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Lee E. Ohanian » Articles


As California Fentanyl Deaths Skyrocket, Progressive Policy Makers Watch from the Sidelines
Commentary
May 5, 2023
California Defaults on $18.5 Billion Debt, Leaving State Businesses Holding the Bag
Commentary
Apr. 14, 2023
California’s High-Speed Rail Was a Fantasy from Its Inception
Commentary
Mar. 10, 2023
The Cost of San Francisco’s Reparations Proposal: Nearly $600,000 Per Household
Commentary
Jan. 27, 2023
San Francisco Falls Into The Abyss
Commentary
Jan. 23, 2023
Why Are Gas Prices So High In California?
Commentary
Dec. 27, 2022
New California Law Will Cripple Its $20 Billion Fast-Food Industry
California’s new fast-food law establishes a politically appointed council with unprecedented power to regulate the industry by setting worker wages, hours, and other working conditions.
Commentary
Dec. 9, 2022
As California Schools Fall Even Further, A Charter School Shows How To Succeed
Commentary
Nov. 17, 2022
California Tries to Delay Release Of K–12 School Test Scores Until After Election
Commentary
Oct. 15, 2022
America’s Expensive Gamble On Electrical Vehicles Won’t Move The Climate Needle
Commentary
Sep. 28, 2022
The False Narrative That Ethnic Studies Courses Improve Student Learning
Commentary
Apr. 15, 2022
California’s Socialist K–12 Math Proposal, Take Two
Commentary
Mar. 23, 2022
Gavin Newsom’s State of the State Speech Highlights What Is Wrong with California
Commentary
Mar. 16, 2022
California Returns to A Divisive and Highly Politicized Ethnic Studies Curriculum
Commentary
Mar. 9, 2022
California Homelessness
Billions Are Spent Every Year, and the Problem Just Gets Worse
Commentary
Feb. 23, 2022
California’s 2021 Key Educational Achievements
School Closures, Critical Race Theory and Antisemitism
Commentary
June 28, 2021
California’s Education Department Chooses Critical Race Theory Over 100,000 Objections
Commentary
Mar. 26, 2021
Only in San Francisco: $61,000 Tents and $350,000 Public Toilets
Commentary
Mar. 10, 2021
The Capitalists Who Sell Ethnic Studies
Commentary
Mar. 3, 2021
Political Dysfunction and Teacher Unions Are Keeping California Kids Out of School
Commentary
Feb. 8, 2021


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