The Campus Sexual Assault Epidemic - Our laws make it worse

Right by the Bay | Steve Smith
November 8, 2022

The State of California has released its 2021 annual crime report and crime is up across the board.   Of particular concern are the sexual assault statistics.

According to California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office, “the rape rate increased 8.6 percent in 2021 (from 33.8 in 2020 to 36.7 in 2021)” per 100,000 people.  That equates to 14,435 reported sexual assaults.  This problem is particularly acute at California’s colleges and universities.


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Would A Vacancy Tax Reduce State's Housing Shortage? History Says No. 
 

Right by the Bay | Kerry Jackson
November 7, 2022

While it might seem impossible given the state’s perpetual housing shortage, there are empty homes in California. Some policymakers believe that forcing the owners to put tenants in their properties will help solve an unaffordability problem that has priced so many out of the market.

Sounds simple. Of course it’s not.


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Pothole vigilantes fill in for the government's failure
 

Free Cities Center | John Seiler
November 9, 2022

One of my favorite movies is “Brazil,” by the Monty Python comedy troupe’s alum Terry Gilliam. In the most-telling scene, Harry Tuttle, played by Robert De Niro, breaks into an apartment, not to rob it, but to fix a broken air conditioning system. That’s because the vast government bureaucracy, Central Services, won’t do it. “Harry Tuttle, heating engineer at your service,” he announces to the tenant, Sam Lowry, played by Jonathan Price. “Now they got the whole country sectioned off. Can’t make a move without a form.” The crucial form is 27B-6.


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A Personal Story for Veterans Day
 

Right by the Bay | Lance Izumi
November 11, 2022

Of all of our nation’s armed services, Americans probably know the least about the United States Coast Guard.  One hears the stories of soldiers, sailors, Marines, and air men and women, but rarely does one hear a Coast Guard story.  Well, let me tell you the story of my father, U.S. Coast Guard veteran Rikio Izumi.


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