CAL(IFORNIA POLITICAL NEWS & VIEWS 07/07/2016

200,000 Illegal Aliens in Texas Booked for Committing 520,000 Crimes in Five Years By Stephen Frank on Jul 06, 2016 07:50 pm The co-conspirator in all these crimes, allowing the criminals into this country and allowing them to stay in Barack Obama.  He should be charged by the State of Texas—and sued by the victims.  Were it not for his policies of protecting criminals from foreign nations, 520,000 crimes, just in Texas would not happen—and over 1,000 […] Read More and Comment: 200,000 Illegal Aliens in Texas Booked for Committing 520,000 Crimes in Five Years Racism Via Sociology in Bay Area—Do Theories Prove Racism? By Stephen Frank on Jul 06, 2016 07:48 pm How do you get to be a racist society?  You ask questions about race, make everything about race and then wonder why we are racist.  In this case KQED did an analysis of how many black men were in the Bay Area and how many black women.  The survey found that for every 100 black […] Read More and Comment: Racism Via Sociology in Bay Area—Do Theories Prove Racism? National Institute of Health Wastes $27 Billion a Year (on $30 Billion budget) By Stephen Frank on Jul 06, 2016 07:45 pm Why is Trump doing so well?  Because people have little reason to trust or respect government—and his opponent wants to expand what people no longer trust. “The government agency, which spends over $30 billion of taxpayer funding on research each year, highlighted remarks by a Yale doctor who said the majority of research is useless. […] Read More and Comment: National Institute of Health Wastes $27 Billion a Year (on $30 Billion budget) Taxing road use instead of gas in a new pilot program By Stephen Frank on Jul 06, 2016 07:44 pm As those that read the California Political News and Views, I am an advocate of NO FREE RIDES.  While those that drive cars must pay hefty taxes on gas, bike riders get bike lanes and special privileges (in Santa Barbara and San Fran they are taking away parking spaces on the streets to make it […] Read More and Comment: Taxing road use instead of gas in a new pilot program Group will revamp anti-HSR initiative By Stephen Frank on Jul 06, 2016 07:41 pm There was an opportunity to have a ballot measure on the November ballot to take all the money left (which actually is a deficit since the High Speed Rail has no money left, the cap and trade funds have dried up and the lawsuits from vendors wanting to get paid based on billion dollars’ worth […] Read More and Comment: Group will revamp anti-HSR initiative Fresno Cop Deals Blow To SEIU… And Everyone Shakes Hands By Stephen Frank on Jul 06, 2016 07:39 pm Imagine, a cop stopped an organization that is based on extortion and blackmail—but isn’t that what law enforcement should do>  Except when the organized crime is a union, promoted and protected by government—since it is the politicians that get the donations to stay in office.  That is why Capone stayed around so long, he had […] Read More and Comment: Fresno Cop Deals Blow To SEIU… And Everyone Shakes Hands How Public Officials Can Reduce the Burden of Unionized Firefighters By Stephen Frank on Jul 06, 2016 07:37 pm Guv Brown realizes we are headed into a recession, if we have not already walked through that door.  On a Federal level, by the end of this year our nation debt will hit $20 billion and there is little we can do to stop or slow it down.  The city of Los Angeles has a […] Read More and Comment: How Public Officials Can Reduce the Burden of Unionized Firefighters San Joaquin County workers strike–4400 By Stephen Frank on Jul 06, 2016 07:35 pm Do you think government workers work for the people or the union?  We have seen nurses leave sick patients because a union told them to do so.  In San Joaquin County, the unions did the people a favor—they went on strike shutting down almost all County operations.  It gave the people time to feel like […] Read More and Comment: San Joaquin County workers strike–4400 Private Hospitals Provide Massive New Mental Health Services/Research By Stephen Frank on Jul 06, 2016 07:33 pm In another article in todays’ California Political News and Views I note that experts are saying that 87% of the $30 billion budget for the National Institute of Health is wasted.  My guess is that few are surprised.  Put government in charge of anything and you have waste, corruption and mediocre results.   Now two private […] Read More and Comment: Private Hospitals Provide Massive New Mental Health Services/Research Outside Yosemite, Rural Town Grapples with Homelessness By Stephen Frank on Jul 06, 2016 07:31 pm For the past week a group of over 70 media outlets in the Bay Area have been targeting the issue of homelessness.  This story from KQED, a Bay Area NPR station, is the continuation of the process.  Over the last few days they have worked hard on the big cities, now they have determined to […] Read More and Comment: Outside Yosemite, Rural Town Grapples with Homelessness   In Case You Missed It: Jerry Brown’s Concerns Reflect Hillary Clinton’s Vulnerability Marijuana Expert Says Legalization Will Make Weed Too Cheap LA’s Mayor Flunks the Budget Test SEIU Effort to Control Hospital Execs Pay Via Ballot Stopped Public safety, “one-time” bills, and Governor Brown’s initiative