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Newsom: Fact-Checked Again – And Wrong Again
PRI Right By the Bay | Kerry Jackson
December 17, 2021
Maybe Newsom was thinking about only property crimes since they’re so prominent in the new cycle, and inadvertently blurted out “violent crime.” So what do the numbers say? California recorded 2,331.2 incidents of property crime per 100,000 inhabitants in 2019. Texas? It was a little busier there: 2,390.7 incidents per 100,000 – roughly 2.6% higher, hardly a difference to brag about.
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No Water Yet Says DWR
PRI Right By the Bay | Evan Harris
December 15, 2021
DWR provides allocations three to four times during the water year, which runs from September to October, and also conducts a monthly snowpack survey from December or January until the snowpack melts in the spring or early summer. What’s bad about the December water allocation announcement is that it has never happened before.
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Breaking Down Barriers to Opportunity Would Do More to Build ‘Equitable’ California Than Higher Spending
PRI Right By the Bay | Tim Anaya
December 14, 2021
Reading the Senate Democrat budget vision, you’ll find a standard “redistribution of wealth” approach to state spending. The introduction proclaims that, “as has been the case throughout the decade for nations, wealth has gone to the top leaving the middle class and struggling families behind.”
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Southern California Traffic Is Back to Pre-Pandemic Levels. Now What?
Right By the Bay | M. Nolan Gray
December 10, 2021
This traffic congestion is no minor inconvenience. On the contrary, it’s at the root of the various existential threats facing the region. By one recent measure by INRIX, time wasted sitting in traffic costs Los Angeles approximately $8.2 billion each year.
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