California Policy Center Articles
More Water Supply Requires Industry Unity, September 4, 2024
Natural Gas Can Help Get California to Net Zero, September 4, 2024
California Policy Czars Ignore Water-Supply Solutions in Plain Sight, September 4, 2024
The Numbers Behind CARB’s Goal of “Net Zero,” August 29, 2024
Floating Offshore Wind – A Financial Catastrophe, August 15, 2024
Comprehensive Water Policy Recommendations Released, August 7, 2024
Achieving Water Abundance: A New Approach, (co-author Steve Hilton), August 1, 2024
Overcoming the Tragedy of Pessimism, July 31, 2024
Quantifying California’s Brave EV Future, July 24, 2024
Taking Back California, July 18, 2024
California’s Water Economy: The Three Biggest Choices, July 18, 2024
California’s Water Economy: An Overview, July 10, 2024
California’s Energy Economy: Challenges And Opportunities, July 3, 2024
The Day Democracy Died In California, July 2, 2024
California’s Energy Economy: An Overview, June 26, 2024
Salmon Restoration Must Address Bass Predators, June 19, 2024
Can an Abundance Agenda Unite Business, June 12, 2024
Forest Thinning Adds Millions of Acre-Feet to California’s Water Supply, June 5, 2024
The Abundance Mindset, May 29, 2024
The Crossroads of Kern County, May 22, 2024
Only Unity Can Challenge Environmentalism, Inc., May 15, 2024
Water Czars Ignore Solutions to Scarcity, May 8, 2024
The Case for Oil Drilling in California, May 1, 2024
From Worst to Best: How to Turn Around California’s Business Climate (co-author Steve Hilton), April 30, 2024
The Potential of Waste-to-Energy in California, April 24, 2024
How Much Water Will $30 Billion Buy?, April 10, 2024
Governing by Hope Instead of Fear, April 4, 2024
Universal Housing Affordability (co-author Steve Hilton), April 4, 2024
Sacramento’s War on Water and Energy, April 3, 2024
Golden State Budget Fantasy, April 3, 2024
Drain the Reservoirs, Return California’s Stolen Land, March 22, 2024
Modern Forest Management, March 15, 2024
California’s Impossible War on Oil and Gas, February 27, 2024
The Delusions of Davos and Dubai vs. Realistic Pathways to Global Energy Security, February 22, 2024
Despite Spending Billions on Climate Change, 84 percent of California’s Energy Still Comes from Oil and Gas, January 26, 2024
The Role of Unions in a Perfect World, December 13, 2023
California Bureaucrats Embrace Water Rationing, November 5, 2023
Climate Data Refutes Crisis Narrative, November 1, 2023
California Attorney General Sues Big Oil, October 19, 2023
Offshore Wind is an Economic and Environmental Catastrophe, October 11, 2023
Can California’s Forests Survive Extreme Environmentalism, October 3, 2023
Solutions in Plain Sight, August 24, 2023
The Uplifting Potential of Practical Infrastructure Choices, August 21, 2023
How Do You Solve a Problem Like CEQA, July 3, 2023
The Corruption of Climate Science, June 21, 2023
Challenging the Premise of Our Destruction, May 17, 2023
California Holds the Key to Western Water Security, May 15, 2023
The Bullet Train Epitomizes Golden State Corruption, April 25, 2023
Assemblyman Isaac Bryan’s Assault on Working Families, April 24, 2023
Cleaning Bay Source Pollution Will Enable More Delta Diversions, April 10, 2023
The “Net Zero” Delusions of California’s Ruling Class, April 5, 2023
Unionized Public Education is Destroying California, March 9, 2023
Unions Are Behind California’s Latest Wealth Tax Proposal – February 16, 2023
California Doubles Per Capita General Fund Spending – Where is it Going? – February 13, 2023
Voters Approve Over $3.0 Billion Per Year in New Taxes, February 2, 2023
The “Reparations” Scam, January 5, 2023
Looming Deficits Present Another Opportunity to Offer Solutions for California, December 1, 2022
Pension Costs Are Still Eating Government Budgets, December 1, 2022
Solar Farms Should Not Displace Prime Farmland, November 21, 2022
How the Government Union Machine Conquered California, November 18, 2022
How to Be a Successful Politician in California, November 18, 2022
Tracking Political Spending by Government Unions, November 18, 2022
The Bureaucratic Erasure of Culture, Identity and Freedom, November 11, 2022
Forgotten Local Elections, Unforgettable Consequences, November 9, 2022
San Francisco’s $1.7M Public Toilet, November 4, 2022
Government Union Money Dwarfs Corporate Influence in California Elections, November 1, 2022
Are Pension Fund in Crisis Again?, October 7, 2022
Prop. 30 Splits California’s Ruling Elite, September 28, 2022
California’s Unions Are Misusing Their Power, September 22, 2022
Who Owns the California State Legislature, September 21, 2022
California’s Unelected Tyrants, September 15, 2022
How the Teachers Union Can Save LA Unified, September 14, 2022
“Housing First” Polices Create More Homelessness, August 30, 2022
Questions About Water for Governor Newsom, August 26, 2022
Average Pay for Manhattan Beach Firefighter is $328,000 per Year, August 12, 2022
Union Sponsored AB 5 Hits Independent Truckers, August 11, 2022
When Will Government Unions Stand Up for All Workers?, July 18, 2022
The Abundance Choice – Part 15: Our Fight for More Water, July 11, 2022
How Much Fossil Fuel is Left, July 8, 2022
The Abundance Choice – Part 14: Infinite Abundance, July 5, 2022
The Abundance Choice – Part 13: The Lords of Scarcity, July 5, 2022
The Abundance Choice – Part 12: Fighting Scope Insensitivity, July 5, 2022
The Abundance Choice – Part 11: The Desalination Option, July 5, 2022
The Abundance Choice – Part 10: Stop Wasting Wastewater, July 2, 2022
