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Steven Greenhut is a senior fellow and Western region director for the R Street Institute. Write to him at sgreenhut@rstreet.org. His political views are his own.
by | Sep 20, 2023

SACRAMENTO — Since COVID-19 emerged as a public-health threat in 2019, the federal and state governments have embraced a wide range of policies that were designed to “protect” us but instead have unleashed a fury of unintended — but easily…

by | Sep 13, 2023

SACRAMENTO — The basic rule of thumb in the California Legislature is that lawmakers will spend the bulk of their time meddling in areas they should avoid while steadfastly not addressing the matters they should. So as the Legislature finishes…

by | Sep 6, 2023

SACRAMENTO — Are California lawmakers serious about dealing with its housing and homelessness crises? We’ll soon see once we gauge their reactions to a proposed new city in Solano County — a rural and exurban area nestled between Oakland and the…

by | Aug 24, 2023

SACRAMENTO — Several years ago, I was shopping in a Santa Ana big-box store when a nondescript young man asked the clerk to show him a video game system — probably a $200-to-$300 item — that was kept in a…

by | Aug 2, 2023

SACRAMENTO — After a shocking city hall scandal led to the resignation of Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu last year, the city commissioned an investigative report detailing what went wrong. The results — a remarkably thorough page-turner — were released this week….

by | Jul 26, 2023

SACRAMENTO — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has positioned himself as a defender of democracy as he prepares himself for a possible run for the presidency. In March, he launched a “Campaign for Democracy” and toured some Southern “red” states, where he vowed…

by | Jul 19, 2023

SACRAMENTO — If you find yourself at a libertarian gathering (not usually recommended) and are a mischievous sort who wants to start a squabble that might lead to fisticuffs, don’t raise the usual hot-button issues of, say, the wisdom of…

by | Jul 12, 2023

SACRAMENTO — One would never know from the new $310 billion state budget that California had been experiencing an enormous $32 billion deficit. Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic legislators touted all the spending in the new deal — including a…

by | Jun 28, 2023

SACRAMENTO — Years ago, U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) warned attendees at a conference about the need to watch out whenever public officials claim to be doing something for the children. She was talking specifically about Los Angeles Unified School District’s eminent-domain…

by | Jun 21, 2023

Editor’s Note: This column was reprinted from author Steven Greenhut’s new Pacific Research Institute Free Cities Center book, Putting Customers First: Re-Envisioning Our Approach to Transportation Planning. One need only spend a little time on a transit-oriented social-media page or…

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