How Can We Actually Reduce Homelessness in California? – 2024 PRI Sacramento Conference
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From PRI’s recent Sacramento policy conference, we present a panel discussion featuring elected officials, innovators, and policy researchers discussing creative approaches to addressing California’s homeless problem. Speakers include Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho, who is suing the city of Sacramento over its failure to enforce homeless laws on the books, Joanne Price from the innovative nonprofit Dignity Moves, which prioritizes building more economical and effective interim supportive housing, and PRI’s Dr. Wayne Winegarden, who details the findings of the new Free...
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Reforming Criminal Justice Policy to Put Victims First - 2024 PRI Sacramento Conference
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With reform legislation being debated to address rising incidents of retail and auto theft and a ballot measure in circulation to repeal the most sweeping provisions of Prop. 47, we present a panel discussion on California’s growing crime problem from PRI’s recent Sacramento conference. Speakers include retired Brigadier Gen. Bob Spano, whose aunt was tragically murdered in the 1980s, crime victim advocate Nina Salarno who was recently appointed Modoc County District Attorney, and Placer County District Attorney Morgan Gire. Plus, Tim and Ro discuss the solar eclipse and the...
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Andrew Stuttaford – Electric Cars: Central Planning’s Latest Vehicle
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Our podcast this week is a recording of remarks by Andrew Stuttaford, editor of National Review’s Capital Markets. Andrew spoke at a PRI dinner in San Francisco in March on progressives’ efforts to mandate electric vehicles and the problems that lie ahead should they be successful. Before becoming a writer and commentator, he worked in finance for nearly four decades. In addition to National Review and NRO, Andrew Stuttaford’s work has been published in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Post, and City Journal.
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Mike Gatto – Noir By Necessity
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Our guest this week is former Assemblymember Mike Gatto, who during his tenure, chaired the powerful Appropriations Committee. Mike Gatto was an up-and-coming lawmaker when his father was brutally murdered. To try and solve the mystery of his father’s murder, Mike journeys through the world of crime investigations, modern law enforcement in Los Angeles, and politics. He shares his experience and insight against a backdrop of surging violent crime in cities across the state. His father’s case is still unsolved.
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Robert Bryce and Tyson Culver - Juice, Power, Politics and the Grid
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Filmmakers Robert Bryce and Tyson Culver join us to discuss their new docuseries Juice, which explores how misguided government energy policies and cronyism are threatening energy reliability and affordability. Also, Rowena and Tim discuss why Gov. Newsom is delaying his State of the State address and the latest legislative proposal to address California's $73 billion budget deficit.
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PRI All-Star Speechwriters on the State of the Union Address
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Our annual former PRI speechwriters analyze President Biden’s State of the Union Address: Senior Director of Education Lance Izumi was chief speechwriter to Gov. Deukmejian and Attorney General Ed Meese, Vice President of Marketing and Communications Tim Anaya was speechwriter to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and numerous legislators and COO Rowena Itchon was a speechwriter for Gov. Pete Wilson and a researcher on President Reagan’s speechwriting staff.
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Rea Hederman – Net-Zero Climate-Control Policies Fail Farmers and Families
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Our guest this week is Rea Hederman, executive director of the Economic Research Center and vice president of policy at The Buckeye Institute, a free market think tank based in Ohio. Its new report, “Net-Zero Climate-Control Policies Fail Farmers and Families” looks at the impact the Biden administration’s climate-control policies will have on farmers and families. Farm operating costs is estimated to increase by 34%, annual grocery bills will increase $1,330, and the cost of basic food items will increase more than 70%. We discuss with Rea Hederman how California’s farmers and...
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Steve Hilton - Keynote Address: PRI Ideas in Action Conference
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Our podcast guest this week is Steve Hilton, the keynote speaker at PRI’s 2024 Sacramento Ideas in Action Conference. Steve was a top advisor to UK Prime Minister David Cameron, a contributor at Fox News, and now running “Golden Together” a group focused on new ideas to increase affordable housing in California. Steve gave a rousing talk to our audience, rallying our guests to continue the fight for limited government and free market ideas.
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Paul Tice – Race to Zero: How ESG Investing will Crater the Global Financial System
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Our guest this week is Paul Tice, a Wall Street veteran and now an adjunct professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business. His new book The Race to Zero provides a detailed rebuttal to the case for sustainable investing from the perspective of a long-time Wall Street analyst, investor, and now a finance professor. He argues that sustainable investing doesn’t aim to generate high returns for investors or to further ethical goals such as saving the planet; rather, its proponents want to control of the world’s financial system in order to ensure that the allocation of capital...
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Jennifer Burns – Milton Friedman: The Last Conservative
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Our guest this week is Stanford University historian Jennifer Burns. Professor Burns has just published her new book “Milton Friedman: The Last Conservative.” Milton Friedman was a tremendous supporter of PRI and our work, giving lectures and attending many events. We invited Prof. Burns, who specializes in U.S. twentieth century history focusing on the state, markets, and capitalism and how these play out in policy and politics, to discuss the life of one of the greatest economists of the 20th century and his groundbreaking work.
info_outlinePRI fellow in legal studies Erik Jaffe shares his thoughts on the Amy Coney Barrett nomination hearings, and what changes we might expect to see at the Supreme Court under a Justice Barrett. We discuss the controversy over “court packing” in the presidential campaign, some of the notable cases that the Court will consider this term, and whether it will be the Supreme Court who will ultimately decide the winner of the 2020 presidential election.