The Abundance Choice – Part 9: Reservoirs are Part of the Solution, June 30, 2022
The Abundance Choice – Part 8: The Union Factor, June 30, 2022
The Abundance Choice – Part 7: An Environmentalist Juggernaut, June 29, 2022
The Abundance Choice – Part 6: Biased, Hostile Media, June 29, 2022
Inflation Adjusted Per Capita State Spending Doubles in One Decade – For What?, June 16, 2022
The Abundance Choice – Part 5: The Fractured Farmers, June 16, 2022
The Abundance Choice – Part 4: Crafting a Water Initiative, June 15, 2022
The Abundance Choice – Part 3: The Mechanics of Ballot Initiatives, June 14, 2022
Will California Voters Approve More Taxes and More Borrowing?, June 3, 2022
The Abundance Choice – Part 2: The Problems With Indoor Water Rationing, June 3, 2022
The Abundance Choice – Part 1: California’s Failing Water Policies, May 27, 2022
Tony Thurmond – Public Sector Union Operative, May 12, 2022
Are Firefighters Hard to Recruit in California?, April 11, 2022
Questioning the Political Priorities of the Firefighters Union, March 31, 2022
ESG Investing and Public Sector Unions, March 22, 2022
Examining California’s Renewable Energy Plan, March 11, 2022
California’s State and Local Liabilities Total $1.6 Trillion, February 28, 2022
California’s Homeless Housing Scam, February 11, 2022
How California’s Unions Can Help ALL Workers, February 4, 2022
Finding Common Ground in California, October 27, 2021
The Real Reason Newsom Has Failed All Californians, September 8, 2021
An Agenda to Fix California, September 7, 2021
Here come the DINOs, August 30, 2021
How unions could save America, August 30, 2021
California’s green conundrum, August 29, 2021
What would a centrist do?, August 19, 2021
America’s automotive future, August 18, 2021
Newsom’s true opponents? Water and fire, August 16, 2021
Restoring the California Dream: An Agenda for the 21st Century, July 23, 2021
Fixing California- Part nine: The prosperity economy, July 21, 2021
Fixing California- Part eight: Restoring quality education, July 19, 2021
Fixing California – Part seven: Forest management, July 17, 2021
Fixing California – Part six: Homelessness and law enforcement, July 15, 2021
Fixing California- Part five: Affordable market housing, July 14, 2021
Fixing California- Part four: The transportation revolution, July 12, 2021
Fixing California – Part three: Achieving water abundance, July 5, 2021
Fixing California- Part two: The electric age, July 3, 2021
Fixing California – Part one: The themes that make anything possible, June 30, 2021
How to squander the grassroots, June 23, 2021
Dams and desalination, June 14, 2021
How the people can fix California, June 3, 2021
Newsom’s Education Spending Binge, May 19, 2021
Biden’s union agenda betrays American workers, May 17, 2021
California’s gubernatorial candidates need to show true grit, May 5, 2021
AB 1316 aims to destroy charter schools, April 29, 2021
Fixing K-12 education in California, April 26, 2021
The key to affordable housing? More suburbs, April 26, 2021
Solving California’s urban water scarcity, April 23, 2021
Winning a war of attrition against government unions, April 23, 2021
Newsom Allies Want to Dox Recall Petition Signers, April 21, 2021
Fighting, and Winning, School Choice in California, March 25, 2021
Newsom Can’t Hide Behind Pandemic, March 24, 2021
Questions for California’s Next Governor, March 22, 2021
Will California’s Schools Ever Fully Reopen? There’s Plenty of Money, March 18, 2021
Rescuing Public Education in California, March 11, 2021
SoCal Desalination Plant Inches Towards Approval, March 3, 2021
Huge Waiting List for Orange County Classical Academy, February 24, 2021
California’s Bureaucracies Fail to Submit Timely Financial Data, February 18, 2021
The Consequences of Centrally Planned Compassion, February 10, 2021
How Legislators Can Reopen California, February 3, 2021
School Choice Initiative Quietly Gathers Support, January 27, 2021
Environmentalists Increase Influence on Local Governments, January 20, 2021
Mayor Garcetti’s Homeless Policy is Destroying Los Angeles, January 15, 2021
California’s General Fund Relies on Bailouts and Billionaires, January 13, 2021
Big Tech Censorship Suppresses the Reopen California Movement, January 5, 2021
The Coalition That Will Realign California, December 31, 2020
Grassroots Group Fights for Common Sense Water Policies, December 23, 2020
California’s Cruel Green Cramdown, December 23, 2020
An Agenda to Realign California Politics, December 22, 2020
Government Unions and California Ballot Propositions, December 17, 2020
Citizen Initiatives Transform Oxnard Politics, December 9, 2020
Orange County Classical Academy Excels Despite COVID, December 2, 2020
Why We Fight Government Unions, November 24, 2020
Placentia’s Independent Fire Department Saves Millions and Improves Service, November 19, 2020
Sacramento Loses Its Finest Legislator, November 16, 2020
California Voters Approve Billions in Local Taxes and Borrowing, November 13, 2020
California’s One-Party State, the Blue Wave Machine, November 5, 2020
How Much do California’s State Workers Make?, November 5, 2020
Firefighters Union Backs Prop 15 Instead of Forestry Reform, October 28, 2020
Pension Costs Are Not the Reason California’s Schools Fail the Disadvantaged, October 22, 2020
How to Save California’s Forests, October 20, 2020
The Battle for California is the Battle for America, October 19, 2020
Time to Restructure Failing BART System, October 14, 2020
Why is the Prison Guards Union Targeting Senator Moorlach?, October 6, 2020
