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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Free people don’t ask the government for permission
Steven Greenhut
We’ve just celebrated another Veteran’s Day, where we’ve heard all the usual “freedom isn’t free” speeches extolling the role of the United States military in protecting our liberties….
Sunday Morning Newsmakers 11-17-19 Seg 4
Steven Greenhut
From Sunday Morning Newsmakers:
Steve Greenhut Western Region Director for the R Street Institute, a free market think tank. His is also on the editorial board of the Southern California News…
A Hands-Off Approach to Driverless Cars
Steven Greenhut
California has gained the obvious and well-earned reputation for having a regulatory environment that stifles innovation and restrains any company that comes up with new ideas. The most disturbing…
Written Testimony from:
Marc Hyden, Director of State Government Affairs, The R Street Institute
Eli Lehrer, President, The R Street Institute
In SUPPORT of HB 388, “A BILL To enact sections…
Courts say the police can destroy your property
Steven Greenhut
For insight into almost everything that’s wrong with modern police culture and our system of government oversight and accountability, one need only look at a recent decision by the federal 10th…
WASHINGTON (Nov. 7, 2019) – In the last five years, only one death sentence has been handed down by a jury in Georgia. Yet alleged perpetrators can still be sentenced to death in the state, despite…
Capital punishment is quickly dwindling in Georgia. In fact, juries have delivered only one death sentence in over five years, and national polls show that death penalty support is near historic lows…
California Killing Its Gig Economy
Steven Greenhut
If you haven’t listened to California’s Democratic leaders (and who can blame you for that), you wouldn’t know that our state is the world’s fifth-largest economy and a model for the rest…
Should Housing Be a Human Right?
Steven Greenhut
From Countable:
Steven Greenhut, the western region director for the libertarian R Street Institute, wrote in the Orange County Register recently that “Nothing really works and it’s cost…
Newsom’s not Gray Davis, but the parallels are eerie
Steven Greenhut
As wildfires scorch California and Pacific Gas & Electric turns off electricity in large swaths of the state to reduce the fire risk, our new progressive governor, Gavin Newsom, is facing the…