Friday, April 29, 2022

CALIFORNIA POLITICAL NEWS & VIEWS

 

Assaults on San Fran Muni More than Doubled Last Year Even Amid Decreased Ridership

By Stephen Frank on Apr 28, 2022 08:21 pm
Why are folks refusing to ride the San Fran Muni buses?  Easy—they do not want to be a crime victim, ride dirty and diseased government buses. “San Francisco is no exception. The total number of reported assaults on Muni increased to 186 in 2021, up from 74 in 2020 and 76 in 2019. That 150% […]

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Colman: THE HOUSING DICTATOR

By Stephen Frank on Apr 28, 2022 08:18 pm
You may have spent a lot of money to live in a quiet, single family community in California.  Thanks to Sacramento Democrats, your single family zoning has been outlawed and Sacramento, not your city council will decide housing policy.  Actually, that policy is already decided—multi-family housing, next to your single family housing.  In twenty years […]

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After Race-Based Admissions To Nation’s Top High School, Students Drop Out And Underperform At Record Rates

By Stephen Frank on Apr 28, 2022 08:14 pm
Affirmative Action—now called diversity enrollment—has been a disaster.  It has demeaned people of color, it has wasted money and been an academic failure.  This is how you kill quality government schools. “But the decision is bad news for the short-term future of TJ, as the school is called, where freshmen are leaving the school in […]

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PayPal shuttering its San Fran office

By Stephen Frank on Apr 28, 2022 08:10 pm
San Fran is collapsing.  Almost every day you see more firms leaving—based on the end of their lease—or cutting back on having employees come into the downtown offices.  Since cars are not welcomed, most workers prefer remote working from home then spend time in traffic gridlock, high cost of travel, the wasted time, etc. “PayPal […]

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San Fran’s Most Left-Wing District Saw a 26-Point Swing to the Moderate Side in Most Recent Election 

By Stephen Frank on Apr 28, 2022 08:05 pm
Recently the Progressives in San Fran Recalled three school board members.  PayPal is NOT going to re-open its San Fran offices and many other firms have already left town and the State.  In the Assembly race last week, a moderate socialist beat a radical socialist in the Special Election.  Is it possible that some in […]

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Medical malpractice deal could replace ballot measure, still raise monetary awards

By Stephen Frank on Apr 28, 2022 08:02 pm
As a patient or potential; patient this effort to reform malpractice costs and responsibilities is important to all of us.  At the end of the day, the cost of health care, to finance the reforms, will go up. “The agreement, announced today, would replace the ballot measure with legislation raising the cap for a patient’s […]

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Letter grades on way out? Why some University of California departments may use alternatives

By Stephen Frank on Apr 28, 2022 07:58 pm
When you are teaching hate, bigotry, racism, bullying and free speech is not allowed, why have grades.  All the grades show is that you can become a member of the Fascist Society running the campus.  It says nothing about your academic abilities. “Inside some University of California academic departments and colleges, an atypical idea is […]

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Patrick Henry High School (San Diego) restores some honors courses, plans to expand honors offerings

By Stephen Frank on Apr 28, 2022 07:55 pm
In San Diego, quality education is under attack.  The Educrats tried to end honors courses, so the smartest kids could get the best possible education.  The good news is that the parents are involved and stand up for the kids—just as they did in Virginia.  If I were a parent in this school district I […]

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Tearing Down the Silicon Valley Wall

By Stephen Frank on Apr 28, 2022 07:51 pm
There is an old doggerel: How a minority hates a majority, Becomes a majority, Hates a minority. That in a few words is the philosophy of Silicon Valley.  Based on freedom, innovation, venture capital (capitalism)  the new billionaires grew companies, kept them non union and try hard to stay away from any government regulation.  But, […]

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California Is Gearing Up to Win a Darwin Award

By Stephen Frank on Apr 28, 2022 07:48 pm
For the past several years, the summer months bring hot weather, fires and brownouts and blackouts.  Sadly, the limited electricity is also very expensive and in California no longer reliable. “CA has adopted a bold energy suicide plan that will earn it a place alongside Venezuela. If CA stays on its current energy trajectory, many […]

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