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Back to homepageObamacare could provide California big financial safety net
March 9, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — Californa’s desire to be the first state to do everything has never been more evident now that Obamacare has been signed into law. And California lawmakers haven’t let any grass grow under
Read MoreCA job growth vs. ND job growth: Bring on fracking!
March 9, 2013 By Chris Reed Greens were doing some chest-thumping this week after a new study came out that said California led the nation in 2012 in creation of green jobs. “Environmental Entrepreneurs tracks the creation of green jobs
Read MoreMetLife: And another CA company bites the dust
March 8, 2013 By John Seiler California’s high-tax, excessive regulation climate has killed another state business and the jobs that go with it: “Insurance giant Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. said Thursday it will move 2,600 jobs from offices in five
Read MoreLawsuit opposes excessive Coastal Commission restrictions
March 8, 2013 By Dave Roberts One of the reasons many California businesses are struggling to survive or are leaving the state is over-regulation by the state’s vast bureaucracy. While much of the economic devastation can be quantified, one of
Read MoreTime to break up Los Angeles
March 8, 2013 By John Seiler Los Angeles obviously doesn’t work. The election of a new mayor, the first phase of which was held Tuesday, won’t help. L.A.’s schools are among the worst in the country. Driving through the city
Read MoreMore CA cities should declare bankruptcy
March 8, 2013 By John Seiler Last year, three California cities declared bankruptcy: Stockton, San Bernardino and Mammoth Lakes. Atwater nearly did. Mammoth Lakes lost a lawsuit. But for the other cities — as well as for the Vallejo bankruptcy
Read MoreState bureaucrats get surprise smack down at hearing
March 7, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — It has never been more apparent that unelected state bureaucrats are also unaccountable to the Legislature. I attend legislative committee hearings every week, and despite the questions from lawmakers, the bureaucrats obfuscate,
Read MoreRand Paul’s liberty loving filibuster
March 7, 2013 By Katy Grimes If you love liberty, you were probably among the millions of Americans watching U.S. Senator Rand Paul yesterday on the floor of the U.S. Senate, and are cheering today. Kentucky Sen. Paul dedicated 13 hours
Read MoreFreedom Law School holds Rally in Ontario March 8-11
March 7, 2013 By John Seiler The Freedom Law School was founded by one of California’s boldest defenders of liberty, Peymon Mottahedeh. This weekend, March 8-11, it’s holding a Freedom Rally at the Sheraton Ontario Airport, 429 North Vineyard Avenue, Ontario, CA
Read MoreLawmakers ignore state’s lead role in immigrant intimidation
March 7, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — At a Capitol hearing Wednesday, Assemblyman Roger Hernandez, D-West Covina, charged that California employers frequently threaten immigrant workers with deportation and abuse. The Assembly Labor and Employment Committee hearing took place after a press
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