How to Realign California Politics, September 28, 2020
Why Can’t Sacramento’s Financial Reporting Match Private Sector Standards?, September 23, 2020
Firefighting Unions Can Help Fix Forestry Mismanagement, September 16, 2020
Environmentalists Destroyed California’s Forests, September 10, 2020
Union Backed Prop. 15 Will Destroy Small Businesses, September 9, 2020
Union Power is Behind Fullerton’s Push for Higher Taxes, September 4, 2020
Prop. 16 is Real Racism to Combat Perceived Racism, August 26, 2020
Will a Wealth Tax Make California’s Wealthy Flee?, August 25, 2020
When Approving a $7 Billion Bond Proposal, Did the LAUSD Board Violate the Brown Act?, August 19, 2020
The Wealth Tax Steals Money and Time, August 18, 2020
A Pension Recommendation for the California Teachers Association, August 13, 2020
California’s Public-Sector Unions Rake in $921 Million in Annual Revenue, August 5, 2020
California Supreme Court Finally Rules on Case Affecting Pensions, July 31, 2020
How Much Do California’s County Workers Make?, July 29, 2020
How Much Do California’s City Workers Make?, July 22, 2020
L.A. Teachers Union: Give us $250 Million, Or Keep Schools Closed, July 16, 2020
The Orange County Classical Academy is Going to Transform Education in California, July 8, 2020
Firefighting in Orange County – Part Three, Placentia’s War for Independence, July 1, 2020
Firefighting in Orange County – Part Two, Building an Independent Fire Dept, June 25, 2020
Firefighting in Orange County – Part One, Firefighter Pay and Benefits, June 17, 2020
Unions Run the City of Santa Ana, June 1, 2020
Public Education is Changing Forever, May 20, 2020
The American Media Has Betrayed America, May 20, 2020
Did Ballot Harvesting Impact March 3 Bond and Tax Proposals?, May 18, 2020
Separating Good Bailouts from Bad Bailouts, May 14, 2020
Rethinking Diversity Bureaucrats, Rethinking College Education, May 12, 2020
California is Ready to Get Rid of Newsom, May 11, 2020
State Legislature Continues Its Assault On Local Zoning Decisions, May 6, 2020
Mega Cities Require Mega Suburbs, May 5, 2020
The Regulatory Taking of Venice Beach, May 1, 2020
Public Sector Unions Continue Their Attack on Property Rights in California, April 30, 2020
Rates of Pay and Pension Debt in California’s Distressed Cities, April 29, 2020
The Needs of the Few and the Paralysis of Perfectionism, April 27, 2020
How the Homeless Industrial Complex Will Destroy Venice Beach, April 23, 2020
Huntington Beach denies pandemic reality, dispenses pay raises, April 15, 2020
California Cities Hike Minimum Wage as Economy Falters, April 9, 2020
Suggested Executive Orders for Governor Gavin Newsom, April 9, 2020
Plastic Bags and the Recycling and Reuse Scam, April 2, 2020
Venice Beach shut down except for homeless encampments, April 1, 2020
Black Swans and Super Bubbles, April 1, 2020
Post-Coronapocalypse pension reform checklist for California, April 1, 2020
Time for California’s Government Unions to Get Serious About Pension Reform, March 24, 2020
Grassroots Infrastructure for Initiatives and Recalls is Growing in California, March 24, 2020
California Cities in Critical Condition, March 18, 2020
Sustainable Megacities, March 17, 2020
Government Pensions Are Dividing Americans and Damaging the Economy, March 17, 2020
Gathered for the feast at the Hotel California, March 12, 2020
Californians reject new taxes and borrowing, March 12, 2020
The Wondrous, Magnificent Cities of the 21st Century, March 10, 2020
The Premises of California’s Dysfunction, March 3, 2020
California’s K-12 spending exceeds $20,000 per pupil, March 3, 2020
Public Safety Compensation and Public Safety, February 26, 2020
California’s Progressive War on Suburbia, February 20, 2020
Fighting the One-Party State at the Local Level in California, February 12, 2020
Teachers Union Promotes Property Tax Increase, February 6, 2020
Using Online Resources to Qualify Ballot Measures, January 29, 2020
How California embraced Corporate Socialism, January 28, 2020
Manhattan Beach firefighter pay averages over $300,000 per year, January 21, 2020
“Density Ideology” will destroy California, January 20, 2020
Newsom’s 2020-21 Budget – A big pie but empty calories, January 15, 2020
West Contra Costa School District putting a half-billion dollar bond before voters in March, January 9, 2020
Public Employee Strike Looms in Santa Clara County, January 6, 2020
The Manger vs The Monster – Housing California’s Homeless, December 18, 2019
The Many Unintended Consequences of AB 5, December 11, 2019
California Pioneers Subsidized Housing for Public Employees, December 4, 2019
Californians exempt from the consequences of Liberalism, December 2, 2019
Pension reform waits for California Supreme Court, December 2, 2019
The Boondoggle Archipelago, November 20, 2019
The Seven Deadly Sins of California’s Political Establishment, November 18, 2019
The Cost to Taxpayers of Enhancing Sonoma County Employee Pensions, November 13, 2019
Long-Term Solutions for California Wildfire Prevention, November 7, 2019
How Federal Intervention Can Ease California’s Homeless Crisis, November 5, 2019
How many laws does San Francisco’s Prop A violate?, October 23, 2019
Electricity and Ideology – Competing Priorities in California, October 22, 2019
Crazy and Woke on the Western Front of Progressive Insanity, October 15, 2019
San Francisco’s Prop. A – Expensive Insanity Marches On, October 9, 2019
How much will YOUR city pay CalPERS in a down economy?, October 3, 2019
