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Eureka Issue 1606: California’s Policy And Political Year In Review

via Hoover Daily Report
Monday, December 19, 2016

A new issue of Eureka is now available online.

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The Year of Living Dangerously: 2017

by Bill Whalenvia Eureka
Monday, December 19, 2016

The calendar year is about to end. What have we learned about California? In political terms the rich got richer and the poor a whole lot poorer. Fiscally 2016 was a win for the status quo. Governor Jerry Brown signed a $167 billion budget that didn’t contain a dime in so-called blue-pencil reductions to individual spending items. 

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Why Is California So Arrogant And Aggrieved About Trump?

by Bill Whalenvia Sacramento Bee
Thursday, December 8, 2016

As the nation braces for a new president, California is America’s outland of the outlandishly aggrieved.

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California Seceding From President Trump’s US

by David Davenportvia Townhall
Thursday, December 8, 2016

To the list of 23 celebrities who have said they are leaving the country if Donald Trump became President, we can now add one of the 50 states.  An effort is under way for California to secede from Donald Trump’s United States. “Calexit” seeks a ballot initiative or a constitutional amendment for California to leave the Union.

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California Positions Itself To Lead A Blue State Rebellion

quoting Bill Whalenvia Christian Science Monitor
Thursday, December 8, 2016

The next four years could also provide an opportunity for creative compromise, says Hoover Institution fellow Bill Whalen.

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California Climate Law Aims High

quoting James L. Sweeneyvia Yale Climate Connections
Tuesday, December 6, 2016

California to cut global warming pollution 40 percent below 1990 levels.

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California’s Brewing Battles With Trump Get A New Face

quoting Bill Whalenvia Politico
Thursday, December 1, 2016

With his nomination to become California’s first Latino attorney general, Rep. Xavier Becerra is now primed to be the public face of the Democratic resistance to Donald Trump on issues like climate change, health care and, most visibly, immigration.

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The Libertarian: California's Housing Crisis

interview with Richard A. Epsteinvia Defining Ideas (Hoover Institution)
Wednesday, November 30, 2016

How regulation and government meddling drives California's housing prices sky-high.

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Trump Election Inspires New “Calexit” Movement

quoting Victor Davis Hansonvia Fox and Hounds Daily (CA)
Monday, November 28, 2016

Forgive the understatement, but Donald Trump’s election didn’t go so well in some quarters. We’ve seen inconsolable weeping, bitter protests, riots that appear to be professionally orchestrated, and a flood of Internet assassination threats. It is discouraging that a democratic election produced such a spiteful reaction.

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Which Other Jobs Could Gov. Jerry Brown Take On?

by Bill Whalenvia Sacramento Bee
Thursday, November 24, 2016

Gov. Jerry Brown has at least three challenges these days. One is to choose an interim attorney general to fill the remainder of Kamala Harris’ term once she’s sworn in to the U.S. Senate.

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