Edward Ring is a contributing editor and senior fellow with the California Policy Center, which he co-founded in 2013 and served as its first president. He is also a senior fellow with the Center for American Greatness, and a regular contributor to the California Globe. His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Economist, Forbes, and other media outlets.
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President Trump Can Restore Sanity to California’s Environmental Policies
/by Edward Ring“For weeks, residents of the Los Angeles area have watched raging fires consume their homes, belongings, beloved pets, and childhood memories. Almost immediately, firefighters were unable to fight the blaze due to dry hydrants, empty reservoirs, and inadequate water infrastructure.” – Excerpt from Presidential Executive Order, January 24, 2025 The executive order issued by President Trump […]
Rebuilding Los Angeles – Urbanism at a Crossroads
/by Edward RingThe embers haven’t even stopped smoldering and California’s affordable-housing industrial complex is swinging into gear. Politically connected developers that by now have collected literally hundreds of billions in taxpayer subsidies to construct low income housing and homeless housing in California are salivating over the opportunity to redevelop devastated neighborhoods in Los Angeles. But if the […]
California’s Mismanagement of Fire and Water
/by Edward RingThe more we learn about the Los Angeles-area wildfires, the more caution is called for when assigning blame. When the Santa Ana winds periodically sweep down from California’s eastern deserts and rip through the mountains surrounding the Los Angeles Basin at up to 100 MPH, sparks don’t go up, they go sideways, and turn entire […]
Challenging Newsom’s “California Fire Facts”
/by Edward RingThe people of Los Angeles are experiencing one of the most horrific disasters in the city’s history. Wind-driven fires have raced through the canyons and into neighborhoods, destroying thousands of homes and costing dozens of lives. The ordeal has only begun; rebuilding is certain to take years. For too many Angelenos, life will never be […]
Quantifying the Upside of More Lawns
/by Edward RingA respected advocate for farming interests in California once explained to me that every acre of lawn requires 5 acre feet of water per year. The unsubtle implication was that the more lawn we kill, the less water we waste. But this is zero sum thinking. How much lawn are we talking about, and how […]