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Who Will Benefit from the Great Gas Tax Rebate Debate of 2022?

Right by the Bay | Tim Anaya & Wayne Winegarden
March 25, 2022

The news that average gas prices per gallon in Los Angeles County have soared past $6 per gallon has triggered the “Great Gas Tax Rebate Debate of 2022.” Democrats and Republicans in Sacramento are pushing dueling gas tax relief proposals.

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California Migrating
Next Round Podcast | Panel Discussion
March 21, 2022

This podcast is a recorded panel discussion from PRI’s annual Ideas in Action conference in February. Californians and California businesses have been moving out of the state in droves. This panel discusses the causes of outmigration and what we can do to stem the tide. The speakers include Wayne Winegarden and Kerry Jackson, co-authors of PRI’s study “California Migrating,” Assembly member Vince Fong of the 34th District; Loren Kaye, President of the California Foundation for Commerce and Education; and Scott Kaufman, Legislative Director of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association.

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Is California Now at War with Farms?

GVWIRE | Kerry Jackson
March 24, 2022

California leads the nation in agricultural production. It’s no exaggeration to say this state feeds the world out of its fertile Central Valley. But that rich land has become a battlefield.

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Chris Carr Featured in Nor Cal Record in Article on UC Berkeley Case
Nor Cal Record | Sarah Downey
March 21, 2022

What’s clear is the UC Berkeley case has generated robust discussion about CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act), Chris Carr, a partner with Paul Hastings, LLP and co-author of the Pacific Research Institute study The CEQA Gauntlet ([link removed]) , told the Northern California Record.

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Prop 12 puts food security, animal health at risk
Right by the Bay | Pam Lewison
March 22, 2022

Livestock raising has long been a complex and misunderstood issue outside the agricultural community. Large communal pens often are considered the most humane by casual observers, but they do not tell the whole story.

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The Judge – Justice and Compassion in the Salinas Valley
Right by the Bay | Steve Smith
March 24, 2022

Youthful offenders stand a better than 60% likelihood of reoffending and the cost of incarceration has grown to nearly $90,000 per year. Put another way, a career criminal will cost California nearly 2 million dollars over the course of their criminal career, not including the profound impact both emotionally and economically on victims, their families, and the community.

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