CALIFORNIA POLITICAL NEWS & VIEWS 11/04/2017

California Barred From Enforcing Abortion-Information Law on Religious Clinics

By Stephen Frank on Nov 03, 2017 09:00 pm
Imagine the outrage if Planned Parenthood had to have a sign in the main lobby about how to save your baby and which agencies would help protect the baby from being killed (aborted is the preferred language of the abortion industry).  Crisis Pregnancy Centers, organization that help save babies are forced, by law, to have […]

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How Class Realignment Broke the Democrats

By Stephen Frank on Nov 03, 2017 08:57 pm
The Democrat Party is in free-fall.  The Donna Brazille revelations about how Bill and Hillary bought the Democrat national Committee in a fire sale—and secretly- show the lack of support for grassroots Democrats and honest politics.  San Fran Nan and Chuckie from New York have an effort to resist instead of govern have exposed their […]

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A Tale Of Two Public Pension Plans

By Stephen Frank on Nov 03, 2017 08:55 pm
Private pension plans are flourishing.  CalSTRS and CalPERS are collapsing.  What is the difference? “California’s pension cost wounds are self-inflicted. For now, California’s governor and legislature impose all the negative consequences on citizens. That must change. Despite a long-term bull market that has more than tripled stocks since the bottom of the Great Financial Crisis […]

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Without Government Unions, there Would be No Gas Tax Increase

By Stephen Frank on Nov 03, 2017 08:52 pm
Union only contracts add 15-20% to the cost of a project.  Just as a payoff to the unions that finance Democrat campaigns.  The public loses tax dollars while the unions gain power.  Tax increase of 12 cents and 72 cents on a gallon of gas is due to the money unions steal from workers, to […]

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California’s economy begins to slow

By Stephen Frank on Nov 03, 2017 08:49 pm
Housing affordability is down and taxes are up.  Failed schools are growing and money for government transportation is making streets and freeways worse.  This is a State that prefers fish to farmers and people.  Government pensions are collapsing, the State gave $6 billion to CalPERS this year to keep their doors open.  It is no […]

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Elias: Dems can’t assume Trump means automatic Congress wins

By Stephen Frank on Nov 03, 2017 08:47 pm
We just found out from Donna Brazille that Bill and Hillary Clinton bought the Democrat national Committee, like you would buy a coffee pot.  Once the contract was signed Hillary Clinton had total control over the finances, personnel and strategy of the DNC—no wonder she beat Bernie Sanders—he had only the people behind him.  She […]

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The affordable housing myth

By Stephen Frank on Nov 03, 2017 08:45 pm
Lets be direct:  Government, not the free market is the cause of lack of affordable housing.  High taxes, high permit fees, mandated “amenities”, transportation, affordable housing and other surcharges, environmental rules and more.  Affordable housing does not exist. “Then read the recent New Times story about the Avila Ranch project (“Neighborhood coalition hits SLO and […]

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California housing affordability plunges

By Stephen Frank on Nov 03, 2017 08:42 pm
California is in deep financial trouble.  The State debt is $1.5 trillion.  CalPERS has an unfunded liability of $1.4 trillion.  CalSTRS has one of over $200 billion and the State health care system has one of at least $87 billion.  We are the highest taxed State in the nation.  Our schools are failures and the […]

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GOP Tax Plan Recognizes Personhood of Unborn Babies

By Stephen Frank on Nov 03, 2017 08:40 pm
Some questioned whether Donald Trump was really pro-life.  I think he is, but thinking and doing are two different things.  With the release of the GOP tax plan, we can see the direction he is taking.  His plan would allow parents to start education funds upon learning of being pregnant.  Yup, college funds for the […]

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Why can’t California lawmakers stop sexual harassment in the capitol?

By Stephen Frank on Nov 03, 2017 08:36 pm
Want to find an illegal alien?  Go to Home Depot.  Want to find a sexual predator?  Go to Hollywood or Sacramento.  We just learned that the Democrats protected and supported by sexual predator Raul Bocanagra, an Assemblyman.   The Democrats knew he was a pig—and gave him millions to get elected.  There are others we know […]

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