CALIFORNIA POLITICAL NEWS & VIEWS 04/23/2016 SAN FRANCISCO VOTING AGE TO 16? WHAT!!!

San Fran examines lowering voting age and other methods to boost turnout By Stephen Frank on Apr 22, 2016 08:14 pm How do make sure the voter turnout is lower than it already is? You add younger voters the rolls—the kids that argue the merits of Taylor Swift vs. hip hop.  These kids, because they have not earned money, only heard the union side of issues in the classroom, have no life experiences, will easily be […] Read More and Comment: 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 By Stephen Frank on Apr 22, 2016 08:11 pm Confused Guv Brown claims a balanced budget—the Democrat State Treasurer says we have a $1.5 trillion debt—obviously California does not have a balanced budget.  He says we do, in part by refusing to pay our debts—like you claiming you have money in the bank when you refuse to pay the rent. “In 2001, the Legislature […] Read More and Comment: 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 By Stephen Frank on Apr 22, 2016 08:03 pm The voters of California think throwing money at failed schools make this good schools.  Yet in LAUSD 40% of your childs’ grade is based on socio-economic and cultural issues, ore important than multiplication.  California curriculum is based on Common Core, where two plus two can equal five, if you understand the process.  Classes are chaotic […] Read More and Comment: 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 By Stephen Frank on Apr 22, 2016 08:01 pm San Fran is going to be an “old” town.  Only the well to do, very rich and those that have had years to accumulate wealth can afford to live in this gentrified, brain fried intolerant town. The young that flock to San Fran must pay $3-4,000a month for a two bedroom crappy apartment.  That means […] Read More and Comment: 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 By Stephen Frank on Apr 22, 2016 07:59 pm Los Angeles is already the highest cost city in the nation for housing and rentals.  The city is one of the three worst in the nation for the middle class—which has been fleeing the city.  The schools are failed and segregated, with only9% of the students white. Now Mayor Garcetti is looking to make it […] Read More and Comment: Garcetti’s budget proposal: Homeless spending depends on developer fees, land sales State Assembly committee passes bill aimed at limiting UC nonresident enrollment By Stephen Frank on Apr 22, 2016 07:57 pm Good news for the taxpayers, students and families of California.  Thanks to a legislative act, if passed, “only” 15% of the UC seats will go to residents of other States and countries.  While we pay for a world class education system (that under Napolitano has turned into an intolerant system, totalitarian in nature if you […] Read More and Comment: State Assembly committee passes bill aimed at limiting UC nonresident enrollment $5 million in funding for undocumented UC students set to expire in June By Stephen Frank on Apr 22, 2016 07:55 pm Money meant for honest Californians and American citizens is instead going to students that violate the law—at the same time taking seats in the UC system meant for honest kids. “Five million dollars in funding for undocumented UC students is set to expire in June, with many urging UC President Janet Napolitano to renew the […] Read More and Comment: $5 million in funding for undocumented UC students set to expire in June Local Citizen Takes Marin County to Court Over Pensions–County HIDING Reports By Stephen Frank on Apr 22, 2016 07:53 pm Finally, the citizens are fighting back.  They are suing the County of Marin (a rich person playground).  The county had increased the pension benefits without any finances to pay for them.  This is part of the reason Orange County went bankrupt a few years ago. ““Mill Valley resident David Brown is taking the county to […] Read More and Comment: Local Citizen Takes Marin County to Court Over Pensions–County HIDING Reports “This Is Going To Be A National Crisis” – One Of The Largest U.S. Pension Funds Set To Cut Retiree Benefits–a UNION By Stephen Frank on Apr 22, 2016 07:51 pm The unions, which rip off taxpayers for unsustainable pensions, have a problem.  The largest union in the country, the Central States Pension Fund (Teamsters in the Mid-West) is going belly up.  That is to be expected—they have killed off pensions in Rhode Island, Detroit, Illinois and California, why not their own? “As the Washington Post […] Read More and Comment: “This Is Going To Be A National Crisis” – One Of The Largest U.S. Pension Funds Set To Cut Retiree Benefits–a UNION   In Case You Missed It: 450 Wrongly Jailed in San Bernardino County? Another shock to the LAUSD budget: DWP rate hike will cost $24 million over 5 years Court Agreed; Children do NOT Need Quality Teachers—Just Old One’s Tax Orgy Hits Goleta—Brick and Mortar in Age of Internet—Admits Libraries LOSING Customers Everywhere OC’s Rise in Suicides Largest Among Major U.S. Counties