L.A’s Plan to House Homeless Costs $600k Per Unit
Article from The Daily Wire by Jeffrey Cawood. Los Angeles Democratic Mayor Eric Garcetti and other city leaders recently broke ground on a permanent supportive housing complex that will use…
California Tried to Fine Company for Good Deed
Article from Reason Christian Britschgi. In February, the Consumer Protection and Enforcement Division (CPED) of the California Public Utilities Commission—the state body that regulates transportation network companies like Uber and…
San Fran Activists Obstruct New Business
Article from Reason by Cristian Britschgi. San Francisco business owner Joey Mucha wants to convert an arcade repair shop he owns into a simple arcade and restaurant space, a use…
Truckers Sue California Over Job Killing Law
Article from the San Francisco Chronicle by Carolyn Said. In the first big challenge to California’s new gig-work law, the California Trucking Association filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block it…
California’s Regulations Making Fires Much Worse
Article from Reason by Christian Britschgi. Lost in the mix, however, is the way that existing development restrictions in fire-safe regions have encouraged home-building in high-risk areas, while perverse insurance…
California Passes Rent Control to Fix Housing Crisis
Article from Reason by Christian Britschgi. On Wednesday, California lawmakers approved AB 1482, which caps rent increases at 5 percent per year plus inflation, and prevents landlords from evicting tenants without citing…
California Not Satisfied With Uber and Lyft’s $21 an Hour Proposal
Article from Reason by Billy Binion. California is on the verge of passing a bill that would reclassify all “gig economy” workers—those who drive for Uber or Lyft, for example—as…
L.A. Paying Homeless to Pick up Trash
Article from The Daily Wire by Jeffrey Cawood. Los Angeles recently launched an initiative intended to improve public health, empower the destitute, and advance sanitation efforts in the epicenter of…
California Sheriffs Deputy Fired for Lying About Sniper Attack
Article from The Hill by Zack Budryk. A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy who allegedly fabricated a story of being shot by a sniper has been fired, the department announced…
California City Combats Rat Problem by Banning Rat Poison
Article from Town Hall by Matt Vespa. California’s decades-long affair with liberal politics has brought disease—literally. Rats are overrunning parts of the state. It’s only amplified by the rising homelessness crisis….
