Tax Evasion Maxxing through Montana Plates
2026-05-18
How wealthy Californians exploit a Montana LLC loophole to dodge taxes on exotic cars; legally, for now.Continue Reading
Talk vs Action: How California’s High Speed Rail Faltered While the Private Sector Thrives
2026-02-24
Despite years of promise and billions of dollars invested in developing a high-speed rail system that rivals Japan’s, the California high-speed rail project stalls. In contrast, Florida’s Brightline project between Miami and Orlando has proven that developing pragmatic high-speed rail between two major American cities is possible. The difference between the two is clear: Bureaucracy.Continue Reading
Coming of Age: Outgrowing the Myth of Silicon Valley
2025-11-20
As the world’s technological epicenter, Silicon Valley has an almost mythical allure to it. Yet as we trace back its history, clear parallels to our modern day reveal that we must rethink Silicon Valley as not just a place of technological progress, but as a stronghold for democracy and a driving force for good.Continue Reading
California Schools to Ally with AI Following Landmark Legislation
2025-09-26
Educational technology and AI integration in schools has become a policy priority on the basis of job-preparedness and media literacy.Continue Reading
People’s Park Proposal: A Community Crisis
2023-11-29
The People’s Park project is a sound solution from a purely economic perspective. However, economic issues never exist in a vacuum, especially on a community level.Continue Reading
The Impact of Coachella on the Community
2022-04-14
Coachella is one of the world’s largest music concerts. After seeing cancellations in 2019 and 2020, the festival will finally be seeing a return in 2022. Check out this article to learn more about the financial and environmental impact Coachella has on the local community.Continue Reading
Deep in the ‘Heartbeat Bill’ of Texas
2021-12-08
Texas has attacked women’s reproductive rights with the passage of Senate Bill 8, the strictest anti-abortion law in the country. In the following article, Community columnist Amalia Nichols, a Texas native, investigates the extensive impacts this bill will have on business, the economy, and women, who are essential to both former points.Continue Reading
Does Driving an Electric Car Decarbonize the Economy?
2021-03-07
What’s the greenest drive to work—especially if it’s relatively close by? With an evolving electric car economy, substituting your conventional car for an electric car and driving it daily for as long as possible (especially with a low-carbon intensive grid mix) seems the way to go. But what is the true impact of this?Continue Reading
Do Unemployment Benefits Disincentivize People to Go Back to Work?
2020-10-20
With the coronavirus spreading throughout the US, the CARES Act is intended to stop people from finding employment in high transmission jobs, spreading COVID-19 further. How effective is this act? Wayne Chien takes us further with this article.
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Understanding Proposition 22
2020-10-12
In recent years, California’s voters have been increasingly tasked with making important policy decisions with limited information on the November ballot.Continue Reading