Venice Beach’s Monster on the Median, September 20, 2019
Local and State Initiatives – The Future of Policy in California?, September 18, 2019
Politicians who accept Government Union money betray the public, September 12, 2019
The Enemies of American Infrastructure, September 10, 2019
The Real Reason Behind the Drive to Unionize Charter Schools, August 29, 2019
California’s Mandatory Ethnic Indoctrination, August 23, 2019
The Density Delusion, August 20, 2019
City of Richmond faces pension stress, August 15, 2019
Were Pensions Benefits Retroactively Enhanced Without Notifying the Public?, August 8, 2019
The Opportunity Cost of Shutting Down Diablo Canyon, July 29, 2019
Will Unions Promote Defined Contribution Plans the Way They Promote Pensions?, July 24, 2019
America’s Homeless Industrial Complex – Causes & Solutions, July 17, 2019
How “Release Time” causes Taxpayers to fund Government Unions, July 17, 2019
New legislation will mandate Cal State students take Ethnic Studies class, July 10, 2019
California’s Regulatory Hostility Prevents More New Homes, July 2, 2019
How Does a California Family Survive?, July 1, 2019
A Strategy to Transform California in One Election, June 26, 2019
How can California reduce the costs of incarceration, June 19, 2019
What do Public Safety Unions Stand For?, June 13, 2019
New Suburbanism – A Smart Alternative to “Smart Growth”, June 6, 2019
How AB 195 May Help Restore “Impartiality” to Local Ballot Language, May 30, 2019
Why are Public Safety Unions supporting Teachers Unions?, May 15, 2019
Citizen Reformers Set to Transform Oxnard’s Politics, May 8, 2019
City of Oxnard Pension Contributions Set to Double by 2024, May 1, 2019
Estimated Impact of Janus on California’s Public Sector Unions So Far: $50M/year, April 24, 2019
Resistance is NOT Futile, April 17, 2019
Sacramento’s Software Incompetence in the Software Capital of the World, April 10, 2019
Why is San Diego’s Pension Settlement Estimate So Much Money?, April 4, 2019
Grand Bargains To Make California Affordable, April 1, 2019
Curbing Corporate Welfare and Government Funded Political Campaigns, March 27, 2019
San Diego’s 2012 Pension Reform at Risk, March 20, 2019
California’s Antiquated Legislature Can Update State Technologies, March 14, 2019
A New Approach to Pension Reform Goes to Appellate Court, March 13, 2019
California Rule Does Not Protect “Airtime”, March 7, 2019
California Cronyism and its Consequences, February 27, 2019
Defining Appropriate Housing Development in California, February 19, 2019
Modest Strike Settlement Nonetheless Puts LAUSD in Even Worse Financial Shape, February 13, 2019
California’s Nursing Schools Need to Up Enrollment by 60 percent to Avoid Shortage, February 6, 2019
The Destruction of Venice Beach Epitomizes California’s Idiocracy, January 30, 2019
Will Anything Good Come Out of the LAUSD Strike? Probably Not, January 23, 2019
Are LAUSD Teachers Underpaid, or Does it Cost Too Much to Live in California?, January 16, 2019
California’s Budget “Surplus” Ignores Crushing Debt Burden, January 9, 2019
California’s State and Local Liabilities Total $1.5 Trillion, January 3, 2019
Pension Funds, Meet the “Super Bubble”, December 27, 2018
The Financial Context of the Imminent California Supreme Court Decision on the “California Rule”, December 19, 2018
Jamming Janus – The Public Union Empire Strikes Back, December 12, 2018
The Varieties and the Potential Impact of Post-Janus Litigation, December 5, 2018
California Burning – How the Greens Turned the Golden State Brown, November 27, 2018
Can Public Sector Union Power Ever Be Stopped?, November 20, 2018
California’s Legislators Lack Private Sector Experience, November 14, 2018
California’s Voters Approve New Taxes and Reject Tax Repeal, November 8, 2018
How to NOT Solve California’s Housing Crisis, October 31, 2018
This November, Will California Voters Approve $3.6 Billion Per Year in New Taxes?, October 17, 2018
California’s Socialist Oligarchy, Part Two: Who They Are and How to Defeat Them, October 9, 2018
California’s Socialist Oligarchy, Part One: Making the State Unaffordable, October 8, 2018
Public Servant Who Made $327,491 in 2017 Asks Us to Support Higher Taxes, October 2, 2018
Just How Much Money Might CalPERS Have to Collect in an Economic Downturn?, September 26, 2018
In Search of Public Employers Willing to Fight for Their Right to Free Speech, September 10, 2018
Towards a Grand Bargain on California Water Policy, August 21, 2018
How to Make California’s Southland Water Independent for $30 Billion, August 15, 2018
How Much California Water Bond Money is for Storage?, August 9, 2018
Why Teachers Unions are the Worst of the Worst, August 1, 2018
California’s Transportation Future, Part Four – The Common Road, July 26, 2018
In Search of Government Union Transparency, July 17, 2018
California’s Government Unions Collect An Estimated $800 Million Per Year, July 10, 2018
Can Janus Unravel the “Solidarity” Between PORAC and the CTA?, July 3, 2018
How Government Unions Will Attack the Janus Ruling, June 27, 2018
California’s Government Unions Take Steps to Obliterate Janus Impact, June 20, 2018
Water Rationing Laws Exemplify the Malthusian Mentality of California’s Legislators, June 12, 2018
A Catalog of California’s Anti-Janus Legislation, June 7, 2018
Funding the Post-Janus Fight Against Government Unions, May 30, 2018
Janus vs AFSCME Ruling Imminent – What Will Change?, May 24, 2018
California’s Transportation Future, Part Three – Next Generation Vehicles, May 16, 2018
