We work extensively on both state and national policy, focusing on issues that other groups tend to neglect. Our specialty is in tackling issues that are complex, but don’t necessarily grab major headlines. These are the areas where we think we can have a real impact.
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Publications
Vaping: Why Wait for the Evidence?
Steven Greenhut
Underage drinking remains a nationwide problem, but there’s one approach that policymakers never consider: banning the sale of most types of alcoholic beverages to adults to keep it out of the…
Steven Greenhut – 2019 End-of-Session Wrap-Up
Steven Greenhut
From Pacific Research Institute:
Longtime Capitol journalist Steven Greenhut of the R Street Institute joins us for our annual end-of-session wrap-up. We discuss all the hot issues from this…
Opinion: Vape flavor ban doesn’t help kids, hurts adults
Jesse Kelley & Carrie Wade
While Michigan’s flavor ban won’t help kids, it will harm adults.
“As governor, my number one priority is keeping our kids safe,” Gov. Gretchen Whitmer told The Washington Post….
Drag-queen debate spotlights creepy trend on right
Steven Greenhut
The Sacramento public library featured a drag-queen story hour, in which men dressed as women read stories to children. It seems bizarre and agenda driven, given that a stated goal was to provide…
September 13, 2019
The Honorable Gavin Newsom
Governor, State of California
State Capitol, First Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814
RE: AB 5 (Gonzalez) Worker status – Request for Veto
Dear…
Too often, the road to prison is paved with good intentions
Marc Hyden & Arthur Rizer
Too often, the road to prison is paved with good intentions
Proudly standing aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln in 2003, then-President George W. Bush announced that Operation Iraqi Freedom was a…
Progressivism Without Guard Rails
Steven Greenhut
The last week of the legislative session always is a wild ride, but this year’s proceedings take on an urgency that we haven’t seen in the past several years given the stridently more…
Trump, Fed-Up With Dems, Orders White House Officials To Combat CA Homelessness
Steven Greenhut
From The Daily Wire:
Steven Greenhut, the Western region director for R Street Institute, told the Catholic Register in 2018 that he blamed the lack of adequate housing in California on the…
Free money won’t reduce poverty
Steven Greenhut
From One News Now:
Steven Greenhut lives in California and serves as western region director for the R Street Institute. He doubts anyone would be unhappy with free money and says the…
SACRAMENTO (Sept. 6, 2019) – The R Street Institute commends the California state legislature for the passage of Senate Bill 601, which would authorize any state agency that issues a business or…