View this email in your browser ([link removed])
[link removed]
George Will highlights PRI's work on homelessness in his latest column
Washington Post | April 19, 2024 | George Will
An amicus brief from the Pacific Research Institute notes that, in all eras, vagrants have experienced pressures from circumstances. (As have most criminals.) So, is any punishment disproportional for behavior an individual cannot control? What about a “compulsive” desire for child pornography? Beware, the PRI brief says, of “simplistic dichotomies between voluntary and involuntary conduct or avoidable and unavoidable choices.”
Read here . . . ([link removed])
[link removed]
[link removed]
Prop 1 promises more of the same for California's homeless
Northern California Record | Kerry Jackson & Wayne Winegarden | April 17, 2024
Leading up to the March 5 primary, Gov. Gavin Newsom appealed to voters by insisting that Proposition 1 is a just reward for veterans, who “have given everything for our freedom often at extraordinary cost to themselves.” It’s not an unpersuasive argument. It was, however, a cheap, emotional ploy.
Read more... ([link removed])
------------------------------------------------------------
Who is left to defend CA homelessness spending?
Right by the Bay | Emily Humpal | April 17, 2024
In fact, we now have proof that our assumptions and concerns are correct. The California State Auditor just released their latest report April 9, 2024 ([link removed]) revealing that homelessness funding is not being reported properly and the effectiveness of homelessness programs across the state are not being consistently evaluated. The report stated that various California cities are failing to “identify all revenues and expenditures related to homelessness efforts because the cities have not established a mechanism, such as a spending plan, to track and report their spending.”
Read more... ([link removed])
------------------------------------------------------------
Scatology 101
Right by the Bay | Steve Smith | April 15, 2024
The myth of dramatically reducing prison populations to create budgetary windfalls that would be used on treatment and education is proving to be a budgetary shell game of accounting trickery. Both the State and their non-profit partners who have been the recipients of billions in drug treatment and homeless funding share the responsibility for this failure.
Read more... ([link removed])
You are invited to attend the:
Luncheon and Book Signing with Batya Ungar-Sargon
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
12PM
Palio Trattoria Italiana
640 Sacramento Street
San Francisco, CA
[link removed]
[link removed]
[link removed]
============================================================
** Twitter ([link removed])
** Facebook ([link removed])
** YouTube ([link removed])
** LinkedIn ([link removed])
** Instagram ([link removed])
** Website ([link removed])
Copyright © 2024 *Pacific Research Institute*, All rights reserved.
You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website.
Our mailing address is:
P.O. Box 60485 Pasadena, CA 91116
** ([link removed])
Want to change how you receive these emails?
You can ** update your preferences ([link removed])
or ** unsubscribe from this list ([link removed])
.
