Watch PRI's Dr. Wayne Winegarden Discuss California Exodus on NewsNation
 

NewsNation | Wayne Winegarden
June 15, 2022

Watch PRI senior fellow in business and economics Dr. Wayne Winegarden discuss the exodus of Californians to other states and even other countries thanks to years of policy mistakes making the state unaffordable and unlivable on “NewsNation Prime: Special Report” on the national cable news channel NewsNation.
 

Even in Blue California, Leftism Has Its Limits

Daily Caller | Kerry Jackson
June 13, 2022

It took a few years, but it seems even the bluest city in the bluest state in the country has decided leftism has its limits.

The first crack in the wall on the left has appeared in voters’ exasperation with crime. In San Francisco, they threw out District Attorney Chesa Boudin on Tuesday by a 55-45 margin. Though the overwhelming rejection was a bit of a surprise — the result wasn’t — it’s still too early to know how one community’s response will impact criminal justice policy in a state where there’s a growing anxiety about lawlessness.
 

Energy Shortfalls in California? Who Would Have Ever Thought That?
 

Right by the Bay | Kerry Jackson
June 15, 2022

Policymakers continue running along the diving board over an empty pool, determined to turn California green by outlawing any electricity-generating source that isn’t wind and solar. It’s not that they don’t know better. They do. Yet they refuse to deviate from their agenda.


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When Right Thinking Californians Learn About Tennessee's Policy Agenda, They Might Be Ready to Call a Realtor
 

Right by the Bay | Tim Anaya
June 14, 2022

I recently traveled to Nashville to attend the annual Heritage Foundation Resource Bank conference, and annual gathering of conservative policy leaders from around the country.

While at the conference, I had the opportunity to hear great speakers including Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares and attend interesting panel discussions on issues including school choice, fighting poverty and homelessness, and ESG investing.

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What Can California Do About Dead Malls?
 

Right by the Bay | M. Nolan Gray
June 13, 2022

Across California, strip malls and storefronts are sitting vacant. In San Francisco, an estimated 2,900 businesses closed over the summer of 2020 alone. In Los Angeles, retail vacancies remain high. And in suburbs from Escondido to Folsom, once thriving “power centers” are empty. As a source of local employment and revenue, the death of retail could be bad news for cities and towns across the state.


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