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In the News California, Catastrophe Insurance, Finance and Trade, Housing Finance, Insurance, Risk Transfer, State Policy, Western

Earthquake insurance, why so many Californians don’t have it and why that might be a national problem

R.J. Lehmann Sept 17, 2018 AirTalk

Op-Eds California, Energy and Environment, Finance and Trade, State Policy, Western

Your life and liberty aren’t really safe, despite the end of the legislative session

Steven Greenhut Sept 17, 2018 OC Register

Coalition Letters California, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Policing, State Policy, Use of Force, Western

R Street letter in support of Senate Bill 1303 (Pan)

Steven Greenhut Sept 12, 2018

Op-Eds California, Finance and Trade, Pensions, State Policy, Western

Public needs to keep eye on pensions, but suit says CalPERS withholds core data

Steven Greenhut Sept 12, 2018 California Policy Center

Op-Eds California, State Policy, Western

Nike fallout shows we’re a nation of snowflakes

Steven Greenhut Sept 11, 2018 Orange County Register

News, Op-Eds American Institutions Network, California, Governance, State Policy, Western

Despite indictment, Duncan Hunter benefits from lack of alternative

Steven Greenhut Sept 6, 2018 Orange County Register

Op-Eds Bail System Changes, California, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Pretrial, Prosecution, State Policy, Western

Bail-reform deal is worse than doing nothing

Steven Greenhut Aug 29, 2018 Orange County Register

Op-Eds California, Clean Energy, Electricity Policy, Energy and Environment, State Policy, Western

With renewables, it doesn’t have to be all or nothing

Josiah Neeley, Devin Hartman Aug 27, 2018 OC Register

News California, Catastrophe Insurance, Insurance, State Policy, Western

R Street commends California’s legislature for passage of AB 2927 to advance earthquake resilience

Ann Phelan Aug 21, 2018

Op-Eds California, Finance and Trade, State Policy, Western

San Francisco: The city of bans

Steven Greenhut Aug 2, 2018 American Spectator