CALIFORNIA POLITICAL NEWS & VIEWS 09/04/2018

Third party threat? In survey, California political establishment doesn’t see it coming By Stephen Frank on Sep 13, 2018 08:34 pm Finally, writers other than myself are writing about the massive change in politics in California due to voter registration.  While we will never have a viable Third Party, officially, we do have a third Party—Decline to State.  It is already larger that the GOP in California. “State Democratic registration has flatlined, Republicans are sinking, and […] Read More and Comment: Third party threat? In survey, California political establishment doesn’t see it coming   Cole Harris’ campaign may be over, but his consultants aren’t finished with him By Stephen Frank on Sep 13, 2018 08:31 pm On May 2, 2018 I ran an opinion piece that I wrote, called, “Cole Harris: Manchurian Candidate?  This is what I said then, “A few months ago I noticed that a “Cole Harris” was running as a Republican for Lt. Governor.  He appeared to be very rich.  But, after 58 years of working in politics […] Read More and Comment: Cole Harris’ campaign may be over, but his consultants aren’t finished with him   Colman: SOMETHING IS ROTTEN IN CALIFORNIA By Stephen Frank on Sep 13, 2018 08:28 pm My good friend Dr. Richard Colman reminds us of what California had been—and then what it is today. “Visit any California big city like San Francisco, Los Angeles, or Oakland.  What do people see?  They see tents on the streets filled with homeless people.   They see discarded syringes.  They see horrible schools.  They see rampant […] Read More and Comment: Colman: SOMETHING IS ROTTEN IN CALIFORNIA   Regulations and taxes stifle family businesses By Stephen Frank on Sep 13, 2018 08:24 pm While is the middle class fleeing California?  Why are firms either closing or moving out of State.  Just look for the Sacramento label. “Two proposals would have been particularly detrimental to family businesses. One would expand the sales tax to cover services. Another would carve a huge hole in Proposition 13 protections by taxing business […] Read More and Comment: Regulations and taxes stifle family businesses   Once again, we told you so…..Criminals FREE to Make More Victims! By Stephen Frank on Sep 13, 2018 08:22 pm There is a crime wave in California.  Many of the crimes, since they are under $950, means no police action—the criminals can continue until they are tired of stealing.  Then you have the felons from foreign countries protected by the police due to SB 54. “We told the truth about Prop 57 prior to the […] Read More and Comment: Once again, we told you so…..Criminals FREE to Make More Victims!   Tetra Tech Wins $60 Million Water Resources Contract from L.A. County–After Alleged Fraud in San Fran By Stephen Frank on Sep 13, 2018 08:19 pm L.A. County just gave a $60 million contract to a firm named Tetra Tech to “The three-year, multiple-award engineering services contract includes planning and support for flood hazard mitigation, water reuse and supply management and drinking water well design. Bet you never heard of this firm?  The people in San Fran have: From the San […] Read More and Comment: Tetra Tech Wins $60 Million Water Resources Contract from L.A. County–After Alleged Fraud in San Fran   Mathews: The Fall Ballot Shows the Failure of California’s Direct Democracy By Stephen Frank on Sep 13, 2018 08:16 pm Joe Matthews makes a great case for the failure of the State legislature—even with massive Democrat majorities—to punt the ball and spend millions on ballot measures that could be taken care of my the Capitol. “Propositions 1 and 2 are bonds for housing which won’t produce very much housing. They are on the ballot because […] Read More and Comment: Mathews: The Fall Ballot Shows the Failure of California’s Direct Democracy   Asian advocacy group blasts UC Berkeley’s plan for Hispanic ‘racial quotas’ By Stephen Frank on Sep 13, 2018 08:13 pm UC Berkeley is as racist as 1960 University of Alabama.  At U of A, they did not want black students.  At Cal in 2018, they do not want Asian students—yet for some reason the Asian community to vote for the Democrats that abuse and discriminate against them. “The exact percentage of Hispanic students at Berkeley […] Read More and Comment: Asian advocacy group blasts UC Berkeley’s plan for Hispanic ‘racial quotas’   California Has One The Nation’s Highest Poverty Rates, Again By Stephen Frank on Sep 13, 2018 08:10 pm The old and very confused Guv Brown is crowing about how great the economy in California has become.  My guess is that his staff forgot to tell him we are also number one in poverty. “New data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s supplemental poverty measure shows roughly 7.5 million Californians — about 19 percent of […] Read More and Comment: California Has One The Nation’s Highest Poverty Rates, Again   California Wants Everyone to Be Able to Afford Clean Energy Cars By Stephen Frank on Sep 13, 2018 08:07 pm Guv Brown wants California to be a State for the very rich and the very poor—the middle class is being forced out.  High taxes, bad regulations, high cost of living due to government policies.  It all adds up to why the middle class is fleeing the State. “Californians who buy new zero-emissions vehicles are already […] Read More and Comment: California Wants Everyone to Be Able to Afford Clean Energy Cars   The California Political News and Views would like tips, suggestions and advance information of local and state government action and legislation. Send the information to Steve Frank at stephenfrank@sbcglobal.net or call 805-795-1271.   In Case You Missed It: Is Orange County Turning San Fran Stupid/Hateful? Castro Valley Man Accused Of Switchblade Assault On GOP Congressional Candidate Even illegal aliens in LAUSD oppose a teacher strike CALIFORNIA’S ELECTION SYSTEM GETS AN “F” IN COMPUTER SCIENCE Both sides lobbying California governor on bill to delay school start time for teens