California’s Transportation Future, Part Two – The Hyperloop Option, May 8, 2018
California’s Transportation Future, Part One – The Fatally Flawed Centerpiece, April 18, 2018
Local Voters Uphold Utility Tax in Sierra Madre, April 12, 2018
Will the California Supreme Court Reform the “California Rule?” – Latest Update, March 28, 2018
Discrimination to Ensure Diversity – A Goldmine for Government Unions, March 20, 2018
Resources for California’s Pension Reformers, March 13, 2018
The Underrecognized, Undervalued, Underpaid, Unfunded Pension Liabilities, March 7, 2018
A Post-Janus Agenda for California’s Public Sector Unions, February 28, 2018
Innovative Incarceration: Lower Costs, Safer Citizens, February 21, 2018
How to Restore Financial Sustainability to Public Pensions, February 14, 2018
How to Assess Impact of a Market Correction on Pension Payments, February 7, 2018
California Government Pension Contributions Required to Double by 2024 – Best Case, January 31, 2018
Did CalPERS Use Accounting “Gimmicks” to Enable Financially Unsustainable Pensions?, January 24, 2018
Permanent Water Rationing is Coming to California, January 17, 2018
How Much More Will Cities and Counties Pay CalPERS?, January 10, 2018
How to Reduce the California State Budget by $40 Billion, December 28, 2017
After Janus, Will Union Grassroots Members Assert their Political Voice?, December 20, 2017
If You Think the Bull Market Rescued Pensions, Think Again, December 7, 2017
Rhetoric to Challenge California’s Statist Elites, November 22, 2017
The Government Union War on Meritocracy, November 16, 2017
How Public Sector Unions Exploit Identity Politics, November 7, 2017
Without Government Unions, there Would be No Gas Tax Increase, November 1, 2017
Did CalPERS Fail to Disclose Costs of Historic Bump in Pension Benefits?, October 26, 2017
How Can Local Officials Prepare for the Upcoming Janus vs AFSCME Ruling?, October 18, 2017,
Coping With the Pension Albatross, October 13, 2017
Marin County Discloses Debt Balances on Property Tax Bills, October 5, 2017
How Fraudulently Low “Normal Contributions” Wreak Havoc on Civic Finances, September 29, 2017
Steps to Improve Police Training and Accountability, September 20, 2017
How Placer County Privatized Inmate Food Services, September 13, 2017
Pension Reform – The San Jose Model, September 6, 2017
Reforming Binding Arbitration, August 30, 2017
Pension Reform – The San Diego Model, August 23, 2017
Negotiating with Public Sector Unions, August 16, 2017
It’s time for your community to create a municipal audit, August 14, 2017
In Search of Heroes, August 2, 2017
What if California’s Government Never Unionized?, March 28, 2017
What Californians Could Build Using the $64 Billion Bullet Train Budget, March 21, 2017
The Biggest Dupes in the History of the World, March 14, 2017
What is the Average Pension for a Retired Government Worker in California?, March 10, 2017
A Modest Proposal for California from a Public Servant, March 7, 2017
California’s Public Sector Union “Deep State”, February 28, 2017
Increasing Water Supply Must Balance Conservation Measures, February 21, 2017
Does Berkeley’s Teachers Union Support Free Speech to Suppress Free Speech?, February 14, 2017
Is California’s Elite Willing to Fight for More Infrastructure? Or Just Bash Trump?, February 7, 2017
Questions for Someone Who Supports Superior Benefits for Government Workers, January 31, 2017
California’s Government Workers Make TWICE As Much as Private Sector Workers, January 24, 2017
California’s Public Sector Compensation Trends, January 24, 2017
Environmentalism Provides Moral Cover for New Taxes to Fund Pensions, January 17, 2017
Can California’s Economy Withstand $1.3 Trillion of Government Debt, January 10, 2017
California Politicians Keep Raising the Cost-of-Living, January 3, 2017
The Type of Prosperity California Ought to Show the World, December 27, 2016
How to Identify a ‘Good’ Bond, December 13, 2016
Californians Approve $5 billion per Year in New Taxes, December 8, 2016
New California Policy Center Study Proposes Pension Funds Invest in Infrastructure, November 29, 2016
Rebuilding California’s Infrastructure (Introduction), November 23, 2016
Rebuilding California’s Infrastructure (Water Reuse), November 23, 2016
Rebuilding California’s Infrastructure (Water Storage), November 23, 2016
Rebuilding California’s Infrastructure (Desalination), November 23, 2016
Rebuilding California’s Infrastructure (Energy & Transportation), November 23, 2016
Rebuilding California’s Infrastructure (Financing Models & Recommendations), November 23, 2016
Clinton Won Urban Areas Controlled by Government Unions, November 22, 2016
Invest California’s Pension Funds in Water and Energy Infrastructure, November 14, 2016
California’s Government Unions are the Most Powerful in the U.S., November 8, 2016
The Credibility of Public Service, November 1, 2016
Election Integrity and the Power of Unions, October 25, 2016
Put Public Employees on Secure Choice and Social Security, October 18, 2016
How Unionized Government Enables the Iron Law of Oligarchy, October 11, 2016
The Government Union Political Class: Today California, Tomorrow America, October 4, 2016
For Nov. 8th: $32B in Local Borrowing, $2.9B in Local Tax Increases, September 27, 2016
Average Costa Mesa Firefighter Makes Nearly $250,000 Per Year. Why? Pensions, September 20, 2016
If Police Unions Were Abolished and Police Associations Were Restored, September 13, 2016
California Needs Infrastructure, and Unions Should be Helping, September 6, 2016
