE for Pensions/Bankruptcy is OK By Stephen Frank on Jan 05, 2016 08:24 pm Governor Brown appoints the Public Employment Relations Board. They have ruled that the voters of San Diego had no right to vote to keep the city out of bankruptcy or to assure retirees that their retirement checks will be in the mailbox. In 2012 the voters of San Diego with a 70% margin said they […] Read More and Comment: Guv Brown Controlled Agency: San Diego to PAY One Billion MORE for Pensions/Bankruptcy is OK Is Prison Overcrowding Actually a Bad Thing? By Stephen Frank on Jan 05, 2016 08:22 pm Thanks to a judge that ruled prisoners in the California Department of Corrections are “uncomfortable”, more than 50,000 were released to the streets and tens of thousands more that should have gone to prison are still on the streets. The results? In 2015 Los Angeles had a 19.9% increase in crime. “Recently, the state decided […] Read More and Comment: Is Prison Overcrowding Actually a Bad Thing? Obama Bails Out Guv Brown/ Funds Medicaid Without Mentioning Portion of $$ Goes to Illegal Aliens By Stephen Frank on Jan 05, 2016 08:16 pm The State of California has added about 70,000 illegal aliens to our Medicaid program but with no way to pay for it. Now Obama has stepped in and is giving us $6.2 billion in regards to a “transformation waiver”. In fact, this is the people of Topeka and Buffalo paying for criminals from other countries […] Read More and Comment: Obama Bails Out Guv Brown/ Funds Medicaid Without Mentioning Portion of $$ Goes to Illegal Aliens 2016: Year of Election Fraud in California/Mandated by Democrat Legislature By Stephen Frank on Jan 05, 2016 08:14 pm Starting a few days ago, January 1, you no longer have to register to vote before 7:30pm on election day in California. You are allowed to register to vote—and vote—on the day of election. Under new California law you can mail your absentee ballot at 7:55pm on election day—no longer does your ballot have to […] Read More and Comment: 2016: Year of Election Fraud in California/Mandated by Democrat Legislature Two Special Session of California Legislature Since September—NO Results By Stephen Frank on Jan 05, 2016 08:12 pm When the regular session of the State session adjourned in early September, the really confused Guv Brown declared two special sessions of the legislature. One deals with health care issues and funding. So far, 100 days since the declaration, nothing has been done. Not even a full session of the legislature. Yet Brown considered this […] Read More and Comment: Two Special Session of California Legislature Since September—NO Results California Trying to Make Home ownership MORE Expensive—HIGHER Property Taxes By Stephen Frank on Jan 05, 2016 08:10 pm If you want to help homeless children, you can donate to your church or a local food bank. If Progressives have their way, your cost of housing will go up to pay for assisting the homeless. It transfers $7 billion from the poor and middle class—to the homeless, making life less sustainable for most. While […] Read More and Comment: California Trying to Make Home ownership MORE Expensive—HIGHER Property Taxes   In Case You Missed It: California GOP: We Do Not Want To Win 5th Senate District–which IS Winnable California November, 2016 Ballot to be Used As Joke for Totalitarian Left Feds Hold Up Students From India Trying to Attend TWO California Universities—Both With 90% Foreign Student Enrollment CalSTRS—Teachers Retirement Pension system—in DEEP Trouble Reality: The California housing market will stagnate in 2016