California Lawmakers Always Thirsty for More Water Laws
Right By the Bay Blog | Evan Harris
September 9, 2019
Water policy is one of those topics that can leave newcomers and casual listeners feeling inundated. The regulations that govern state and federal water policy are laced with a flood of acronyms and terms, with a steady gush of changes to state water policy and regulation over the past decade.
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Sally C. Pipes Comments on Attempt to Expand Medi-Cal
CALmatters | Elizabeth Aguilera
September 10, 2019
Democratic legislators are advancing a bill that aims to provide free health care to low-income undocumented seniors — an idea that they floated earlier this year, but which failed to make it into the state budget because of concerns over its cost. . .
“It’s not fair to those who are taxpayers and those who are middle- and lower-income and have a lot of stress in paying for healthcare. Why would they need to pay more to subsidize these people?” Pipes said. “They (legislators) didn’t get the $3.4 billion to cover all of them. So this is a stepping stone in getting there.”
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The Charter School Compromise – Putting Lipstick on a Pig
Right By the Bay Blog | Lance Izumi
September 11, 2019
Recent headlines blared that Democrat lawmakers, the California Teachers Association, and the California Charter School Association had reached a compromise in the charter school wars in Sacramento. For many charter-school supporters, however, the “compromise” was like putting lipstick on a pig.
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Battle over “progressive” solutions leaves independent contractors on edge
The Orange County Register | Kerry Jackson
September 11, 2019
As the final week of the legislative session was winding down, the Senate and Assembly in party-line votes approved Assembly Bill 5, which will codify the state Supreme Court’s Dynamex ruling, leaving as many as 2 million freelance workers with an unsure future.
Gov. Gavin Newsom, who publicly endorsed the bill over the Labor Day weekend, is expected to sign it.
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Lance Izumi Talks Charter School Compromise on the Phil Cowan Show
The Phil Cowan Show | Lance Izumi
September 13, 2019
Lance Izumi joined the Phil Cowan Show to discuss the recent compromise between the California Charter School’s Association, California Teachers Association and the California State Legislature. Lance’s interview begins at the 43 minute mark.
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California Policymakers Will Never Fix The State’s Housing Crisis By Looking Backward
Right By the Bay | Kerry Jackson
September 8, 2019
The default position for nearly all policymakers and executives, such as mayors, governors, and presidents, is to throw more government at all problems, both the real and the perceived. This is especially so in Blue States such as California, where government continues to crowd out the private sector.
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