How Government Unions are Hypocrites that Betray the Public, August 30, 2016
California Supreme Court Strikes Down Vergara Appeal, August 23, 2016
California’s Misguided Water Conservation Priorities, August 17, 2016
Average “Full Career” CalPERS Retirement Package Worth $70,000 Per Year, August 16, 2016
ACLU Joins Unions to Attack California Charter Schools, August 9, 2016
Quality Education Remains Thwarted by Teachers Unions, August 2, 2016
Appreciating Police Officers, Challenging Police Unions, July 26, 2016
Government Unions Benefit from the Asset Bubble that Harms Workers, July 19, 2016
Populist Unity Can Overcome the Establishment’s Supermajority, July 12, 2016
How a Major Market Correction Will Affect Pension Systems, and How to Cope, July 12, 2016
Teachers Union Chases “Teach for America” Out of San Francisco, June 28, 2016
How Gov’t Unions and Crony Capitalists Exploit Global Warming Concerns, June 21, 2016
The Alternative to Crony Capitalism and Phony Shortages, June 15, 2016
Californians Overwhelmingly Support New Local Bonds and Taxes, June 14, 2016
Populist Candidates Still Ignore Government Unions, June 7, 2016
$6.2 Billion in New Borrowing on June 7th Primary Ballot, May 31, 2016
Government Unions and the Financialization of America, May 24, 2016
Public Safety Unions and the Financial Apocalypse, May 17, 2016
The Coming Public Pension Apocalypse, and What to Do About It, May 16, 2016
Unionize the Personal Assistants to the One-tenth-of-one-percenters, May 3, 2016
The Bell Syndrome Afflicts More Cities Than Just Bell, April 26, 2016
Average Orange County Firefighter Made $236,155 in 2014, April 20, 2016
City of San Jose’s Capitulation to Public Safety Unions is Complete, April 19, 2016
Sacramento’s “Secure Choice” Pooled 401K – Too Frugal for Public Workers, April 12, 2016
California’s Economically Illiterate Legislature, April 5, 2016
Practical Reforms to “Right-Size” Government Unions, March 29, 2016
The Challenges Facing Conservatives Who Support Public Safety, March 22, 2016
The Hypocrisy of Public Sector Unions, March 15, 2016
Investing in Infrastructure to Lower the Cost of Living, March 14, 2016
The Unsustainability Lobby, March 8, 2016
How the Tax System Favors Government Workers and Punishes Independent Contractors, March 1, 2016
Public Unions ARE the Political “Establishment”, February 23, 2016
The Future of Unions in the Post-Scalia Era, February 16, 2016
California Initiative Would Require Legislators to Wear Logos of Donors, February 9, 2016
California’s Pension Contribution Shortfall At Least $15 Billion per Year, February 2, 2016
In Search of a Legitimate Labor Movement, January 19, 2016
Why Investment Realities Will Compel Pension Reform, January 12, 2016
Friedrichs vs. the CTA Ruling Could Restore Free Speech Rights of Government Workers, January 5, 2016
A Pension “Pledge” for State Politicians, December 22, 2015
Which Initiatives Will Qualify for California’s 2016 Ballot? Look for the Union Label, December 15, 2015
How the Pension Reactionaries Mislead the Public, December 8, 2015
The Alliance Between Wall Street and Public Unions, December 1, 2015
Why Aren’t Unions Fighting California’s Bullet Train Boondoggle?, November 24, 2015
How Project Labor Agreements Elevate Costs to Taxpayers, November 17, 2015
Why Pacific Grove Matters to Pension Reformers, November 10, 2015
CalPERS “Myths vs. Facts” Propaganda Will Not Change Reality, November 3, 2015
When Will Unions Fight to Lower the Cost of Living?, October 27, 2015
Pension Reform Requires Mutual Empathy, not Enmity, October 20, 2015
Moral Values That Underlie Opposition to Government Unions, October 13, 2015
Silicon Valley Moving Toward Alliance With Big Labor, October 6, 2015
How Government Unions Are Destroying America, September 22, 2015
California’s Pensions Are An Economic Burden, Not Benefit, September 15, 2015
Deceptive and Misleading Claims – How Government Unions Fool the Public, September 8, 2015
Median Total Compensation for Redwood City Firefighters – At Least $226,365, September 1, 2015
CalSTRS CEO Jack Ehnes Recommends 50% Increase to CalSTRS Retirement Income, August 25, 2015
San Jose City Council Capitulates to Police Union Power, August 18, 2015
California’s Official Antipathy to Educational Innovation and Accountability, August 11, 2015
Tough Education Reform, not More Borrowing and Spending, is What Students Need, August 4, 2015
The CTA Empire Strikes Back, July 28, 2015
Why Pension Reform is Inevitable, and How Reforms Can Benefit the Economy, July 21, 2015
City of Stanton Faces Taxpayer Revolt, July 14, 2015
San Ramon Fire Protection District Pay and Governance Exemplifies Union Power, July 7, 2015
Strike by Santa Clara County Workers Averted, June 30, 2015
Can Unionized Police Be Held Accountable for Misconduct?, June 23, 2015
Public Sector Union Reform Requires Mutual Empathy, June 16, 2015
Retiree with $183,690 Annual Pension Attacks Pension Critics, June 9, 2015
A Challenge to Moorlach and Glazer – Build A Radical Center, June 2, 2015
Analyzing the Cost and Performance of LAUSD Traditional High Schools and LAUSD Alliance Charter High Schools, June 1, 2015
California’s Government Unions Collect $1.0 Billion Per Year, May 19, 2015
How California’s State and Local Governments Can Save $50 Billion Per Year, May 12, 2015
Libertarians, Government Unions, and Infrastructure Development, May 5, 2015
Pension Reformers are not “The Enemy” of Public Safety, April 28, 2015
