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Lee OhanianHoover Institution |
Imagine the following scenario: You are a commercial developer. It is noon on a Sunday, and you are reviewing your bid for a major project before...
Last month, California’s Legislative Analyst’s Office, or LAO, which is the nonpartisan state department that advises California’s policymakers...
Bloomberg recently broke a story about a bizarre exemption from California’s new fast-food franchise regulations—which include a $20 minimum wage...
California’s New Fast-Food Law Shows How Bankrupt the State’s Regulatory Process Has Become
California has lost 366,000 jobs since February 2020. In that same period, the rest of the US economy has added over 5.4 million jobs. California jobs...
Newsom Wants to Add $6.4 Billion to California’s $1.6 Trillion Debt with Proposition 1
The likelihood that Beverly Hills voters will support incumbent George Gascón for Los Angeles County district attorney in next month’s primary...
In what can only be described as gross fiscal mismanagement, California must now deal with a state budget deficit of as much as $58 billion in the...
Depoliticizing Stanford, UCLA, and UC Berkeley’s Searches for New Leaders
I testified recently before the US House of Representatives Transportation Committee about California high-speed rail. I began, “As a Californian, I...
Last week’s Fox News debate between Ron DeSantis and Gavin Newsom revealed several inconvenient truths about California and Gavin Newsom. One is...
New California Law Requires “Fake News” Classes for K–12 Students
Gavin Newsom was inaugurated as California’s governor in January 2019. Since then, California has lost nearly 57,000 jobs, while the rest of the...
Imagine waiting an hour and a half for an ambulance to take you to the emergency room, then waiting an additional 12 hours before being seen. Or...
Last fall, Gavin Newsom signed into law a bizarre and disturbing requirement that would charge California physicians with professional misconduct and...
With Dianne Feinstein’s passing, we lose a senator who governed with thoughtfulness, vision, and dignity. Californians will elect a new senator in...
California legislators finished the 2022–23 legislative session last week and passed hundreds of bills, many of which await Gavin Newsom’s...
California governor Gavin Newsom sharply criticized a judge’s recent injunction that prevents San Francisco from clearing homeless encampments...