PRI's Focus on California

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Transit Bailout Will Only Delay The Day Of Reckoning
Free Cities Center | Steven Greenhut
June 29, 2023

It was inevitable that the California Legislature would bail out the state’s ailing public-transportation systems, which are facing dire fiscal crises as federal pandemic aid dries up. Although he had resisted a cash infusion earlier this month, Gov. Gavin Newsom this week agreed ([link removed]) to a $5.1-billion Democratic package of operating and construction subsidies ([link removed]) to avoid threats of transit service cuts.

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Should Housing Be a Constitutional Right? One State Might Make It So

Daily Caller | Kerry Jackson
June 23, 2023

One of the obvious problems created when health care is declared a right is the instant increase in demand for services that could not possibly be met. The same would happen if housing is identified as a right, a step that California is considering.

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How much more 'progress' from progressive policy can San Francisco take?

Washington Times | Kerry Jackson
June 26, 2023

In 2018, a medical association that had been visiting San Francisco regularly since the 1980s announced it was moving its convention from the city because its members didn’t feel safe on its streets. Others followed, including Oracle, which moved its CloudWorld convention to Las Vegas.

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Assembly Bills Would Upend Century of California Water Rights Management

Right by the Bay | Pam Lewison
June 28, 2023

The California Legislature is currently considering three bills that would represent a significant shift in how water rights are policed throughout the state. Assembly Bill 1337 ([link removed]) would implement fines and make overuse of water a civil offense. Assembly Bill 460 ([link removed]) would empower the state to investigate any property in California for misuse of water. Senate Bill 389 ([link removed]) would call into question vested water rights.

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Thursday, July 20, 2023
12:00PM

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