Wednesday, August 15, 2018

CALIFORNIA POLITICAL NEWS & VIEWS 08/15/2018

Steinberg: It’s Time for President Donald Trump to Pardon Pat Nolan

By Stephen Frank on Aug 14, 2018 09:39 pm
Many years ago, my good friend Assemblyman Pat Nolan was found guilty of a Federal crime, during a “sting” operation by the FBI.  He was a successful Assembly leader, bringing us back from the dead. “However, on the night of August 24, 1988, just ten weeks before the General Election, the FBI searched some Capitol […]

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Poverty in California is getting better—except where it isn’t

By Stephen Frank on Aug 14, 2018 09:36 pm
California has more than twelve million residents living in poverty—a little less than one-third of our population and more than any other State.  While some say it is getting better—the reality is that places like San Diego, Los Angeles and Sacramento are still hard hit. “San Diego County has not seen a statistically significant change […]

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Report: Regulations being cut at record pace, savings double

By Stephen Frank on Aug 14, 2018 09:33 pm
One of the main reasons for the Obama stagnation of the economy was the imposition of politically motivated regulations on business.  One of the major reasons for the economic explosion under President Trump has been the ending of junk science and politics as the cause of government regulations. ““The Department of Labor (DOL) enjoys the […]

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Al Gore says Trump undoing environmental regs has done less ‘damage’ than he once feared

By Stephen Frank on Aug 14, 2018 09:30 pm
Something is up.  Al Gore is saying that President Trump is not doing “as much damage as expected” to the environment.  Maybe the massive California fires—causes by his views that dead trees should stay in the forest and that dead brush should stick around till burned by a fire is the reason.  Whatever the reason, […]

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How California hopes to halt the revolving door to the ER

By Stephen Frank on Aug 14, 2018 09:27 pm
5% of Medi-Cal users, use 50% of its spending.  So we need a way to limit their use, while keeping them healthy.  The State is in the midst of solving this problem. “Some super-users have life-threatening illnesses, such as children with rare cancers or people receiving major organ transplants. But most of them struggle with […]

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Judge Puts Major Change to San Diego County Elections on the Ballot

By Stephen Frank on Aug 14, 2018 09:25 pm
The people of San Diego no longer have control over their own elections Instead a court has determined to control the election process. “Gloria’s bill last year allowed an initiative to change county elections, if citizens collected enough signatures to qualify for the ballot. But the legislation included what proponents said was an error. The […]

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Hungary Smarter Than Harvard: Ends Gender Studies’’ Says Courses Based On ‘Ideology Rather Than Science’

By Stephen Frank on Aug 14, 2018 09:22 pm
The nation of Hungary understands the value of a real education, unlike the racist Harvard—refusing to enroll qualified Asian-Americans.  Hungary wants its students to be prepared to be productive members of society—Harvard, Berkeley, UCLA and other schools prefer to create “social justice warriors” capable of rhetoric, rallies and bullying society like they bully fellow students. […]

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California solar panel mandate an absolute con job: Republican Party chairman

By Stephen Frank on Aug 14, 2018 09:20 pm
California Republican Party Chairman has made a bold and accurate statement:  “California Republican Party Chairman Jim Brulte said on Monday the state’s mandate requiring new homes to be equipped with solar panels is an absolute con job that will cost – not save – homeowners money. “If it will save money then homeowners would do […]

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Ryan Zinke takes ax to climate change narrative in push to save forests from wildfires

By Stephen Frank on Aug 14, 2018 09:18 pm
For the first time in many years, we have an Interior Secretary that uses science, not politics to set policy.  He understands that the policy of California and the Federal government has been to allow and promote larger, more intense forest fires, by not cutting dead trees or clearing out over grown brush. ““I’ve heard […]

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L.A.’s New Police Chief Pretended To Retire and Got $1.27 Million for It

By Stephen Frank on Aug 14, 2018 09:15 pm
Los Angeles politicians—that includes the Police chief, know how to milk the taxpayers out of hard earned money.  We need more cops, but the current chief, using a legal loophole, got a special payment of $1.27 million.  Corrupt?  It may be legal—but is this ethical? “But before that announcement, Moore had enrolled in a program […]

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