CALIFORNIA POLITICAL NEWS & VIEWS 02/27/2016

UC Berkeley Student Group: We Oppose Cops PROTECTING Us From Terrorist Attacks By Stephen Frank on Feb 26, 2016 08:52 pm Too bad that one of the entrance requirements to attend UC Berkeley is not common sense or a survival instinct. For generations Cal students have opposed wars against totalitarian nations, communists (sorry about being redundant), dictators or terrorists. Now the ASUC Senate has voted to oppose COPS training to protect students at the campus from […] Read More and Comment: UC Berkeley Student Group: We Oppose Cops PROTECTING Us From Terrorist Attacks Fresno businesses pessimistic about economy By Stephen Frank on Feb 26, 2016 08:49 pm Guv Brown is crowing about an economic recovery. President Obama is proud about his economic recovery. Guess the recovery has missed Fresno—and most of California and the nation. Instead of recovery we have higher taxes, higher prices, higher housing, more regulations and government policies chasing jobs and industry out of California and in many cases, […] Read More and Comment: Fresno businesses pessimistic about economy Farmworker conditions at center of proposed berry boycott By Stephen Frank on Feb 26, 2016 08:45 pm This is news of the future—the near future. It looks like the unions are going to take down another California industry, kill our jobs and give China and Mexico the opportunity of growing a crop that we grow—but due to union action, is too expensive to sell. Even after transportation costs, it will be cheaper […] Read More and Comment: Farmworker conditions at center of proposed berry boycott Volunteer Participation Hits Record Low By Stephen Frank on Feb 26, 2016 08:42 pm People are paying the highest taxes in our State’s and nations history. We have the lowest labor participation rate in our nations history and the highest number of people on disability and food stamps, ever. College graduates are getting jobs filling taco shells, while living with their parents. Yet some wonder why people no longer […] Read More and Comment: Volunteer Participation Hits Record Low Bay Area Left Wing: Apple Should Pay SAME taxes as Retired Widow! By Stephen Frank on Feb 26, 2016 08:39 pm The Left in this nation opposes regressive taxes, these are taxes that hit the poor and middle class the hardest. Yet the most Left Wing area of the country, California’s infamous Bay Area, an area where San Fran Nan (Pelosi) is considered a moderate, is about to vote to kill off what is left of […] Read More and Comment: Bay Area Left Wing: Apple Should Pay SAME taxes as Retired Widow! Commentary: Pensions Drowning California And Its Cities By Stephen Frank on Feb 26, 2016 08:37 pm If your city council or school board claims that it is in the black financially, and has a reserve—it is a lie. Thanks to the unfunded liabilities of CalSTRS and CalSTRS, the government pensions systems are hundreds of billions in unfunded liabilities, both are raising mandated contributions by 50%–and that only keeps the doors open […] Read More and Comment: Commentary: Pensions Drowning California And Its Cities Proposed Bill Would Require Motorists to Change Lanes for Cyclists By Stephen Frank on Feb 26, 2016 08:35 pm People who drive cars pay for the roads. But, in Iowa, the legislature is looking to continue having vehicles pay for the roads—but priority on the streets given to bike riders. Imagine two lanes going north, with a bike lane, with the bikes swerving, next to these lanes. Under the Iowa law, the cars would […] Read More and Comment: Proposed Bill Would Require Motorists to Change Lanes for Cyclists Santa Monica Declares War on Private Property and Seniors By Stephen Frank on Feb 26, 2016 08:32 pm Many seniors live in The People’s Republic of Santa Monica, Santa Moscow to many. These seniors own homes but live on fixed incomes, with prices rising. Doing the right thing, instead of going to government for a handout, they rent their homes on a short term basis to make extra money, to keep their homes. […] Read More and Comment: Santa Monica Declares War on Private Property and Seniors Only 11 Percent of Households Can Afford Most San Francisco Homes By Stephen Frank on Feb 26, 2016 08:31 pm San Fran has the highest cost of housing, buying or renting. Developers pay approximately $100,000 per unit in fees to the government—that is a major reason the cost is too high, government policy is to make San Fran an enclave for the rich and powerful—the middle class is not needed—they want the poor to use […] Read More and Comment: Only 11 Percent of Households Can Afford Most San Francisco Homes California Defends Teacher Tenure to Court–Bad Teachers OK for AG Harris By Stephen Frank on Feb 26, 2016 08:27 pm The Attorney General of California, a former money bundler for Obama, had a Deputy in court defending the use of bad teachers in government school classrooms. Harris was defender the right of unions to determine who is allowed to teach and who can’t (don’t pay a bribe to a union and inmost districts you are […] Read More and Comment: California Defends Teacher Tenure to Court–Bad Teachers OK for AG Harris   In Case You Missed It: Assemblywoman Shannon Grove pushes plan to make unions more accountable to its members UC Berkeley Running $150 MILLION DEFICIT–Keep it Quiet CalPERs Claims Return on Investment of 6.5%–Real Number is 2.4% Fresno State targets DREAMERS for assistance Gentrification in the Bay Area