New PRI Study on California's Costly Energy Mandates
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Californians Could Save More Than $2,000 Annually if Lawmakers Enacted Free-Market Energy Policies
Pacific Research Institute | Wayne Winegarden
May 13, 2020
“With millions now unemployed or furloughed, state policymakers must act to help lower and middle-income Californians weather this economic storm,” said Dr. Wayne Winegarden, the study’s author. “Reducing the unnecessary costs that Sacramento’s energy mandates impose is a great place to start and could save hard-working Californians more than $2,000 annually.”
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Click here to register for "Medicare for All and the COVID-19 Crisis with Sally C. Pipes" Webinar ([link removed])
Hear from Sally C. Pipes, PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy, about how single-payer health care would be a disastrous solution for fighting this pandemic and those in the future.
Wednesday, May 20, 2020 @ 11 AM PST
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David White – Keeping the Wine Flowing During the Coronavirus Crisis
PRI Next Round
May 11, 2020
Public affairs professional and noted wine blogger David White of Terroirist.com joins us to discuss how the wine industry is faring during the global coronavirus crisis. He also shares his advice on organizing a virtual Happy Hour and gives recommendations for good wines that you can buy online or at the corner grocery store as shelter-in-place orders are keeping Californians away from our favorite wineries.
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Coronavirus causes financial crisis for hospitals and doctors – Patients lose vital care
Fox News | Sally C. Pipes
May 11, 2020
After months of lockdown, the COVID-19 pandemic has become a public health crisis in more ways than one. While it’s critically important to focus our attention on the deadly pandemic, we have to keep hospitals, outpatient clinics and health care professionals financially solvent so they are there to provide treatment and preventive care for our other important medical needs.
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KCBS Interviews Lance Izumi on SAT/ACT Suspension
KCBS San Francisco | Lance Izumi
May 12, 2020
KCBS news anchors Jeff Bell and Patti Reising spoke with Lance Izumi, Director of the Pacific Research Institute, about the announcement by University of California President Janet Napolitano recommending that all 10 campuses in the UC system suspend the SAT and ACT college admission tests in favor of UC specific testing beginning in fall 2025.
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Sweeping Expansion of Workers Comp Benefits Could Hit Struggling CA Businesses Hard
Right By the Bay Blog | Tim Anaya
May 11, 2020
Newsom’s announcement will surely increase workers’ comp costs at a time when many employers are hanging on by thread due to the COVID-19-related economic downturn. In a statement, the California Chamber of Commerce said, “imposing a legal presumption that any employee who contracts the coronavirus is covered by workers’ compensation benefits shifts the cost of this pandemic to employers.”
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Henry Miller Explains Coronavirus Health Threats on the John Batchelor Show
The John Batchelor Show | Henry Miller, M.S., M.D.
May 12, 2020
Dr. Henry Miller talks about a recent Science Magazine article arguing about how the coronavirus, COVID-19, threatens major organs and vascular health of those infected unlike previous viruses and illnesses.
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California’s Anti-Car Culture
Right By The Bay | Kerry Jackson
May 13, 2020
This comes to mind after noticing that San Francisco, following “Oakland’s lead,” says the San Francisco Examiner, is closing a dozen or so streets to through traffic “to allow walkers, people on bikes and other wheeled-gadgets more space to socially distance amid the COVID-19 pandemic.” They will reportedly remain open to local traffic.
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