CALIFORNIA POLITICAL NEWS & VIEWS 06/25/2016

LA City Council: ‘City Hall is Clueless about It’s Role in Fueling Homelessness By Stephen Frank on Jun 24, 2016 07:30 pm Why are people homeless in Los Angeles?  Just look at the economic and environmental policies.  The city mandates housing developers pay a minimum of $100,000 in taxes, fees and mandates per housing unit—just to start.  Want work?  The City Council has declared the minimum you must be paid—worth it or not.  If not, the job […] Read More and Comment: LA City Council: ‘City Hall is Clueless about It’s Role in Fueling Homelessness Laguna Beach: Perk City for Government Employees By Stephen Frank on Jun 24, 2016 07:28 pm Working for government is good for your economic condition and success.  No need to be productive, just take some meetings, phone calls and be highly political—and you can be very rich.  The city of Laguna Beach, in Ornage County, is a great example of why government costs so much—and those in charge are paid extremely […] Read More and Comment: Laguna Beach: Perk City for Government Employees Feds Spend $1.25 Million on Superhero Cartoon in Pakistan By Stephen Frank on Jun 24, 2016 07:25 pm Even with a $19 trillion debt, and growing.  Even with tens of trillions in Federal unfunded liabilities, even with Medicare going broke in 12 years and Social Security dead broke in 18 years, Obama found $1.25 million dollars—your money—to create a superhero cartoon in Pakistan—to telling them not to use drugs and to “empower” women.  […] Read More and Comment: Feds Spend $1.25 Million on Superhero Cartoon in Pakistan L.A. Ports Ignore Trouble–Ten Years Could be Closed By Stephen Frank on Jun 24, 2016 07:23 pm The Panama Canal is about to give the LA area ports a real run for their money—and will lose.  The article below says that our ports are “usually” faster and cheaper.  What they leave out is they are, when the unions allow the ships to be off loaded. They also fail to mention that the […] Read More and Comment: L.A. Ports Ignore Trouble–Ten Years Could be Closed UCI Chancellor: Homophobe BANS Conservative Gay Speaker From Campus By Stephen Frank on Jun 24, 2016 07:21 pm The UC Irvine Young Republicans invited a writer of national and international fame, Milo Yiannopoulos.  The Chancellor of UC Irvine has suspended the College Republicans on very meager technical grounds—without notice or a hearing.  Is it possible that the real reason for this is that Chancellor Howard Gillman—and the system Chancellor Janet Napolitano are HOMOPHOBES?  […] Read More and Comment: UCI Chancellor: Homophobe BANS Conservative Gay Speaker From Campus Protecting CA Students From Pension Costs By Stephen Frank on Jun 24, 2016 07:19 pm Since the term of Arnold of Governor, the professional fondler and amateur governor, one dollar out of every three dollars in UC tuition increase has gone to the UC system pension plan—not to education.  Ad CalSTRS grows its unfunded liabilities, the money contributed by school districts also goes up, that is money not used for […] Read More and Comment: Protecting CA Students From Pension Costs Property values jump $13.5B: San Mateo County’s Property Assessment Roll up 7.6% By Stephen Frank on Jun 24, 2016 07:17 pm There is an upside to the high housing prices in the Bay Area.  While the prices have squeezed the middle class out of the area and State, those left behind are paying much higher property taxes. “Business expansion in San Mateo County has created new jobs, new construction and higher real estate values which has […] Read More and Comment: Property values jump $13.5B: San Mateo County’s Property Assessment Roll up 7.6% Bikes vs. Cars in San Fran: Cars Win, Bikers Die By Stephen Frank on Jun 24, 2016 07:14 pm There is a reality—as cars try to make right turns, going through bike lanes, someone can get hurt.  While bikers think they own the road and ride in the bike lane, so close to the car lane, someone is going to get hurt.  When car drivers complain about potholes, bike riders are complaining about not […] Read More and Comment: Bikes vs. Cars in San Fran: Cars Win, Bikers Die UC Berkeley announces crowdsourcing campaign to address revenue issues By Stephen Frank on Jun 24, 2016 07:10 pm UC Berkeley is running a deficit of $150 million.  It is so bad, they have to fire close to 500 staffers—this, after, thanks to State minimum wage laws and new union contracts, the cost of employees went up—money is being spent that does not exist.  Now they want the staff and students with $100,000 in […] Read More and Comment: UC Berkeley announces crowdsourcing campaign to address revenue issues The incredible shrinking apartment: Central Valley’s among smallest By Stephen Frank on Jun 24, 2016 07:08 pm The Central Valley is the poorest region in the State.  Poverty rates in some cities are highest in the nation—along with high unemployment due to the governor giving needed water to fish rather than farmers.  At the same time, housing is as reasonable as possible in California—but what are you getting? “Bakersfield has the eighth […] Read More and Comment: The incredible shrinking apartment: Central Valley’s among smallest   In Case You Missed It: UC Irvine College Republicans Have Attorney to Fight Suspension—Shawn Steel Grocery workers approve supermarket strike LAUSD Waste Tax $$: Teacher jail numbers rise to 181, costing LA Unified $15 million Medicare trust fund running out of money fast UC Berkeley, CAIR label conservative outlets part of ‘US Islamophobia Network’