CALIFORNIA POLITICAL NEWS & VIEWS 07/16/2016

University of Texas Now SAFER Than Any University of California Campus–Allows CCW’s By Stephen Frank on Jul 15, 2016 08:17 pm Starting August 1, students on the University of Texas campuses will no longer be sitting ducks to criminals or terrorists.  The Regents have agreed to allow students to defend themselves if a gunman enters a classroom or cafeteria.  In California at UCLA, you may not even be allowed to pray-since the school is anti-religious.  Texas […] Read More and Comment: University of Texas Now SAFER Than Any University of California Campus–Allows CCW’s Feds Spend $36,913 Texting College Kids Not to Drink So Much on Their 21st Birthday By Stephen Frank on Jul 15, 2016 08:14 pm Watch your text messages on your 21st birthday.  Your parents, siblings and close friends will send you well wishes.  The Federal government will send a text warning you not to drink too much.  But, they ONLY send it on your birthday.  A few days later and they no longer care how much you drink—another example […] Read More and Comment: Feds Spend $36,913 Texting College Kids Not to Drink So Much on Their 21st Birthday Palm Spring Killing Off Private Property/Housing for Tourists By Stephen Frank on Jul 15, 2016 08:10 pm Looks like Palm Springs has joined the San Fran crowd in trying to outlaw private property.  How?  By telling property owners that only have limited days in a year they can rent their condo’s and homes via the Internet using services like AIRBNB. “The Palm Springs City Council vote Wednesday night to place a temporary […] Read More and Comment: Palm Spring Killing Off Private Property/Housing for Tourists Good News: LA County Says NO to $300 Million Tax—YES to $95 Million Tax ($6 billion over 35 Years) By Stephen Frank on Jul 15, 2016 08:07 pm Over the next 35 years, the County of Los Angeles is going to transfer $6 billion from families and businesses to government, for “parks”.  Any wonder people are fleeing Los Angeles, the city and County?  Left behind are the rich, the poor and the illegal aliens.  The Texas Chamber of Commerce and Governor say thanks […] Read More and Comment: Good News: LA County Says NO to $300 Million Tax—YES to $95 Million Tax ($6 billion over 35 Years) LA Unified magnet schools in demand, but slow to expand–prefer mediocre education for all By Stephen Frank on Jul 15, 2016 08:05 pm Parents in the Los Angeles Unified School District do not want to be in a district owned and controlled by ideologues and unions.  No, this is not based on a poll—but facts.  So far, 100,000 students from LAUSD have entered charter schools. Another 100,000 are on lists to get into charter schools—more would be on […] Read More and Comment: LA Unified magnet schools in demand, but slow to expand–prefer mediocre education for all Anaheim to Award Biggest Tax Subsidy in City History to Disney, but Union Leaders Remain Quiet By Stephen Frank on Jul 15, 2016 08:01 pm Disney is one of the world’s largest and most successful corporations.  In the 2ns quarter of this year, Disney had EARNINGS of $2.1 billion, per their report.  https://ditm-twdc-us.storage.googleapis.com/q2_fy16_earnings.pdf Yet they demanded the city of Anaheim give them over $250 million to build another hotel near their entertainment center.  They would build it anyway.  Why is […] Read More and Comment: Anaheim to Award Biggest Tax Subsidy in City History to Disney, but Union Leaders Remain Quiet Report: Sonoma’s Pension Troubles Are Far From Over By Stephen Frank on Jul 15, 2016 07:58 pm Sonoma County is in deep trouble.  No amount of reforms can save it from financial collapse.  Every union agreement signed puts it deeper in the whole.  At this point 36% of payroll just goes for pensions.  Oakland and San Jose were forced to fire cops—and crime went up, but they could no longer afford to […] Read More and Comment: Report: Sonoma’s Pension Troubles Are Far From Over Monterey battles residents over energy-efficient light bulbs. By Stephen Frank on Jul 15, 2016 07:56 pm I have always said that the prime reason for many traffic jams, gridlock and bad roads is government action and policies.  In Los Angeles streets are crowded by the City Council because they want to give the right of way to bikes instead of cars, Santa Barbara is taking away car lanes and giving them […] Read More and Comment: Monterey battles residents over energy-efficient light bulbs. After Prop. 47, jail population dropped, more defendants missed court. By Stephen Frank on Jul 15, 2016 07:54 pm We knew that due to Prop. 47 crime has gone up, since by fiat, crime no longer exists.  But, we did not know that those ordered to court, like illegal aliens, are refusing to show up—and the cops do not have the manpower to search them out and bring them to justice. ““There should be […] Read More and Comment: After Prop. 47, jail population dropped, more defendants missed court. City College of San Fran labor dispute ends as college prepares to face fiscal cliff By Stephen Frank on Jul 15, 2016 07:51 pm The folks running the City College of San Francisco lost their accreditation few years ago and had to spend lots of money to get it back.  In the meantime, one third of the students left the school.  Today enrollment is two-thirds what it had been before the problems.  Now, to prevent a teachers strike, the […] Read More and Comment: City College of San Fran labor dispute ends as college prepares to face fiscal cliff   In Case You Missed It: Proposed SF sales tax hike would reduce consumer spending by $154M, report finds CalSTRS Tanking Teachers Pensions to be Politically Correct Bill Clinton is a Sleazy/Greedy Crony Capitalist Black Teen Unemployment 40% Under Obama SF Arts Initiative: A Raid on Schools, Libraries, and More?