Amid housing crisis, Silicon Valley landlords say they’re struggling too
By Stephen Frank on Aug 05, 2019 09:28 pmWhy is housing expensive? Why is rent controlled housing becoming slums? The same reason—government. “In one of the hottest housing markets in the country, frustrated landlords like Hotop say they’re being penalized by City Hall with a slew of regulations and beefed up rent control and eviction laws that make it more difficult for them to run […]
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Study: One-Third of Southern California Beaches Largely Devoid of Biodiversity
By Stephen Frank on Aug 05, 2019 09:21 pmHere is another thing to worry about. Could this be the start of ending public use of the beaches—using the excuse of biodiversity of the sand? Yes, that is now a thing. “Nearly one-third of the sandy beaches between Santa Barbara and San Diego retain their full biodiversity because of efforts to groom them for […]
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Caldwell: Can We Agree to Protect Our Children?
By Stephen Frank on Aug 05, 2019 09:08 pmGovernment believes that parents are just sperm and egg donors. The new Chair of the California Democrat Party announced upon taking office, “I believe in the collective, not the people.” That is communism/socialism. Government is controlling what we eat, what our kids are allowed to eat in government schools, football is now being limited—but government […]
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Walters: Derailing the bullet train
By Stephen Frank on Aug 05, 2019 09:02 pmSince 2012, the choo choo to nowhere has been dead. Money has been taken from its limits funds for Caltrain and other non high speed rail reserves. Now billions are in the process of being taken for an L.A. to Anaheim transportation improvement program, in time for the 2028 Olympics. Once this transfer is completed, […]
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A Small Town Decides Parking Can’t Be a Bargain Anymore
By Stephen Frank on Aug 05, 2019 08:57 pmNevada City is an historic city of the old California. History is told in the streets. Now history is being made in government. Instead of catering to visitors and tourists, they want to rip them off by increasing the cost of parking. Folks who spend money buying meals, hotel rooms, take tours and buy tokens […]
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Betcha’ Didn’t Know: Firearm Homicides Plummeted over Last 25 Years
By Stephen Frank on Aug 05, 2019 08:50 pmThis is what the Fake News media and the Democrats do not want you to know: GUNS SAVE LIVES. “But the reality is that the high water mark for firearm murders was 1994 while 2017, the most recent year with complete data on incidents, shows a sharp drop. There were “16,136 [firearm murders] in 1994” […]
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Cali wildfire bailout results in electric rates 70% higher than national average
By Stephen Frank on Aug 05, 2019 08:44 pmThink living in California s expensive? Thanks to the bailout of the electric companies due to the fires, the cost of electricity in California is 70% higher than national average. If you have to ask how much it costs to turn on the light bulb, you need to move to a Free State, like Texas. […]
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Calif. union demands pay increase…right after blaming high tuition on hefty salaries
By Stephen Frank on Aug 05, 2019 08:40 pmThis is confusing. Unions blame high tuition on high salaries—then demand a 20% increase, over four years. Guess they are economic illiterates and think salaries of union workers do not cost tuition money. “Healthcare professionals will see a 20 percent increase in pay in the next five years, while technical and research professionals will see […]
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California Public Schools: Still Not as Good as You Think
By Stephen Frank on Aug 05, 2019 08:36 pmTo union people and educrats, the taxpayers do not pay enough money. To the parents forced to hire tutors or send their children to private schools, they pay too much. For decades we have thrown money at the government schools and the results have become worse. Plus, the money is used to bully students into […]
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Newsom Fight Against Trump Could DEFEAT Democrat Legislators
By Stephen Frank on Aug 05, 2019 09:14 amThis is what the Sacramento Democrats are doing: “The new legislation, SB 1, which would turn any federal protection threatened to be removed into state regulation, could prohibit Bernhardt from going through with his plan. The bill, promoted by Senate president pro tem Toni Atkins (D-San Diego), plans to put it through Legislature before mid-September. […]
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