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California’s high-speed rail is the very definition of a boondoggle
The California high-speed rail project has often been derided as a boondoggle, and with good reason. After narrowly winning a statewide vote in 2008 with low-balled cost estimates and exceedingly...
View ArticleTo combat poverty, remove barriers to economic liberty
Editor’s note: This commentary was submitted as part of the SoCal Policy Forum. To read other commentaries on poverty in Southern California, please visit SoCalPolicy.org. California’s state...
View ArticleEconomic freedom, not government programs, key to reducing poverty
People have struggled with how best to deal with poverty since the earliest societies, but the answer is apparent if we merely look to history. From the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution to...
View ArticleCOVID-19: The great deregulator
As we learn more about the coronavirus pandemic – and governments’ bungled attempts to address it – the recent protests across the country illustrate that more and more people are questioning whether...
View ArticleProp. 23 plays politics with patients’ lives
Politics is a cynical business. You can’t help but be a bit cynical when you see how laws are really made. It is frequently based on power politics, special-interest influence and pettiness, not the...
View ArticleProp. 21 would reduce quantity and quality of rental housing
Everyone agrees that housing costs in California are extremely high and push many individuals and families over the edge financially. In such an environment, capping rents might sound great — until you...
View ArticleCalifornia needs a new approach on homelessness
November marks National Homeless Awareness Month. The issue is certainly top-of-mind in California, where homelessness ranks among the top problems facing the state in opinion polls and the topic...
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View ArticleCalifornia keeps shooting itself in the foot on affordable rental housing
It is universally acknowledged that housing affordability has reached crisis levels in California. This crisis has only gotten worse in recent years as state and local officials have continued to...
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