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Lee Ohanian

Lee Ohanian

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California’s Pendulum Inches Toward The Center, Though Not Its Political Leaders

12.11.2024 5

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Sheltering California’s Homeless Is Insanely Expensive. It Doesn’t Have To Be

In March 2023, Gavin Newsom announced that the state would help local governments address homelessness by providing funding for 1,200 “tiny...

26.10.2024 10

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A California Financial Columnist Asks Questions About Our Housing Mess. We Have Answers.

Recently, Southern California Newsgroup financial columnist Jonathan Lansner asked how to fix California’s housing mess through a series of...

08.10.2024 6

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What Do Californians Owe The Homeless?

What Do Californians Owe the Homeless?

25.09.2024 200

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California’s One-Party State And Housing Subsidies For Undocumented Migrants

California’s One-Party State and Housing Subsidies for Undocumented Migrants

04.09.2024 3

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The Unpleasant Arithmetic of Kamala Harris’s Housing Plan

Kamala Harris announced her proposed housing plan last week. The policy will be expensive – perhaps as much as $500 billion - and will do much less...

20.08.2024 7

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California’s Businesses Stop Hiring

Between January 2022 and June 2024, employment in US private businesses increased by about 7.32 million jobs. Of these 7.32 million jobs, about 5,400...

08.08.2024 5

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Kamala Harris’s Border Responsibilities And Results

Kamala Harris’s Border Responsibilities and Results 

31.07.2024 20

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Despite California Spending $24 Billion on It since 2019, Homelessness Increased. What Happened?

Since 2019, California has spent about $24 billion on homelessness, but in this five-year period, homelessness increased by about 30,000, to more than...

19.07.2024 5

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Californians To Vote On Tougher Crime Bill, Despite Attempts To Quash It By State’s Political Leadership

Californians to Vote on Tougher Crime Bill, Despite Attempts to Quash It by State’s Political Leadership 

12.07.2024 5

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A Different Perspective From Governor Newsom On California’s “State Of The State”

A Different Perspective from Governor Newsom on California’s “State of the State” 

02.07.2024 5

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Taxpayer Protection Denied Ballot Despite 71% Of Californians Viewing Taxes As Too High

Taxpayer Protection Denied Ballot Despite 71% of Californians Viewing Taxes as Too High

26.06.2024 9

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So Why Won’t Newsom Put His Foot On The Brakes?

So Why Won’t Newsom Put His Foot on the Brakes?

12.06.2024 10

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California’s New Fast-Food Minimum Wage Law Destroys Another 1,250 Jobs

I remember my first fish taco from Rubio’s Baja Grill. It was a game changer. Crispy fish, combined with a creamy sauce, cabbage, cilantro, onion,...

05.06.2024 10

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How One Obvious Mistake Created California’s Budget Crisis

California’s budget went from an assumed $98 billion surplus, in which there was so much cash in state coffers that Gov. Gavin Newsom was giving...

22.05.2024 80

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After California’s Budget Grew 63 Percent In Five Years, Newsom’s Next Budget Needs A Reality Check

15.05.2024 50

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UCLA Protests Were Not About Free Speech—And Could Have Been Avoided

UCLA Protests Were Not about Free Speech—and Could Have been Avoided

08.05.2024 100

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California’s Political Leadership Chooses Secrecy Over Transparency In The State’s Legislative Process

California’s Political Leadership Chooses Secrecy Over Transparency In The State’s Legislative Process 

30.04.2024 10

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California Loses Nearly 10,000 Fast-Food Jobs After $20 Minimum Wage Signed Last Fall

Last September, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed California Assembly Bill 1287 into law, which includes a $20 per hour minimum wage for fast-food workers and...

24.04.2024 20

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California Has Lost 410,000 Jobs. With a New Bill, More Could Be on the Way Out

Imagine the following scenario: You are a commercial developer. It is noon on a Sunday, and you are reviewing your bid for a major project before...

10.04.2024 20

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After A $100 Billion Surplus, California Now Faces A $73 Billion Budget Deficit

Last month, California’s Legislative Analyst’s Office, or LAO, which is the nonpartisan state department that advises California’s policymakers...

27.03.2024 20

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California’s “Paneragate” Shows How Lobbyists Are Now Crafting Laws

Bloomberg recently broke a story about a bizarre exemption from California’s new fast-food franchise regulations—which include a $20 minimum wage...

20.03.2024 10

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California’s New Fast-Food Law Shows How Bankrupt The State’s Regulatory Process Has Become

California’s New Fast-Food Law Shows How Bankrupt the State’s Regulatory Process Has Become 

05.03.2024 20

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As California Declines, So Do Its US Senate Candidates

California has lost 366,000 jobs since February 2020. In that same period, the rest of the US economy has added over 5.4 million jobs. California jobs...

29.02.2024 40

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Newsom Wants To Add $6.4 Billion To California’s $1.6 Trillion Debt With Proposition 1

Newsom Wants to Add $6.4 Billion to California’s $1.6 Trillion Debt with Proposition 1

14.02.2024 9

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In Los Angeles, “Squatters Have Rights, Too”

The likelihood that Beverly Hills voters will support incumbent George Gascón for Los Angeles County district attorney in next month’s primary...

31.01.2024 6

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California’s Fiscal Irresponsibility Creates $58 Billion Budget Deficit

In what can only be described as gross fiscal mismanagement, California must now deal with a state budget deficit of as much as $58 billion in the...

25.01.2024 5

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Depoliticizing Stanford, UCLA, And UC Berkeley’s Searches For New Leaders

Depoliticizing Stanford, UCLA, and UC Berkeley’s Searches for New Leaders

12.01.2024 10

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California High-Speed Rail Goes To Washington, DC

I testified recently before the US House of Representatives Transportation Committee about California high-speed rail. I began, “As a Californian, I...

20.12.2023 20

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In Debate with DeSantis, Newsom Can’t Admit California’s Policy Failures

Last week’s Fox News debate between Ron DeSantis and Gavin Newsom revealed several inconvenient truths about California and Gavin Newsom. One is...

06.12.2023 6

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