PRI's Focus on California

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Subject matter experts discuss AB 5 and the gig economy during PRI's Young Leaders Circle panel on Oct. 2 in San Francisco. Panelists (from left to right) include: Carolyn Said, San Francisco Chronicle, Vignesh Ganapathy, Postmates, Shawn Lewis, NFIB, and Jennifer Barrera, California Chamber of Commerce.

Is the Gig Up After Signing of AB 5?

Right By the Bay Blog | Evan Harris
October 2, 2019

Now that dust has settled after the signing of perhaps the hottest bill this legislative session – Assembly Bill 5 – what’s next for those who work in the gig economy? A panel of free-market advocates and subject matter experts recently got together to discuss the bill’s aftermath at Pacific Research Institute Young Leaders Circle event held last week in San Francisco.

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Stockton's Basic Income Experiment: 40% of the Money is Unaccounted For

Right By the Bay Blog | Kerry Jackson
October 10, 2019

The initial report on Stockton’s “basic income” experiment, in which 125 residents in low-income Zip Codes receive $500 a month, shows that most of the money that can be tracked has been spent on necessities. But that’s only part of the story. Forty percent was transferred to bank accounts or turned into cash and has left no trail.

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New Survey Results Should Give Lawmakers Pause Before Embracing Single-Payer Health Care

Right By the Bay Blog | Tim Anaya
October 7, 2019

As the single-payer system proposed in SB 562 was projected to cost $400 billion – roughly double the state budget – it’s no big leap to say that most Californians would be very worried by the high costs a single-payer health care system in California would bring them.

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California Teacher Quality Policies Among Nation’s Worst

Right By the Bay Blog | Lance Izumi
October 8, 2019

While California’s teacher unions are winning expensive battles on the strike lines and are flexing their political muscle in Sacramento, new research shows that state teacher-quality policies are failing to ensure that every public-school classroom in the state has a highly effective teacher.

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