CALIFORNIA POLITICAL NEWS & VIEWS 04/25/2016

Elias: UC anti-Semitism: Now it’s up to campus chiefs By Stephen Frank on Apr 24, 2016 07:36 pm Janet Napolitano has imported in the UC system the values and principles of Barack Obama, her boss when she was the Secretary of Homeland Security.  In that job she opened our borders to terrorists, drug dealers, gun runners (guns SUPPLIED by the Attorney General Eric Holder) and criminals from foreign nations.  Along with that she […] Read More and Comment: Elias: UC anti-Semitism: Now it’s up to campus chiefs LAPD Chief Beck DISRESPECTS His Own Police Officers—AND PUBLIC By Stephen Frank on Apr 24, 2016 07:32 pm Charlie Beck is just another hack politician—in this case he carries a badge and his oath is NOT to the cops of LA or the people of this city, but to City Hall and political correctness. “Whittingham said Beck was present when Deputy Chief Mark Perez told a meeting of captains that officers referred to […] Read More and Comment: LAPD Chief Beck DISRESPECTS His Own Police Officers—AND PUBLIC Water Managers Advocate for Changes – or Rescission – of Emergency Conservation Regulation By Stephen Frank on Apr 24, 2016 07:29 pm The North had has a very good rainy season.  In fact, the Governor thinks it is so good that instead of moving the overflow water at some of the Dams to dams that are not as full.  He is also providing water needed by farmers to fish and allowing millions of acres of water flow […] Read More and Comment: Water Managers Advocate for Changes – or Rescission – of Emergency Conservation Regulation Five Things to Know About Desalination By Stephen Frank on Apr 24, 2016 07:26 pm The lack of water being experienced in California is not because of a drought, but due to lack of action and bad actions by the State of California.  While we are begging for water our confused Guv Brown is fining us for using too much water, per his standards.  Yet he is allowing millions of […] Read More and Comment: Five Things to Know About Desalination Feds Spend $3,071 for Kids to Raise Red Paddles to Protest Donuts By Stephen Frank on Apr 24, 2016 07:21 pm You need your car to get to work, the store and visit family.  But it broke down and you need $3,000 to fix it—but you do not have the money.  Yet the Feds have taken your taxes and wasted it in ways you can never imagine.  For $3,071 Obama is giving kids red paddles, rise […] Read More and Comment: Feds Spend $3,071 for Kids to Raise Red Paddles to Protest Donuts San Jose Ends Private Property Rights for Apartment Owners By Stephen Frank on Apr 24, 2016 07:16 pm If you own an apartment complex in San Jose, you may hold the mortgage but the government will control the prices you are allowed to change, hence the profit you can make.  At the same time government can mandate new “standards”, retroactively, cut both the profits and the value of the property. “”In District 5, […] Read More and Comment: San Jose Ends Private Property Rights for Apartment Owners Montebello could be out of money a year from now, city manager says By Stephen Frank on Apr 24, 2016 07:14 pm Another California city is facing bankruptcy, the cutting of basic services and retirement pay.  Stockton, Vallejo, San Bernardino all went belly up.  Now we know that Montebello in the San Gabriel Valley is joining this not so exclusive circle of government agencies where high taxes, bad regulations, corruption and mismanagement catches up to them. “City […] Read More and Comment: Montebello could be out of money a year from now, city manager says Driverless Cars: The Future is NOW and Government Wants Control By Stephen Frank on Apr 24, 2016 07:11 pm Years ago the buggy whip industry died—and horse manure on the streets became just a memory. Today we are watching as the “disrupting” driverless car cuts the need for accident insurance, since all studies show the driverless car will create 90% or more FEWER accidents.  This will have an affect on auto repair places, driver […] Read More and Comment: Driverless Cars: The Future is NOW and Government Wants Control One of Nation’s Largest Pension Funds (Truckers) Will Reduce Benefits or Go Broke by 2025–Teamsters By Stephen Frank on Apr 24, 2016 07:07 pm The unions want to own you.  They decide in many industries if you are allowed to work or not—pay a bribe and you work, refuse to pay and you need to fund another job or career.  Try working as a teacher in California in a government school district without paying a bribe (except for the […] Read More and Comment: One of Nation’s Largest Pension Funds (Truckers) Will Reduce Benefits or Go Broke by 2025–Teamsters President Obama Double Downs On Medicaid’s Failures By Stephen Frank on Apr 24, 2016 06:58 pm The economic disaster to the Federal and State budgets has begun.  “The president recently asked Congress to approve $106 billion in new Medicaid spending over the next 10 years. Never mind that the Congressional Budget Office just concluded that, as is, Medicaid spending will add $1.3 trillion to the federal deficit by 2025. That’s $136 […] Read More and Comment: President Obama Double Downs On Medicaid’s Failures   In Case You Missed It: San Fran examines lowering voting age and other methods to boost turnout Guv Brown Caught LYING About Balanced Budget and Still Refuses to Repay 15 Year Old Loans Poll: Voters support school bond and Prop. 30 extension 4 in 5 of San Fran’s millennials say they’ve given up on ever owning a home here Garcetti’s budget proposal: Homeless spending depends on developer fees, land sales