ABCs Of Pot Legalization Plan
Steven Greenhut: Here’s the latest on the marijuana legalization initiative from one of its sponsors, Steve Kubby: Enclosed below is the latest version of our initiative with translations from legalese to words we can all understand. This amended version of
Read MoreJailbreak: Ruling Could Spark Crime Wave
This article first appeared in the new City Journal California Web site. MAY 25, 2011 By HEATHER MacDONALD If the real-world consequences for individuals and communities were not so potentially dire, the mass release of inmates from California prisons just
Read MoreAnti-RDA Effort Heating Up
Steven Greenhut: New efforts are popping up to try to arm-twist one more Assembly Republican into supporting the end of California’s noxious redevelopment agencies. Hopes are higher with the election of Assemblywoman Beth Gaines, the Roseville Republican who ran on
Read MoreGridlock On Renewable Energy Highway
MAY 24, 2011 By K. LLOYD BILLINGSLEY California politicians want to draw 33 percent of the state’s energy needs from “renewable” sources such as wind and solar by 2020, fewer than 10 years away. That plan will be hard to
Read MoreCourt Addresses CA Legislators' Failure
Commentary MAY 23, 2011 By STEVEN GREENHUT In the Assembly today, legislators praised ethnic studies departments and had long-winded debates before voting to ban the trading of shark fins in California. But while the state government becomes ever-more meddlesome in
Read MoreCourt Decision Could Spur Prison Reform
MAY 23, 2011 By JOHN SEILER Today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision mandating California state prison reductions must lead to long-needed reforms. The decision upheld a lower court ruling that from 38,000 to 46,000 must be released due to overcrowding that
Read MoreNew Assembly Bills Will Kill CA Jobs
MAY 23, 2011 By KATY GRIMES In less than three hours in the Assembly on Thursday, scores more anti-business bills were passed — always by a Democratic majority. The bills, if passed by the Senate and signed by Gov. Jerry
Read MoreDunce Cap On Charter Schools
MAY 23, 2011 Most parents of school-aged children who are familiar with charter schools clamor to get their kids into one. In some cities, the waiting list for charters is impossibly long, as demand is far greater than the availability
Read MoreRemembering Alan Bock
John Seiler: Our great colleague Alan Bock died last week. Scott Horton conducted three interviews about him that now are online, with Steven Greenhut, Riverside bookstore owner and libertarian Gene Berkman, and myself. Alan was a principled and charitable person and a
Read MoreCalifornia's Bereaving Private Employers
MAY 19, 2011 By KATY GRIMES In the event of the death of a relative, Assemblywoman Bonnie Lowenthal wants employees to take four days leave from work to properly mourn – and she’s authored a bill giving employees 13 months
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