Glazer vs. Bonilla 7th Senate District Battle Reflects New Political Split in California, April 21, 2015
Pension Reform is BAD for Wall Street, and GOOD for California, April 14, 2015
Desalination Plants vs. Bullet Trains and Pensions, April 7, 2015
Raise the Minimum Wage, or Lower the Cost of Living?, March 31, 2015
Eureka Faces Pension Headwinds – Just Like Every Other California City, March 24, 2015
Pension Funds and the Ultimate Hedge, Taxpayers, March 17, 2015
LAUSD Offer Worth $122,938 Per Year – Will They Strike Anyway?, March 3, 2015
The Glass Jaw of Pension Funds is Asset Bubbles, February 24, 2015
Issue of Government Unions Divide Candidates More Than Party Affiliation, February 17, 2015
Senator Huff Fires Victim of Alleged Assault by Member of Teachers Union, February 10, 2015
Anaheim Teachers Union Faces A Gathering Storm, February 3, 2015
Parent Trigger & Open Enrollment – Ways to Cope With Union Controlled Schools, January 27, 2015
Is Deficient Recruiting the Real Reason for Police Understaffing in San Diego?, January 20, 2015
Money for Nothing – Public Administrators Have Minimal Authority or Accountability, January 13, 2015
Conservatives, Police Unions, and the Future of Law Enforcement, January 6, 2015
The Abundance Choice, December 23, 2014
Final Results: 81% of Local Bonds Passed, 68% of Local Taxes Passed, December 16, 2014
Police Unions in America, December 9, 2014
An Economic Win-Win For California – Lower the Cost of Living, December 3, 2014
California’s New, Big, Nonpartisan Political Tent, December 2, 2014
More Taxes and Tuition Buy Time for the Pension Bubble, November 25, 2014
The Amazing, Obscure, Complicated and Gigantic Pension Loophole, November 18, 2014
Californians Vote for More Taxes and More Borrowing, November 11, 2014
California’s Most Financially Stressed Cities and Counties, November 5, 2014
California’s Emerging Good Government Coalition, November 4, 2014
California’s $12.3 Billion in Proposed School Bonds: Borrowing vs. Reform, October 28, 2014
The Misleading Arguments of Those Who Fight Against Pension Reform, October 21, 2014
The Challenge Libertarians Face to Win American Hearts, October 14, 2014
City of Stanton Proposes Higher Taxes Instead of Cutting Pay and Benefits, October 7, 2014
Palo Alto’s Proposed New Pension Tax – Oops, Hotel Tax, September 30, 2014
California’s 2014 Local Tax Proposals – The Costly Alternative to Pension Reform, September 23, 2014
Watsonville, California – Another Tax That’s Really Just For Pensions, September 16, 2014
Governor Brown – The Bailout King, September 9, 2014
Estimating America’s Total Unfunded State and Local Government Pension Liability, September 9, 2014
Reinventing America’s Unions for the 21st Century, September 2, 2014
The Looming Bipartisan Backlash Against Unionized Government, August 26, 2014
How Labor Money Undermines the Financial Literacy of California’s Legislators, August 19, 2014
Los Angeles Police Average Total Compensation $157,151 Per Year, August 12, 2014
How Much Do Los Angeles Police Officers Make?, August 5, 2014
The Case for Adjustable Defined Benefits, July 31, 2014
Golden Gate Transit District Median Compensation $129,708 per Year, Union Threatening Strike, July 29, 2014
Two Tales of a City – How Detroit Transcended Ideology to Reform Pensions, July 22, 2014
Union Grip on California’s Government Still Stronger than Ever, July 1, 2014
How to Create Affordable Abundance in California, July 1, 2014
The Financial Impact of Pension Obligations on Ventura County, June 24, 2014
Government Employee Unions – The Root Cause of California’s Challenges, June 3, 2014
Examining the CalSTRS Shareholder Bailout, May 27, 2014
California’s Green Bantustans, May 21, 2014
A “Left-Right Alliance” Against Public Sector Unions?, May 20, 2014
Conservative Politicians and Public Safety Unions, May 13, 2014
The Unholy Trinity of Public Sector Unions, Environmentalists, and Wall Street, May 6, 2014
Evaluating Total Unfunded Public Employee Retirement Liabilities in 20 California Counties, May 6, 2014
Public Pension Solvency Requires Asset Bubbles, April 29, 2014
Evaluating Public Safety Pensions in California, April 25, 2014
How Will “Ambush” Union Elections Affect Silicon Valley’s Libertarians?, April 22, 2014
San Jose’s Public Safety Pensions – Reduce Now or Slash Later, April 15, 2014
Government Unions Attack Free-Market Nonprofits via Pension Funds, April 8, 2014
Construction Unions Should Fight for Infrastructure that Helps the Economy, April 1, 2014
Add ALL Public Workers to Social Security, March 25, 2014
Retirement Security in America – A Tale of Two Contracts, March 18, 2014
How Much Do CalSTRS Retirees Really Make?, March 12, 2014
How Much Does Professionalism Cost?, March 11, 2014
Public Sector Pension Plans Do Not Pass the “Smell Test”, March 4, 2014
Comparing CalSTRS Pensions to Social Security Retirement Benefits, February 27, 2014
Pension Reform Comes to Ventura County, February 25, 2014
Pension Funds and the “Asset” Economy, February 18, 2014
How Much Do CalPERS Retirees Really Make?, February 13, 2014
How Does “Zero-point-Eight at Sixty-Eight” Sound for a Pension Plan?, February 11, 2014
Transparency Website Shows True Cost of Unionized Government in California, February 4, 2014
How Much Do California’s State, City and County Workers Really Make?, February 1, 2014
Forming a Bipartisan Consensus for Public Sector Union Reform, January 28, 2014
City of Redondo Beach Fights Unions – Full-time Firefighters Make $220,990 Total Compensation, January 21, 2014
