‘And Now, The Rest of the Story’ on Controversial Voter Outreach Sweetheart Deal
PRI's Right By the Bay Blog | Tim Anaya
February 23, 2021
Now, the Legislature is poised to weigh in on behalf of paying the contract. According to the Sacramento Bee, “an amendment to a state budget bill introduced by Democrats on Wednesday would allow for the state to pay for the voter outreach by using money earmarked to help counties conduct last year’s election.” Through a tweak of legislative language and a couple of fund shifts, Yee would seemingly now have the authority to pay the bill once the new legislation is signed into law.
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The Low Spark of High-Speed Rail
City Journal | Kerry Jackson
February 25, 2021
The California High Speed Rail, its formal name, was a hobby-ego project for former governor Jerry Brown that was supposed to move passengers between Los Angeles and San Francisco at 220 mph by 2020. Instead, the project is moving at the speed of the museum piece it sometimes appears destined to be. Not a single train has run, with train testing still six to seven years away, amid seemingly never-ending delays.
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Wayne Winegarden Discusses Gig Entrepreneurship Study on NTD Business
NTD News | Wayne Winegarden
February 25, 2021
Watch PRI’s Dr. Wayne Winegarden discuss the last report in the “Breaking Down Barriers to Opportunity” series on gig entrepreneurship with host Paul Greaney on “NTD Business.”
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Solutions For The Homelessness Crisis – A Handbook For Policymakers
PRI's Right By the Bay Blog | Kerry Jackson
February 22, 2021
Does anyone recall that one year ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom devoted his entire State of the State address to solving homelessness, declaring that “we must do everything we can to ensure no Californian is homeless,” pledging to “reduce street homelessness quickly and humanely through emergency actions,” and promising to “be laser-focused on getting the mentally ill out of tents and into treatment”?
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