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For those looking forward to the rise of the new Socialism, I offer one day's headlines (and my paraphrased summaries) from mostly the SF Chronicle and one from the East Bay Times. Enjoy:
Dems Scuttle Audit of DMV - A proposal to audit the state Department of Motor Vehicles to investigate the reasons for its continued and increasing customer-service meltdowns died Wednesday when three Democratic senators declined to vote in a meeting of the legislative audit committee. While it passed the Assembly committee with bi-partisan votes Gov Brown and other Democrats in the Senate opposed a performance audit of the widely ridiculed (and broadly detested) agency, as did the public unions (no doubt). Do you wonder why? You shouldn't.
Transit Center's big question: When will trains get there? - Beneath the art-bedecked terrazzo floor of San Francisco's huge new Transit Center is a cavernous concrete box waiting to be filled. When the center opens sunday the end point for bullet trains and and Caltrain Commuter locomotives will be empty, and will remain so for many years to come. The trains do not exist, and there is no firm timeline or funding source for the troubled vapor train "high-speed" rail. Worse yet, SF City Hall is touting a whole new tunneling approach that will increase the cost locally from 4 billion to 6 billion. Oh my.
Climate programs's cost felt by Oil Firms and State Drivers alike! - Latest news from the far-sighted social planners of california is that California's program to to fight climate change may now add more to the cost of gasoline than the state's gas-tax increase can cover - they same gas tax many voters are trying to repeal. The State gas taxes, already among the highest before the recent tax increase were promised to cover road repairs. Apparently the tradable but scarce credits are being snatched up in a buying spree, forcing it to a level not expected for two years. As one buyer said "It's like SF real estate". Current local prices in less affluent areas are 3.56 a gallon.
Good News. During a housing shortage SF discourages rental investment and encourages deadbeats to stay in scarce housing. The city, which already spends $2 million dollars annually for non-profits to provide lawyers for those being evicted will spend another $6 million over the next two years to provide more lawyers to fight for deadbeat squatting on private property. Gee, might one wonder if this kind of policy discourages landlords from renting to anyone with less than a stellar credit record and proof of high income? Nawwwww.
Fewer than 1 in 5 residents can afford a home in the Bay Area - The Bay Area continues to lead the state in shattered home-ownership dreams. Record home prices have pushed statewide home affordability rates to a 10 year low. In the Bay area, fewer than 1 in 5 residents can afford to buy into the nation's most expensive housing markets according to a study by the California Association of Realtors. Average price? $1.04 million. The City, blessed with a long-time sanctuary city (and homeless) welcome mat is perplexed why UC trained "planners" couldn't solve the housing crisis with urban growth limit lines, green belts, restrictive zoning, and usury level building, utility, and planning permit costs - no really.
California, being a bell-weather state is a new social system coming to your home town!
Dems Scuttle Audit of DMV - A proposal to audit the state Department of Motor Vehicles to investigate the reasons for its continued and increasing customer-service meltdowns died Wednesday when three Democratic senators declined to vote in a meeting of the legislative audit committee. While it passed the Assembly committee with bi-partisan votes Gov Brown and other Democrats in the Senate opposed a performance audit of the widely ridiculed (and broadly detested) agency, as did the public unions (no doubt). Do you wonder why? You shouldn't.
Transit Center's big question: When will trains get there? - Beneath the art-bedecked terrazzo floor of San Francisco's huge new Transit Center is a cavernous concrete box waiting to be filled. When the center opens sunday the end point for bullet trains and and Caltrain Commuter locomotives will be empty, and will remain so for many years to come. The trains do not exist, and there is no firm timeline or funding source for the troubled vapor train "high-speed" rail. Worse yet, SF City Hall is touting a whole new tunneling approach that will increase the cost locally from 4 billion to 6 billion. Oh my.
Climate programs's cost felt by Oil Firms and State Drivers alike! - Latest news from the far-sighted social planners of california is that California's program to to fight climate change may now add more to the cost of gasoline than the state's gas-tax increase can cover - they same gas tax many voters are trying to repeal. The State gas taxes, already among the highest before the recent tax increase were promised to cover road repairs. Apparently the tradable but scarce credits are being snatched up in a buying spree, forcing it to a level not expected for two years. As one buyer said "It's like SF real estate". Current local prices in less affluent areas are 3.56 a gallon.
Good News. During a housing shortage SF discourages rental investment and encourages deadbeats to stay in scarce housing. The city, which already spends $2 million dollars annually for non-profits to provide lawyers for those being evicted will spend another $6 million over the next two years to provide more lawyers to fight for deadbeat squatting on private property. Gee, might one wonder if this kind of policy discourages landlords from renting to anyone with less than a stellar credit record and proof of high income? Nawwwww.
Fewer than 1 in 5 residents can afford a home in the Bay Area - The Bay Area continues to lead the state in shattered home-ownership dreams. Record home prices have pushed statewide home affordability rates to a 10 year low. In the Bay area, fewer than 1 in 5 residents can afford to buy into the nation's most expensive housing markets according to a study by the California Association of Realtors. Average price? $1.04 million. The City, blessed with a long-time sanctuary city (and homeless) welcome mat is perplexed why UC trained "planners" couldn't solve the housing crisis with urban growth limit lines, green belts, restrictive zoning, and usury level building, utility, and planning permit costs - no really.
California, being a bell-weather state is a new social system coming to your home town!
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