Tuesday, July 18, 2017

CALIFORNIA POLITICAL NEWS & VIEWS 07/18/2017

CA Controller Reports Revenues $2.68 Billion Short of 2016-17 Budget Act

By Stephen Frank on Jul 17, 2017 09:01 pm
Though spending went up in 2016-17, revenues expected went down.  That means the debt of the State has gone up.  Government continues to spend, regardless of revenues. “For June, personal income tax (PIT) receipts of $10.94 billion were $161.0 million shy of May estimates, or 1.5 percent.  For the fiscal year, PIT receipts of $82.72 […]

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Eber: Radical progressives adventures in Fantasy Land

By Stephen Frank on Jul 17, 2017 08:56 pm
Richard Ebers’ article reminded me of the Communist Party of the 1960’s—tired, ideologues, fearing reality.  Though they seem to have lost of energy, in fact, they only want to destroy.  To them life is a game with no rules.  The Progressives are really anarchists and hedonists—in reality they love being bullies for the heck of […]

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California government retirement plans are more than 50% underfunded

By Stephen Frank on Jul 17, 2017 08:53 pm
CalPERS is claiming in its latest release that it is 68% funded.  They are as truthful as Obama when he said you could keep your own doctor.  Here are the facts: “Governmental refusal to pre-fund retiree health benefits causes state and local governments to drastically overstate the solvency of their retirement benefit systems. Let’s consider […]

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Paramount Gets Paid While Best and Brightest Leave California

By Stephen Frank on Jul 17, 2017 08:51 pm
California has high taxes—to help the poor, the illegal and the corrupt.  In that category you will find the billion dollar film companies like Paramount, taking millions from the California poor and middle class, to film movies with ultra rich actors.  The poor get poorer and the movie industry gets richer.  Where are the Sean […]

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CalPERS says investments returned 11.2 percent

By Stephen Frank on Jul 17, 2017 08:49 pm
In 2015 the CalPERS investments returned .61%.  In 2016, they returned 11.2%.  So, the average for the two years in just under 6%–meaning the 7.5% needed to stop the growth of the unfunded liabilities did not happen—in fact the unfunded liabilities continued to grow.  At this point the real number is $1.4 trillion of unfunded […]

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Central Valley to Become National HQ for Marijuana Growing

By Stephen Frank on Jul 17, 2017 08:47 pm
The Central Valley, years ago grew more cotton than the State of Mississippi.  This Valley has been the leader in many crops.  Then came the government refusal to allow needed water to the Valley, and now the fastest growing crop are solar panels in solar farms.  San Luis Obispo had had several hundred requests to […]

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High-Flying California Charts Its Own Path — Is A Cliff Ahead?

By Stephen Frank on Jul 17, 2017 08:45 pm
We have the highest taxes and worst roads in the nation.  LAUSD in 2015 had a real graduation rate of 54%.  Silicon Valley has high wages, making it look like California is doing well—but the cost of housing is the highest in the nation, meaning folks must live in homes they do not want, but […]

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Elias: Unions won’t lie down as clout is threatened

By Stephen Frank on Jul 17, 2017 08:43 pm
The number of people paying bribes to unions in California, while among the highest in the nation, is down.  In all States that free the workers from paying bribes in order to work, union membership is down by 50% or more.  There are some Supreme Court cases, that could end the theft from workers by […]

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PC vs. Public Safety: San Francisco Withholding Security Footage of Crimes to Prevent ‘Racial Bias’

By Stephen Frank on Jul 17, 2017 08:40 pm
BART wants you to know who is committing crimes—they want the help of the public.  But, they do not want the public to see the videos of the crime as they are happening?  Why because if you saw a white or black person committing the crime, BART would be racist.  They believe that allowing the […]

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Housing Crisis Looms as San Diego County Builds Only 50% of Homes Needed

By Stephen Frank on Jul 17, 2017 08:38 pm
San Diego, like the rest of California has a housing problem.  One reason is that a couple million illegal aliens are taking the housing that honest citizens should have.  Enforce our immigration laws and a lot, not all, of our housing crisis would be solved.  Then you have the taxes, government created delays and regulations […]

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