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Bearly Represented: How the U.S. Constitution makes Californians second-class voters
One of the great myths about the United States is that it’s a democracy where all Americans have an equal say. In fact, Californians have less “Bearly Represented: How the U.S. Constitution makes Californians second-class voters”
The Strange Power of ‘Ecotopia’
California needs a new narrative, and you can write it. In “Could the ‘Ecotopia’ fantasy actually become reality?” columnist Dan Walters recently speculated that California, Washington, “The Strange Power of ‘Ecotopia’”
Why We Shouldn’t Wait on Washington for Better Health Care
Let’s face it, health care in California is a mess. For the average person, buying insurance and accessing care is expensive and confusing. Small business “Why We Shouldn’t Wait on Washington for Better Health Care”
The Great Migration Myth
Tell me if you’ve heard this story before: thanks to sky-high housing costs, over-taxation, and/or failed liberal policies, Californians, especially the middle class, are fleeing “The Great Migration Myth”
The California taxpayer’s case for independence
On Tuesday afternoon, Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s office cleared the California Freedom Coalition’s initiative, “California Autonomy from Federal Government,” for circulation. If passed, it would direct “The California taxpayer’s case for independence”
Oh say can you sing… California’s State Song
Happy 4th of July! Today you’re almost certainly going to hear America’s national anthem, and maybe get a chance to sing it: O say can you “Oh say can you sing… California’s State Song”
Speaker Rendon’s Bizarre Plan to Kick Single-Payer into the Initiative System
Last Friday, California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Lakewood) announced that he was hitting the pause button on SB 562, a bill to establish a single-payer health “Speaker Rendon’s Bizarre Plan to Kick Single-Payer into the Initiative System”
What a real “Calexit” initiative looks like
In January, I wrote “What a model ‘Calexit’ initiative looks like,” which not only detailed all the problems with Yes California’s “independence plebiscite” initiative, but “What a real “Calexit” initiative looks like”
Why California should pack its bags (even if we’re never going to leave)
Why all Californians should take independence seriously The idea of California as an independent country has been around for a long time, but it’s gotten “Why California should pack its bags (even if we’re never going to leave)”