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A Crime Like No Other
Real Clear Policy | September 13, 2022
Steve Smith
Elderly parole is intended to further reduce California’s prison population by releasing older inmates no longer deemed to be a threat to public safety.
On the face of it, elderly parole seems reasonable. Many inmates do age out of their criminality and the idea that an elderly inmate using a wheelchair or a walker is a threat to public safety seems remote.
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No Need to 'Follow These Developments' - California's Energy Mandates Hurt Working Class
Right by the Bay | Tim Anaya
September 13, 2022
In the latest sign that California is the “de-facto think tank” for the Biden administration, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg made headlines this weekend when, speaking about California’s push to ban gas powered cars by 2035, he told ([link removed]) Fox 11 in Los Angeles that “it is interesting to see how the states are trying to go above and beyond what we’re doing at the federal level and I’m really interested to follow these developments.”
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Medicare Advantage Is A Diamond In The Government Healthcare Rough
Forbes | Sally Pipes
September 12, 2022
A record 28.4 million seniors get their insurance through Medicare Advantage, according to a new analysis ([link removed]) by the Kaiser Family Foundation. They account for nearly half of all eligible Medicare beneficiaries.
And that share will likely increase. The Congressional Budget Office predicts that more than 60% ([link removed]) of the total Medicare population will be in Medicare Advantage plans by 2032.
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Get Out Of Jail Free Is Not Just A Monopoly Card
Right by the Bay | Kerry Jackson
September 9, 2022
Almost two years ago, California voters rejected Proposition 25 by a large margin, telling lawmakers in unmistakable terms they were not in favor of Senate Bill 10, which replaced cash bail with risk assessments – low, medium and high – for suspects awaiting trial.
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