CALIFORNIA POLITICAL NEWS & VIEWS 07/04/2019

Oregon Legislature Votes To Essentially Ban Single-Family Zoning By Stephen Frank on Jul 03, 2019 08:35 pm Usually it, is California that starts the crazy, anti-freedom movements.  In this case Oregon gets the award for killing off the American dream.  They are passing legislation to end single family housing zones.  Who benefits?  Developers building eight story apartments and current single family homeowners that, when signed into law, increases the value of their […] Read More and Comment: Oregon Legislature Votes To Essentially Ban Single-Family Zoning   Dunkin’ Donuts cracks down on illegal workers By Stephen Frank on Jul 03, 2019 08:31 pm I think I will break my diet and get a Dunkin Donut apple fritter and coffee this weekend.  They are willing to obey the law and make sure jobs are held by honest people. “Dunkin’ Donuts (who we’re technically supposed to just call “Dunkin” now, but that’s not going to happen) has been on a […] Read More and Comment: Dunkin’ Donuts cracks down on illegal workers   Entire Bronx Success Academy class aces statewide math exam/Dems Want it Closed By Stephen Frank on Jul 03, 2019 08:27 pm This is what Democrats want to close down—an opportunity for young blacks to get a quality education.  In New York, the white Mayor so hates black people (though married to a black woman and having a black child) that he wants to close down a charter school because it is successful—you know that educated blacks […] Read More and Comment: Entire Bronx Success Academy class aces statewide math exam/Dems Want it Closed   Downtown Los Gatos To Go On ‘Road Diet’ To Boost Business, Entice Visitors By Stephen Frank on Jul 03, 2019 08:24 pm Los Gatos has figure out a way to kill off small business in the downtown area—stop the potential customers from coming into the area.  They are putting downtown streets on a diet, forcing fewer cars to be able to come to the community.  That means it will be more difficult to go to your favorite […] Read More and Comment: Downtown Los Gatos To Go On ‘Road Diet’ To Boost Business, Entice Visitors   Uh-huh: To save water, LA pays folks to tear out lawns that fight smog costing billions By Stephen Frank on Jul 03, 2019 08:22 pm L.A. have typhus, typhoid, failed schools, clogged roads, MS-13, unaffordable housing—name a Third World problem and this city has it.  One thing is does not have is a lick of common sense. “Los Angeles has shelled out millions of dollars — and still is — to people to tear out their grass lawns because they […] Read More and Comment: Uh-huh: To save water, LA pays folks to tear out lawns that fight smog costing billions   What percentage of San Fran firefighters actually live in San Francisco? By Stephen Frank on Jul 03, 2019 08:20 pm What would happen if San Fran had a major earthquake, again, and no firefighters were available?  That is what the future has in store for the city  due to the housing and taxation policies’ of the city. “San Francisco’s crushingly expensive rental and housing markets have been pushing people out of the city for years. […] Read More and Comment: What percentage of San Fran firefighters actually live in San Francisco?   Bill to Fight ‘Deepfake’ Videos Advances in California, Despite Free-Speech Fears By Stephen Frank on Jul 03, 2019 08:17 pm Is free speech in danger, because of free speech? “Known as deepfakes, the videos and images are edited to pass fictitious events or scenes on as real ones. The deceptive technology came to the forefront during the 2016 presidential election and more recently a doctored video that made House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appear drunk during […] Read More and Comment: Bill to Fight ‘Deepfake’ Videos Advances in California, Despite Free-Speech Fears   College Enrollment Declines Continue By Stephen Frank on Jul 03, 2019 08:14 pm It looks like the violence, bullying and use of college campuses for propaganda, instead of education has taken its toll. “College enrollment in the U.S. has decreased for the eighth consecutive year, according to new data released Thursday by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. The report covers 97 percent of enrollments at degree-granting postsecondary institutions […] Read More and Comment: College Enrollment Declines Continue   Summer Box Office Meltdown: Why the Movie Business Is Running Scared By Stephen Frank on Jul 03, 2019 08:10 pm Looks like the hate America crowd is losing money.  Instead of promoting their movies, Hollywood is promoting, hate, violence, bigotry and disruption of our freedoms.  They prefer an Almighty government, to a free people.  They denounce the President, then wonder why even with higher ticket prices, revenues are down and folks are going to the […] Read More and Comment: Summer Box Office Meltdown: Why the Movie Business Is Running Scared   Wilk’s measure to expand opportunities for CA’s hemp industry clears Assembly Agriculture Committee By Stephen Frank on Jul 03, 2019 08:08 pm Hemp is a great money crop.  It is also a crop that does not take as much water to grow as others crops.  State Sen. Scott Wilk has moved a bill, SB 153, to push the use of hemp as a crop. “”The cultivation of industrial hemp presents an amazing opportunity for farmers in the […] Read More and Comment: Wilk’s measure to expand opportunities for CA’s hemp industry clears Assembly Agriculture Committee   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: Crooked Hillary Attorney Now Works for Kamala Harris Eber: California Cities Imitate Old Soviet Union to Create a Fourth of July Police State. Colman: CALIFORNIA: THE NEWEST BANANA REPUBLIC? Medicaid Providers Move to Defend Rule Ending Illegal Union Medicaid Skim LA allocates millions for trash clean up as NBC affiliate uncovers another rat-infested garbage pile