CALIFORNIA POLITICAL NEWS & VIEWS 03/18/2016

Stanford University: Preliminary Report Figures Peg Pension and Retiree Health Care Problem at $1.2 Trillion By Stephen Frank on Mar 17, 2016 08:45 pm California Democrat State Treasurer says the State has $1.5 TRILLION in debt. For over a year the California Political News and Views has stated that the unfunded liabilities of the government pension systems were around $1 trillion. We apologize, we were wrong. According to a Stanford University study the actual unfunded liabilities of California pension […] Read More and Comment: Stanford University: Preliminary Report Figures Peg Pension and Retiree Health Care Problem at $1.2 Trillion TANSTAAFL: Free Internet Access for Everyone in S.F. Could Cost $867 Million By Stephen Frank on Mar 17, 2016 08:43 pm This is all you need to know about government: THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A FREE LUNCH (TANSTAAFL) In San Fran, the city wants to provide its residents and visitors with “FREE” Internet—at a taxpayer cost of $867 million—plus operating expenses. That alos means that private for profit Internet firms will not get the […] Read More and Comment: TANSTAAFL: Free Internet Access for Everyone in S.F. Could Cost $867 Million Tax $$ to be Used to Stop First Amendment Rights/Self Protection By Stephen Frank on Mar 17, 2016 08:39 pm Did you know the taxpayers fund a “Labor Center” at UCLA and at Cal, run by the AFL-CIO, using the cover of the University to promote extortion, blackmail and theft of workers paychecks. This is money taxed from all citizens, to allow a special interest to promote higher taxes on the jobs of California—and forcing […] Read More and Comment: Tax $$ to be Used to Stop First Amendment Rights/Self Protection Santa Maria Police Allow Illegal Aliens Free Rein in City—Historic Number of Murders is Result By Stephen Frank on Mar 17, 2016 08:35 pm The city of Santa Maria has seen a massive increase in the numbers of murders—no idea about the explosion of drugs, property crimes and other criminal activity. Several months ago an illegal alien murdered Marilyn Pharis—the cops did not use this as a reason to enforce the immigration law and turn over the criminal illegal […] Read More and Comment: Santa Maria Police Allow Illegal Aliens Free Rein in City—Historic Number of Murders is Result Chicago Publisher Set to Own All 4 Major SoCal Newspapers By Stephen Frank on Mar 17, 2016 08:31 pm The newspapers are circling their wagons. From XXXXX to San Diego, if the sale of the Orange County Register goes through, one company, from Chicago, will own all of the “major” newspapers in Southern California (of course in ten years the LA Times has lost over half its subscribers). The consolidation of newspapers is happening […] Read More and Comment: Chicago Publisher Set to Own All 4 Major SoCal Newspapers More Scare Tactics From Sick People: Your Town “COULD” be Flooded by Ocean—Fresno? By Stephen Frank on Mar 17, 2016 08:27 pm Go to the city of Santa Barbara. Then go to an area 2.5 miles from the ocean and you will see a red line painted on the street. This is where the Al Gore kool-aid drinkers decided to scare people into thinking this is really October 31. Actually, there is a potential for 350 million […] Read More and Comment: More Scare Tactics From Sick People: Your Town “COULD” be Flooded by Ocean—Fresno? This just in … State Water Project Allocation Increased to 45% By Stephen Frank on Mar 17, 2016 08:24 pm The good news is that the amount of water allocated to farmers and cities this years will be 45%, from the State Water Project. That is up from 20% actually given last year. The bad news is that in raw terms Folsom Dam is at 70% of capacity and the State has decided it will […] Read More and Comment: This just in … State Water Project Allocation Increased to 45% Environmentalists Newest to Jump On-Board the “Stop The Choo-Choo Train” Movement By Stephen Frank on Mar 17, 2016 08:22 pm The only way a choo-choo train can be built in California from Los Angeles to San Francisco is to violate numerous environmental laws. The High Speed Rail Authority ahs already said it REFUSES to obey California environmental laws, instead will “attempt” to meet Federal standards. Now the choo choo train to nowhere is unable to […] Read More and Comment: Environmentalists Newest to Jump On-Board the “Stop The Choo-Choo Train” Movement Will One Million California Be Saved From Being Held Hostage by Government Schools By Stephen Frank on Mar 17, 2016 08:12 pm The Legislature is trying to pass a bill to stop government schools in California from giving credits to students for attending classes with NO education content. LAUSD and most big city schools use “restorative justice” to discipline students—no suspensions or expulsions—just counseling. Druggies, bullies, those that bring weapons to class, fight other students in the […] Read More and Comment: Will One Million California Be Saved From Being Held Hostage by Government Schools Industry, not government, to run Fresno’s food show By Stephen Frank on Mar 17, 2016 08:10 pm Fresno is always full of surprises. While most of the community adamantly oppose the train to nowhere, the Mayor, a Republican that refused to support the nominal Republican candidate for Governor on the November, 2014 ballot (but planning to run herself for governor in 2018) is a BIG supporter of the train to pay off […] Read More and Comment: Industry, not government, to run Fresno’s food show   In Case You Missed It: CURRENT University of California Policy: Anti-Semitism OK on Campus SB 1286—How to Use Government to Personally Harass/Endanger Police Officers San Diego City Council HELPS the Formation of Charter Schools San Fran Totalitarians CANCEL Breitbart Meeting in “Private” Venue Ring: The Hypocrisy of Public Sector Unions