CALIFORNIA POLITICAL NEWS & VIEWS 02/17/2020

HEARD ON THE TOM/TOMS By Stephen Frank on Feb 16, 2020 08:07 pm HEARD ON THE TOM/TOMS Stephen Frank, California Political News and Views, 2/17/20       “A people that wants to remain ignorant and free … wants what never has been and never will be” ~ Thomas Jefferson.” LEADERS LEAD The Big Story TRUMP SUPPORTERS BEWARE OF THOSE CLAIMING TRUMP VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP As for Friday, it was confirmed […] Read More and Comment: HEARD ON THE TOM/TOMS   With DACA in Limbo, Dreamers Face Increased Costs and More Uncertainty By Stephen Frank on Feb 16, 2020 07:58 pm Should honest taxpayer subsidize the cost of keeping track of people here illegally?  Is it the role of government to make it easy on those who violate our laws?  One reason we have so many homeless and folks living in slums is because those here illegally are driving up the cost of housing, squeezing out […] Read More and Comment: With DACA in Limbo, Dreamers Face Increased Costs and More Uncertainty   Del Beccaro: California’s leading export is becoming people and many of them are conservatives By Stephen Frank on Feb 16, 2020 07:55 pm Thanks to the water policy of Guv Newsom (and Brown before him), one of the largest crops in the Central Valley is solar farms—not fruit or vegetables.  Thanks to Democrat policies 56% of our energy comes from terrorist nations and the Middle East.  Only Hawaii still imports energy among the 50 States—all the others are […] Read More and Comment: Del Beccaro: California’s leading export is becoming people and many of them are conservatives   Mayor Pete: Red Diaper Baby By Stephen Frank on Feb 16, 2020 07:51 pm The District Attorney of San Fran is the son of a mother and father, convicted terrorists and murderers.  So, why shouldn’t the son of a community (Soviet style) not be running for President—want a laugh?  Pete Buttigieg is running as a moderate.  I guess the Mensheviks were th4e moderates compared to the Bolsheviks. “That seems […] Read More and Comment: Mayor Pete: Red Diaper Baby   BART may give away 1 million free weekend tickets to boost ridership By Stephen Frank on Feb 16, 2020 07:46 pm In the last ten years BART has LOST ten million riders on the weekends.  That proves folks use the massively expensive government transportation system to get to work.  But, they want to use their cars on the weekend for visits, entertainment and running errands.  So, instead of cutting back, the BART masters are giving away […] Read More and Comment: BART may give away 1 million free weekend tickets to boost ridership   California analysts urge lawmakers: reject Gov. Newsom’s $1 billion climate loan proposal By Stephen Frank on Feb 16, 2020 07:44 pm The non partisan Legislative Analyst’s Office is opposed to the billion dollar boondoggle Guv Newsom wants for his friends and donors.  Newsom is wanting a one billion bond (two billion including interest payments) for a climate change series of payoffs to unions, donors and frie4nds.  Remember the multi-billion Solyndra, the solar panel scam that Obama […] Read More and Comment: California analysts urge lawmakers: reject Gov. Newsom’s $1 billion climate loan proposal   Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Wants to Leave San Fran Despite Receiving Tax Breaks to Stay By Stephen Frank on Feb 16, 2020 07:41 pm We already know that major firms like McKesson have left San Fran.  Others have moved major portions of their firms to Texas, Arizona and Utah.  Now the CEO of Twitter is giving the signal that his firm is planning to leave San Fran. “A recent report states that as San Francisco nears a vote limiting new […] Read More and Comment: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Wants to Leave San Fran Despite Receiving Tax Breaks to Stay   ICE subpoenas San Diego Sheriff’s Department for migrant arrest data By Stephen Frank on Feb 16, 2020 07:37 pm Finally, the law is going after the lawless—even those with a badge.  When the Sheriff and the Deputies of the San Diego Sheriff Department took an oath of office, they swore to uphold the laws of California and the United States.  They swore they would protect the public.  Instead, the sheriff and the Deputies have […] Read More and Comment: ICE subpoenas San Diego Sheriff’s Department for migrant arrest data   Local Republicans File Ballot Measure To Limit New Navigation Centers By Stephen Frank on Feb 16, 2020 07:34 pm Pat Buchanan was asked when running for President how he got his message and grassroot plans out to the volunteers since he had little money.  He response was, “I do not have to tell the them what to do, they know what to do.”  In Simi Valley the Republican Values Center was opened by volunteers—not […] Read More and Comment: Local Republicans File Ballot Measure To Limit New Navigation Centers   Proposed California law aims to close car break-in ‘loophole’ By Stephen Frank on Feb 16, 2020 07:31 pm In 2018 San Fran had over 31,000 car break-ins.  Of that, the police only had a 1.6% arrest rate.  The problem has gotten so bad that police no longer in most cities investigate or arrest people for breaking into a car.  Under the law, the theft of items worth less than $950 is no longer […] Read More and Comment: Proposed California law aims to close car break-in ‘loophole’   The California Political News and Views would like tips, suggestions and advance information of local and state government action and legislation. 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