Fixing California- A review

By Chantal Lovell

07/23/2021

Forty-some-odd candidates have officially thrown their hats into the ring to replace Governor Gavin Newsom if voters recall him September 14. The list is a mere fraction of the 135 who faced off during the 2003 Gray Davis recall election, and, dare I say, a generally saner, though less well-known, bunch. There are a handful...

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Fixing California: The complete series

By Editorial Staff

07/21/2021

In this nine-part series, Edward Ring, a contributing editor for the California Policy Center, tackles California’s greatest challenges and opportunities, laying out solutions that will ensure its residents have the resources they need to prosper for generations to come. “Consider California in 2050, with the people fulfilling every bit of their potential and realizing their...

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Fixing California- Part nine: The prosperity economy

By Edward Ring

07/21/2021

Editor’s note: This is the seventh article in a nine-part series on how to fix California. Read the first article in the series here, the second here, the third here, the fourth here, the fifth here, the sixth here, the seventh here, and the eighth here. The policy topics considered in this series—energy, water, transportation, housing, law enforcement and the homeless, forestry,...

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Fixing California- Part eight: Restoring quality education

By Edward Ring

07/19/2021

Editor’s note: This is the seventh article in a nine-part series on how to fix California. Read the first article in the series here, the second here, the third here, the fourth here, the fifth here, the sixth here, and the seventh here. Pragmatism. Abundance. Optimism. If these are the principles that should guide public policy...

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Fixing California – Part seven: Forest management

By Edward Ring

07/17/2021

Editor’s note: This is the seventh article in a nine-part series on how to fix California. Read the first article in the series here, the second here, the third here, the fourth here, the fifth here, and the sixth here. Nobody knew how the fire started. It took hold in the dry chaparral and grasslands and...

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Fixing California – Part six: Homelessness and law enforcement

By Edward Ring

07/15/2021

Editor’s note: This is the fifth article in a nine-part series on how to fix California. Read the first article in the series here, the second here, the third here, the fourth here, and the fifth here. The homeless population in California now tops 160,000, concentrated in Los Angeles County, but growing in every major city and...

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Fixing California- Part five: Affordable market housing

By Edward Ring

07/14/2021

Editor’s note: This is the fifth article in a nine-part series on how to fix California. Read the first article in the series here, the second here, the third here, and the fourth here. Everyone’s heard it by now. California’s got a housing shortage, with prices within 50 miles of the coast among the highest per...

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Fixing California- Part four: The transportation revolution

By Edward Ring

07/12/2021

Editor’s note: This is the fourth article in a nine-part series on how to fix California. Read the first article in the series here, the second here, and the third here. Reading California’s “Transportation Plan 2050” is a depressing journey into groupthink. Like everything coming out of the one-party bureaucracy, it is the bland product of...

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Fixing California- Part two: The electric age

By Edward Ring

07/03/2021

Editor’s note: This is the second article in a nine-part series on how to fix California. Read the first article in the series here. If energy were abundant, clean, and sustainable, nearly every other daunting challenge facing humanity would be much easier to solve. Insufficient water? No problem. Pump more water around via inter-basin transfers...

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How the people can fix California

By Edward Ring

06/03/2021

The deadline to file citizens initiatives for the November 2022 state ballot is this August, and not nearly enough has been done so far. Active measures submitted to the California Attorney General include the highly necessary proposition to “prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude,” along with one to “require earth sustainability training in public schools.” Because apparently we’re...

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