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Personal stories and lessons for Veterans Day
Right by the Bay | Lance Izumi | November 10, 2023
Read an abridged version of Lance Izumi’s keynote address at the Veterans Day celebration at John Adams Academy in Roseville, CA on November 7, 2023.
Today, we honor those who have served in our nation’s armed forces. We honor their dedication, their self-sacrifice, and their commitment to, in the words of General Douglas MacArthur, “Duty, honor, country.”
Every veteran has his or her own story about how their military service impacted their life.
What I’d like to do is to tell you the story of one veteran and how her military service changed her life.
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Sally Pipes Quoted in Center Square on $4 Billion Project Cost of $25 Health Care Minimum Wage
Center Square | Kenneth Schrupp | November 6, 2023
A new California law raising the minimum wage for healthcare workers to $25 per hour will cost the state $4 billion as the state faces an escalating budget crisis amid falling tax receipts.
“Increasing the minimum wage to $23 per hour starting in 2024 and reaching $25 in 2026 for health care workers in medical facilities with 10,000 or more employees is fiscally irresponsible, particularly at a time when the state is facing a severe budget deficit,” said Sally Pipes, president and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in healthcare policy at the Pacific Research Institute.
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Freedom - Not Density - Should Drive Land-Use Decisions
Free Cities Center | Steven Greenhut | November 9, 2023
California has in recent years embarked on a remarkable legislative journey that has seen some of the state’s most-onerous land-use regulations rolled back. Lawmakers have recognized that government restrictions are the key reason housing prices have reached absurd levels of unaffordability. Various new laws have provided streamlined “by right” building approvals. They don’t go far enough, but change is welcome.
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Join PRI for a Newport Beach luncheon
Fighting for Colorblindedness
in K-12 and Higher Education
featuring
Lance Izumi
Senior Director, PRI's Center for Education
Thursday, November 30
12:00 PM
The Pacific Club
4100 MacArthur Blvd.
Newport Beach
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