Thursday, December 3, 2020

CALIFORNIA POLITICAL NEWS & VIEWS 12/03/2020

 

How the Elections Signaled a Breakthrough for Multi-ethnic Conservatism

By Stephen Frank on Dec 02, 2020 08:55 pm
To some the color of the skin of a person is more important than their experience, quality and values.  So, when people of color are elected as Republicans some see this as a matter of race.  Instead this should be seen that people of all races are qualified to hold public office.  The idea that […]

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Eber: Solving the Homeless crisis Part 2

By Stephen Frank on Dec 02, 2020 08:48 pm
Thanks to government policy, more people are homeless.  Thanks to government action, less people are getting the help they need to recover from the loss of jobs, the addictions and inability of government to give assistance to get these folks off the streets. Instead government is making it comfortable for the homeless to stay in […]

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Gov. Newsom Considering New Stay-at-Home Order if COVID Overwhelms Hospitals

By Stephen Frank on Dec 02, 2020 08:42 pm
Is this the weekend that Guv Nuisance puts up the “Closed for Business” sign for California?  Will he force folks from out of State to quarantine for 14 days?  Will he shut all businesses, or at least keep the liquor stores and marijuana shops open?  Will he block church services?  We have had the curfew […]

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Steinberg: Bruce Herschensohn, R.I.P.

By Stephen Frank on Dec 02, 2020 08:34 pm
I was proud to have supported Bruce Herschensohn for Senate in 1992.  Too bad the Republican establishment did not like him nor trusted him.  Why the lack of trust?  He was honorable, had a set of values and principles and refused to compromise for political advantage.20 Ten years latter Bill Simon almost won the govern […]

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California allows companies to charge for autonomous car rides

By Stephen Frank on Dec 02, 2020 08:31 pm
Today is the start of a new era.  On November 3 we voted to support the right of Uber/Lyft drivers to work without belonging to a union or forced to work full time for a corporation.  That is good news for them.   Now, here is the bad news:  California is now allowing driverless cars to […]

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Addressing Water Affordability in Urban California

By Stephen Frank on Dec 02, 2020 08:25 pm
Have you noticed that no matter how well you conserve water, the bill continues to rise? “: Water rates have been going up faster than the consumer price index for several decades. The reasons are many. There is a big need to update aging infrastructure—a lot of our systems were built in the 1950s and […]

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SF Transportation Agency Faces Huge Layoff as COVID-19 Fiscal Crisis Deepens

By Stephen Frank on Dec 02, 2020 08:20 pm
San Fran is a closed town.  Thanks to the Mayor, businesses, churches and schools are shut.  In many places cars are not allowed.  The homeless are put up at the Fairmont and the middle class is forced to leave town.  Half the restaurants in this world famous town are closed permanently.  Tourists are told not […]

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Public Pension Funds Should Avoid Social Investing Strategies

By Stephen Frank on Dec 02, 2020 08:17 pm
CalPERS is killing our cities.  The cost of pensions, the cost of the unfunded liabilities of the system is making cities take crazy risks with tax dollars. “In a recent interview, Michael Likosky, partner at Advantage Infrastructure Advisors, discussed his thoughts on California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s climate change initiatives and the state’s pension funds. Likosky […]

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Biden Labor Candidate Oversaw Fraudulent Payments to California Prison Inmates

By Stephen Frank on Dec 02, 2020 08:13 pm
Another incompetent and corrupt person is being looked at by the mentally limited Joe Biden for a Cabinet position.  Who?  The person responsible for giving 132 death row inmates unemployment checks.  The same person, responsible for giving unemployment checks to 34,000 prisoners.  The same person responsible for giving a one year old baby an unemployment […]

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San Jose looks at ways to increase housing for middle-income workers

By Stephen Frank on Dec 02, 2020 08:09 pm
The movement to provide housing for government employees, of all kinds, is moving fast in San Jose.  Like in the Soviet Union, government will take care of its workers, at the expense of those not in government, but paying taxes to keep government employees well off. “Middle-income wage earners, such as firefighters and teachers who […]

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