City of Palo Alto Faces Strike – $139,907 Average Total Compensation Not Enough, January 14, 2014
Ushering in 2014 with Laws that Government Unions and Greens Adore, January 7, 2014
Exclusive Interview with Joel Kotkin, January 4, 2014
Why Middle Class Private Sector Workers Are NOT “Ripping Off the Next Generation”, December 17, 2013
How to Think About Debt, December 12, 2013
Time for Media Muckrakers to Follow Public Sector Union Money and Motives, December 10, 2013
Desert Hot Springs, California, Fights Bankruptcy – Average City Employee Makes $144,329 Per Year, December 3, 2013
How Unions and Bankers Work Together to Protect Unsustainable Defined Benefits, November 26, 2013
A Member of the Unionized Government Elite Attacks the CPC, November 19, 2013
CalSTRS Contributions Inadequate; Unions Call Reformers “Right-Wing Ideologues”, November 12, 2013
Are Annual Contributions Into CalSTRS Adequate?, November 8, 2013
A Policy Agenda for Union Reformers Stuck Inside Unions, November 5, 2013
Union opt-out campaigns log incremental gains, but two court cases could change the rules, October 29, 2013
Bipartisan Solutions for California, October 27, 2013
BART Strike is a Teachable Moment, October 22, 2013
Why the Democratic Party Cannot Embrace Public Sector Union Reform, October 15, 2013
Announcing the Prosperity Forum, October 14, 2013
Why Did the California State GOP Accept Donations from Public Sector Unions?, October 8, 2013
The Average Orange County Firefighter’s Total Compensation is $234,000 per Year, October 1, 2013
Reports on Public Insolvency Incomplete Without Employee Compensation Data, September 24, 2013
Orange County Pensions At Risk – Unions Just Call Critics “Extremists”, September 17, 2013
Teachers can receive a $300 – $400 ‘rebate’ for CTA’s political spending, September 17, 2013
How Should Technological Advances Affect the Role of Government?, September 16, 2013
Union Activists Disrupt Right-to-Work Forum in Washington, September 10, 2013
Oregon “Public Employee Choice Act” Aims for 2014 Ballot, September 3, 2013
Are Annual Contributions Into Orange County’s Employee Pension Plan Adequate?, August 30, 2013
Saving Pensions Will Require Unions To Face Reality, August 27, 2013
State Pension Litigation Update, August 26, 2013
Social Security is Healthy Compared to Public Sector Pensions, August 2, 2013
A Method to Estimate the Pension Contribution and Pension Liability for Your City or County, July 24, 2013
Exponential Technological Advances and the Role of Unions, July 23, 2013
California’s State and Local Government Spending Nearly $400 Billion per Year, July 16, 2013
BART Strike Highlights More Than Just Compensation Issues, July 9, 2013
Employee Freedom Week – Know Your Rights, June 25, 2013
Preserving America’s Middle Class, June 24, 2013
Merge Social Security and Public Sector Pensions, June 23, 2013
How Interest Rates Affect the Federal Budget, June 22, 2013
How Big Are California’s State and Local Governments Combined?, June 21, 2013
How Public Sector Unions Skew America’s Public Safety and National Security Agenda, June 18, 2013
Why Public Sector Unions are “Special” Special Interests, June 11, 2013
Public Employee “Pay Transparency” Efforts Fall Short, June 4, 2013
Moody’s Final Adopted Adjustments of Government Pension Data, June 2, 2013
Reforming Public Sector Unions and Public Sector Pensions is NOT “Anti-Worker”, May 28, 2013
Los Angeles Police Union Attacks CPC Study, May 21, 2013
The Public Sector Union Campaign to Own the Mayor of Los Angeles, May 14, 2013
School Board in Colorado Refuses to Negotiate with Teachers Union, May 7, 2013
California’s State/Local Governments Confront $1.0 Trillion in Debt, April 30, 2013
Calculating California’s Total State and Local Government Debt, April 26, 2013
What If Every Worker Made What City of Irvine Workers Make?, April 23, 2013
Adjustable Pension Plans, April 16, 2013
Public Sector Compensation: The Facts Speak for Themselves, April 9, 2013
Irvine, California – City Employee Compensation Analysis, April 8, 2013
The Prosperity Agenda, April 2, 2013
Will Silicon Valley’s Elite Take On Public Sector Unions?, March 26, 2013
GASB Loopholes Created Illusions of Solvency, March 19, 2013
Should Police and Firefighters be Exempted from Union Reforms?, March 12, 2013
One Man’s Fight Against Union Power, March 11, 2013
The Public Sector Union War on Democracy, March 5, 2013
The Misleading and Incomplete Financial Disclosures of Public Institutions, February 26, 2013
Bipartisan Solutions For California, February 25, 2013
Accounting Standards, Not Elections or Litigation, Will Finally Enable Reform, February 19, 2013
How Lower Earnings Will Impact California’s Total Unfunded Pension Liability, February 18, 2013
Would ANY Public Sector Union Reform Appeal to California’s Democrats?, February 12, 2013
Expose on CalPERS Illuminates Collusion Between Big Labor and Big Finance, February 8, 2013
Union Reforms and Counter-Reforms Sweep U.S., February 5, 2013
Calling for Public Sector Union Reform is Not Anti-Union, January 29, 2013
Gina Raimondo’s Shining Example – Pension Reform in Rhode Island, January 28, 2013
Why Public Sector Union Reform is Nonpartisan, January 22, 2013
How Public Sector Unions Are Winning the Cyberwar, January 22, 2013
How Big is California’s “Wall of Debt”?, January 15, 2013
The Persistent Pension Fund Doublethink Behind the 7.0% Per Year Projection, January 10, 2013
Municipal Credit Ratings May Crumble Under New Rules, January 8, 2013
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