Gas prices soar in California, San Francisco voters lash out at three members of the county’s Board of Education, and a gubernatorially-declared “state of emergency” in the Golden State nears its second anniversary. Hoover senior fellow Lee Ohanian and distinguished policy fellow Bill Whalen, both contributors to Hoover’s “California on Your Mind” web channel, join Hoover senior writer Jonathan Movroydis to discuss economic “pain at the pump,” whether the San Francisco recall is a harbinger of political rebukes to come, and whether Gavin Newsom’s prolonged “emergency” constitutes an abuse of executive authority.
Congressional Testimony
(23:52) Hoover Institution fellow Dr. Brian Miller testifies in front of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust in a hearing titled "Examining Healthcare Markets: Fraud and Competition."
September 14, 2026
VIDEO
Artificial intelligence could become one of the most consequential drivers of productivity and economic growth in a generation. Yet concerns about job displacement, misinformation, and political disruption have prompted calls to regulate the technology before its effects are fully understood. History shows that major innovations disrupt existing industries while creating new forms of work and enterprise that policymakers rarely anticipate. Premature regulation risks entrenching established firms, limiting competition, and expanding government influence over information. The challenge is to address genuine harms while preserving the freedom and experimentation that allow innovation to advance.
Articles
Cities are the economic engine of America. The gravest threat to that engine is gun violence. Beyond the lives lost and families devastated, every murder that happens in an American city reduces that city’s population by seventy people—fewer people and businesses moving in, more moving out.
September 10, 2026
