CALIFORNIA POLITICAL NEWS & VIEWS 12/01/2018

Meat the Next Sin Tax By Stephen Frank on Nov 30, 2018 09:09 pm The environmentalists are going to the power of taxation, as they have on tobacco, alcohol and many other products to make sure the product is too expensive for the poor and the middle class.  The next target is meat—your steak, hamburger and tacos.  This is the name of “protecting” your life—remember government is smarter than […] Read More and Comment: Meat the Next Sin Tax   California’s Latest Pension Hubris–steal From Private Sector Workers By Stephen Frank on Nov 30, 2018 09:05 pm Think the DMV or the Post Office are poorly run?  Think LAUSD educates? Feel safe on the streets of California?  Now you can add a MANDATED government pension pension—run by the same people that have run CaLPERS into a trillion unfunded liability and into the ground. “Formerly known as Secure Choice, the rechristened CalSavers program would […] Read More and Comment: California’s Latest Pension Hubris–steal From Private Sector Workers   Judge to FORCE Encinitas to Look Like Manhattan—Over Objections of Voters By Stephen Frank on Nov 30, 2018 09:02 pm A judge is ruling that even if you do not like Manhattan as a place to live, if you live in Encinitas, in San Diego County, you will have no choice.  One judge is forcing the people of this town—who have voted NO on the Manhattanization of this community along with the city council—to pound […] Read More and Comment: Judge to FORCE Encinitas to Look Like Manhattan—Over Objections of Voters   What happens if PG&E goes bankrupt? State Buys it on the Cheap By Stephen Frank on Nov 30, 2018 08:57 pm For many years the real goal of “Communities of choice” has been to move the customers of private utilities like :G&E to become customers of government—with government buying the energy for the people.  Then using tax and regulation policy force these companies to close down and sell to government—socialism in a textbook sense.  Thanks to […] Read More and Comment: What happens if PG&E goes bankrupt? State Buys it on the Cheap   Needle Exchange Program Stalled In Orange County By Stephen Frank on Nov 30, 2018 08:54 pm Bad news for the druggies in Orange County—bad news for the funeral directors in the area.  Needle exchanges have been halted.  The ability for a “charity” to give death creating needles, so druggies can shoot up heroin or cocaine, has been stopped.  Instead, these folks will have to sneak around an pay for their own […] Read More and Comment: Needle Exchange Program Stalled In Orange County   Calif. Appeals Court Directs Lower Court to Nullify Ruling that Temporarily Suspended End of Life Option Act in May By Stephen Frank on Nov 30, 2018 08:50 pm Thought you should know the legal status of assisted suicide in California. “A California appeals court late Tuesday directed a superior trial court to nullify its judgment in late May that suspended the state’s medical aid-in-dying law before the appeals court granted a stay in June reinstating the law. The Court of Appeal, 4th Appellate […] Read More and Comment: Calif. Appeals Court Directs Lower Court to Nullify Ruling that Temporarily Suspended End of Life Option Act in May   San Leandro is already eyeing tax measures for 2020 By Stephen Frank on Nov 30, 2018 08:47 pm The people of San Leandro  is poorly managed—but of course it is run by Democrats.  It can not afford enough cops,  fix the roads or pay for the out of control pension system.  Two years before the next election they are already preparing for tax increases, instead of cutting spending and fixing their fiscal problems. […] Read More and Comment: San Leandro is already eyeing tax measures for 2020   PROOF: Prop. 14 is Voter Suppression. A Civil Rghts Violation? Of Course! By Stephen Frank on Nov 30, 2018 08:44 pm If I wanted to use the Left and Schwarzenegger to create a law that suppresses vote, you would laugh at me.  Instead, we now have the proof that Prop. 14 is the real vote suppressor—unlike voter ID which allows honest elections. “At last count, the governor’s race received the highest number of votes, followed by […] Read More and Comment: PROOF: Prop. 14 is Voter Suppression. A Civil Rghts Violation? Of Course!   San Fran Poised to Eliminate Parking Minimums Citywide By Stephen Frank on Nov 30, 2018 08:41 pm Great news for those about to rent in San Fran.  If you own a car, the apartment might not, by law, provide a parking space.  Like in New York, which San Fran really wants to be like, you could spend hundreds a month to park your car or live with government transportation controlling your life. […] Read More and Comment: San Fran Poised to Eliminate Parking Minimums Citywide   Paul Rodriguez: ‘Cowards Threatening My Life’ Because Of Trump Support By Stephen Frank on Nov 30, 2018 08:38 pm The Left is threatened by a Latino comic that wants water for the farmers of the Central Valley instead of the salmon on the rivers of California.  Guv Brown stole water meant for farmers and families and gave it to the fish.  Paul Rodriquez, while a very funny man, comes from a family of farmers […] Read More and Comment: Paul Rodriguez: ‘Cowards Threatening My Life’ Because Of Trump Support   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: Never Trump’ Republicans Weigh Whether To Start New Political Party In California Steel: When a 14-point Republican lead disappears Just handing out diplomas’? New study shows California students are enrolling in ‘credit recovery’ programs at a rate 60% above the national average How San Diego Is Pushing Back Against ‘Zero Tolerance’ at the Border Audit Provides Recommendations for High-Speed Rail Oversight