CALIFORNIA POLITICAL NEWS & VIEWS 02/12/2019

‘Not Just a Teacher Issue’: Oakland Students Stage Sickout Over School Woes By Stephen Frank on Feb 11, 2019 09:50 pm Great news for Oakland school district.  It is already broke and bankrupt.  Now, the TEACHERS promoted a walk out of students.  Then to make sure the district collapses, it is going on strike, causing tens of millions in settlements Oakland can not afford—and they lose of millions more due to student absences.  Why do the […] Read More and Comment: ‘Not Just a Teacher Issue’: Oakland Students Stage Sickout Over School Woes   Walters: School districts set poor example for students By Stephen Frank on Feb 11, 2019 09:45 pm Want to learn how to handle money?  Students should look away from school districts.  Need to know how to oppose bigotry—do the opposite of LAUSD.  Think education is a good thing—then you better not learn from government schools where indoctrination and government ideology replaced math and English. “LA Unified’s teachers union struck, demanding salary increases, […] Read More and Comment: Walters: School districts set poor example for students   Comeback: Republicans Target 7 California Districts Lost in 2018 By Stephen Frank on Feb 11, 2019 09:42 pm Thought you should know that the national Republicans are prepared to fight to regain the seven seats lost in the 2018 elections in California for Congress. In the 25th District, Steve Knight has already announced he will not run for re-election.  Pundits believe Scott Wilk, the incumbent State Senator will run for that seat—though his […] Read More and Comment: Comeback: Republicans Target 7 California Districts Lost in 2018   Willie Brown Throws Shade at Ex-Girlfriend –Kamala Harris By Stephen Frank on Feb 11, 2019 09:40 pm Willie Brown is at least honest about having affairs while married.  Note that at no time does Kamala Harris admit her affair with Willie Brown was with a married man.  Then again, she is a Democrat, no need to tell the truth or care about others. “Brown acknowledged last month that he had dated Harris […] Read More and Comment: Willie Brown Throws Shade at Ex-Girlfriend –Kamala Harris   California home purchase activity plunges amid affordability crisis By Stephen Frank on Feb 11, 2019 09:19 pm On January 1. 2019 in the L.A. Times, Guv Jerry Brown announced that California was in a recession.  Here is part of the reason he made that statement. “Rising home prices Opens a New Window. in California are weakening housing demand in the state, recent data shows, which could spell more trouble for residents already […] Read More and Comment: California home purchase activity plunges amid affordability crisis   Here’s how many people Tesla laid off at its California facilities By Stephen Frank on Feb 11, 2019 09:17 pm Last year TESLA fired 9% or its workforce.  This year, so far, they are firing another 7% of the work force—while it needs over $900 million by March 1 to make its next loan payments—money it does not have. “Tesla‘s January layoffs impacted at least 1,017 California employees, according to the company’s filings with the […] Read More and Comment: Here’s how many people Tesla laid off at its California facilities   Do California Cement Factories Pollute More Than Those In China Or India? Study Suggests Time To Further Reduce Carbon Emissions. By Stephen Frank on Feb 11, 2019 09:14 pm The Sacramento Democrats are getting rid of the bail bond industry.  Now they are setting their sights on the cement industry.  Allowing criminals back on the streets without bond increases crime.  Getting rid of the cement industry will raise the cost of housing and infrastructure—meaning more taxes and less work. “A new Sierra Club study […] Read More and Comment: Do California Cement Factories Pollute More Than Those In China Or India? Study Suggests Time To Further Reduce Carbon Emissions.   LA’s Chief Accountant Wants To Know Why All The Anti-Homelessness Money Isn’t Being Spent By Stephen Frank on Feb 11, 2019 09:12 pm We are told that Los Angeles has a large homeless population.  Then we are told the people need to spend tens of millions in taxes and bonds to save the homeless from the elements and the streets.  The people of L.A. and California are poorer—yet the City of Los Angeles now has to explain why […] Read More and Comment: LA’s Chief Accountant Wants To Know Why All The Anti-Homelessness Money Isn’t Being Spent   Eagle Rock & Los Feliz business coping with break-ins, robberies | Anti-gentrifiers take over Boyle Heights bike path meeting By Stephen Frank on Feb 11, 2019 09:10 pm While the Democrat Mayor of Los Angeles is bragging about lower crime rates, the people of East Los Angeles, mostly Hispanic and Asian are facing a crime wave—unsafe streets, break-ins and danger for their families. “Robberies and break-ins are so frequent along a one mile strip of Colorado Boulevard in Eagle Rock that some restaurants […] Read More and Comment: Eagle Rock & Los Feliz business coping with break-ins, robberies | Anti-gentrifiers take over Boyle Heights bike path meeting   Police Cannot Police in Dysfunctional California By Stephen Frank on Feb 11, 2019 09:07 pm The police want to stop crime and capture criminals.  The Democrat legislature wants to protect criminals and promote crime.  That is why we have a “sanctuary State”.  That is why Sacramento Democrats are marginalizing your right to the Second Amendment.  This is why they released tens of thousands of hardened criminals from prison, while making […] Read More and Comment: Police Cannot Police in Dysfunctional California   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: Not-so-free college: The limits of California’s Promise program Eber: Checkers died for our sins Rep. Judy Chu Says Speaker Nancy Pelosi Should Not be Required to Release Her Tax Returns Federal Judge Declines to Block Citizenship Question from US 2020 Census Los Angeles City Council Declares LA a Sanctuary City