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On SB 94 - Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics
Murderers Do Not "Age Out"
Right by the Bay | August 30, 2023 | Steve Smith

One of the most controversial bills lawmakers are debating at the close of the legislative session is SB 94, a bill that if it passes and is signed by Governor Newsom, would dramatically expand the number of murderers who are eligible for parole.

The group of inmates SB 94 would release are overwhelmingly convicted murderers and those sentenced to Life Without Possibility of Parole, more commonly known as LWOP’s.

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Farmers Flush with Water Now, But State Still Hasn't Prepared for the Next Drought
GV Wire | Kerry Jackson | August 29, 2023

For most of the state, the drought is over. The Central Valley is receiving their full state water supply allocation and farmers don’t need to pull water from the ground to keep their crops from dying of thirst.

But that doesn’t mean the signs along Interstate 5 and Highway 99 grumbling about the “Politicians Created Water Crisis” and the Valley’s man-made dust bowl, and asking if “Growing Food Is Wasting Water?” should be taken down. The abundance won’t last forever, and the farmers eventually will be back where they were before record rain and snow provided them with a bounty of life-giving water.

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So-Called Sacramento Forward Plan Would Take City Backwards on Housing, Homelessness
Right By The Bay | Tim Anaya | August 28, 2023

The so-called Sacramento Forward plan, which recently took its first step forward in the city council’s law and legislation committee, would take Sacramento backwards. Each of these ideas has been tried many times before, and experience has shown that they don’t work and actually will make the problems of housing and homelessness worse.

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Watch Steve Smith's recent interview with Jialu Streeter of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. They discuss California's growing crime problem and his recent PRI study, "Paradise Lost."
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