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Thought San Francisco's Quality of Life Couldn't Get Worse? Think Again.
Daily Caller | Kerry Jackson
December 6, 2019
San Francisco garnered national headlines with the election of its new district attorney, a progressive, which means there will be zero progress made in the homelessness crisis, and little if any made toward reducing crime in the city and county.
Chesa Boudin, a one-time deputy public defender who has never tried a case, was elected in a close race, and will assume office in January. Before he had a chance to decide if the new drapes in his office were going to be socialist red or blue state blue, Boudin announced that he would not prosecute quality-of-life crimes such as “public camping, offering or soliciting sex, public urination, blocking a sidewalk, etc.” We assume public defecating on streets and sidewalks, today’s San Francisco “treat,” will also go unprosecuted.
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Gig Economy Firms Fight California Overreach with $110 Million Initiative
Times of San Diego | Kerry Jackson
December 4, 2019
This all could have been avoided. Rather than handing out exemptions to the law based on industry, sector or profession, lawmakers should have granted exemptions at the personal level. If a freelance worker doesn’t want to be covered under the law, he or she should have the right to not participate.
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Want to End Poverty in California? Embrace Entrepreneurship
Orange County Register | Wayne Winegarden
November 29, 2019
. . . Gov. Newsom and his allies promote the status-quo policies – such as increasing taxpayer spending and creating or expanding government programs – that haven’t proven successful in helping people in need. If they are serious about wanting to help the poor, Newsom and lawmakers should look toward entrepreneurship as the key to ending poverty in California.
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Instead of Spending Billions on Housing Affordability, Silicon Valley Should Demand CEQA Reform
Right By the Bay | Tim Anaya
December 4, 2019
He’s right but is also somewhat passing the buck here. In my view, Newsom has been as forceful in his call for fundamental CEQA reform as he should be. And he also signed a so-called anti-rent gouging measure that is really just another name for rent control.
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What’s the deal with state attorneys general?
Right By the Bay | Evan Harris
December 5, 2019
The attorneys general mentioned here match that strategy: investigating Facebook and Google at around the same time Congress and federal regulators are investigating the tech giants, looking into WeWork after their delayed initial public offering ousted the founder and president, and pressuring the unpopular policies of the current federal administration.
The power and discretion given to state attorneys general are unprecedented, but does it mean the attorney general’s office is a ticket to the Congress or the Presidency? Not quite.
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California’s Assembly Bill 5 Is A Virus Moving Across the Country
Right By the Bay | Kerry Jackson
December 2, 2019
New York is also “eyeing” legislation similar to AB5, the San Francisco Chronicle says, while “at the national level, Sen. Bernie Sanders,” the socialist from Vermont, “has introduced the Workplace Democracy Plan, which takes a similar approach to AB5.”
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