Newsom Wisely Avoids Transit Bailout in May Budget Revise

By Marc Joffe

05/16/2023

Governor Newsom’s FY 2023-24 budget update included a larger projected deficit and more balancing measures than his January budget. But, despite pressure from Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) and transit agencies, the May Revise excluded emergency funding for local bus and rail systems around the state. The agencies’ proposed transit bailout was at best premature,...

TAGS: budget, California budget, California state budget, Gavin Newsom, state budget, Transportation, transportation infrastructure

Prop. 30 Splits California’s Ruling Elite

By Edward Ring

09/28/2022

Even by national standards, state ballot initiative campaigns in California are big time politics. You can run a campaign for U.S. Senator in most states in America for less than it costs to qualify and successfully campaign to pass a statewide ballot initiative in California. Political insiders in Sacramento describe any controversial initiative with well...

TAGS: California forest fires, Firefighting, Gavin Newsom, Prop. 30, Transportation, transportation infrastructure

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...

TAGS: "bullet train", Edward Ring, Edward Ring, fixing california, traffic, Transportation

The Seven Deadly Sins of California’s Political Establishment

By Edward Ring

11/18/2019

California’s politicians are hardly alone in their quest to destroy America’s rights, freedoms, prosperity, culture, traditions, and pride. They just happen to be more advanced in their quest. But since what happens in California often ends up happening later in the rest of the country, it’s vital to highlight just how bad it’s gotten in...

TAGS: homeless, Law and Order, Transportation

Housing and Transportation – How California’s Legislature Gets EVERYTHING Wrong

By Edward Ring

05/03/2019

California, the welcoming sanctuary state, has a population on track to break 40 million by the end of this year. Its highway system was designed to handle a population of 20 million. Its cities, bound by legislated “urban containment,” are 3.5 million homes short of what would meet current housing needs. As a result, commuters spend hours stuck in...

TAGS: Housing, Transportation

The Potential Fiscal Effects of Education Savings Accounts in California

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