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Ever wonder why California gas prices are perpetually higher than in other states? Or why residential real estate in California is overwhelmingly more expensive than elsewhere? Or why wildfires got so out of control in recent years? Or why a visit to a California DMV office has been such an ordeal—but is maybe a bit better in recent years? More about the California Golden Fleece Awards
California has a track record of large-scale IT project failures. My guest today is Adam Summers. He is a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute. Today he discusses some examples of these failing iT projects, why there is no accountability, and what Californians should do to demand better management of state resources.
California has experienced the deadliest and most destructive wildfires in its history in the last few years. Today we sit down with Adam Summers. Adam is a research fellow at the Independent Institute. He previously worked as an editorial writer and columnist at the Orange County Register and its ten sister newspapers in the Southern California News Group, and he’s a senior policy analyst at the Reason Foundation. Based on Adam’s research, policy makers in California are currently taking a more reactive approach to wildfires. He discusses how the state can become more proactive regarding fire prevention.
“Beyond Homeless: Finding Hope” is the Independent Institute's award-winning, 38-minute documentary on the very serious and growing problem of homelessness cities in America. The film contrasts the current tragic conditions of San Francisco’s unhoused with a successful community-wide solution called Haven for Hope of Bexar County, located in San Antonio, TX. The film is also the companion to the in-depth Independent Institute book, “Beyond Homeless: Good Intentions, Bad Outcomes, Transformative Solutions,” that is co-edited by Adam B. Summers and Mary L.G. Theroux.
Read the report: Bugs in the System: California Government Technology Failures and Recommended Solutions
War, economic depressions, and other emergencies are seen as opportunities by big-government advocates and special interests to ratchet up the size and scope of government, as the Independent Institute’s (retired) Senior Fellow Robert Higgs demonstrated in his seminal book, "Crisis and Leviathan: Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government." Sadly, the coronavirus outbreak is no different.
Adam B. Summers, Research Fellow at the Independent Institute, is interviewed by Siyamak S. Khorrami for the “California Insider” (The Epoch Times), to discuss the California Golden Fleece® Award Briefing, “California Wildfires: Key Recommendations to Prevent Future Disasters,” co-authored by Mr. Summers with Fleece Awards Director Lawrence J. McQuillan, Hayeon Carol Park and Katherine Dwyer.
