Kirjahaku

Left Coast visitors to California, beware. When making your next trip, be sure to carry water (but not in a plastic bottle), bring plenty of batteries to keep the lights on (thanks to forecast blackouts from renewable energy mandates), and stay away from bureaucrats who want to ban practically all you have and tax your money away. Policymakers have transformed California from a land of opportunity and prosperity for all into a real-life horror film where freedom and liberty is being choked by state government. Politicians including California's Kamala Harris are being inspired by what Gov. Gavin Newsom calls "The California Way" to promote these bad ideas from coast to coast.The California Left Coast Survivor's Guide from the Pacific Research Institute gives readers the facts and knowhow needed to stop California ideology from taking root nationwide. Inspired by the handbooks that have prepared eager adventurers for years, the book provides lessons on how to survive the progressive wilderness creeping in from California. Readers will learn how to avoid Left Coast mistakes in their states and instead follow the path to prosperity through lower taxes, entrepreneurship, less government red tape, and greater opportunity for all.

Left Coast visitors to California, beware. When making your next trip, be sure to carry water (but not in a plastic bottle), bring plenty of batteries to keep the lights on (thanks to forecast blackouts from renewable energy mandates), and stay away from bureaucrats who want to ban practically all you have and tax your money away. Policymakers have transformed California from a land of opportunity and prosperity for all into a real-life horror film where freedom and liberty is being choked by state government. Politicians including California's Kamala Harris are being inspired by what Gov. Gavin Newsom calls "The California Way" to promote these bad ideas from coast to coast.The California Left Coast Survivor's Guide from the Pacific Research Institute gives readers the facts and knowhow needed to stop California ideology from taking root nationwide. Inspired by the handbooks that have prepared eager adventurers for years, the book provides lessons on how to survive the progressive wilderness creeping in from California. Readers will learn how to avoid Left Coast mistakes in their states and instead follow the path to prosperity through lower taxes, entrepreneurship, less government red tape, and greater opportunity for all.

In San Diego, not far from the gates of the fantasy world of Disneyland, tent cities lining the freeways remind us of an ugly reality. Homeless individuals are slowing rail traffic between Sacramento and the Bay Area and swarming subway trains in Los Angeles in search of a place to sleep when they’re not languishing on Skid Row. Drug use among the homeless is plaguing communities, with discarded needles threatening children playing at public parks. And every day across California, thousands of homeless youth who lack safe and stable housing struggle to stay in school, to perform well academically, and to form meaningful connections with their teachers and peers.Since the 1980s, countless research studies have been published on the topic of homelessness in America. Too often, however, social science research on homelessness is narrow in scope, mired in politics, and reliant on questionable assumptions about the root causes of the problem. The severity of the homeless crises afflicting cities requires innovative solutions backed by credible data and objective research. This book examines the causes of homelessness with a focus on unaffordable housing, poverty, mental illness, substance addiction, and legal reform. It examines the state and local policy environment to determine ways in which housing policy, social service programs, and employment opportunities interact to exacerbate, perpetuate, or reduce homelessness. The book also evaluates different strategies being used at the state, county, and local levels to prevent or reduce homelessness. Finally, the authors provide a mix of long-term policy solutions based on their findings that have the greatest potential to reduce homelessness.