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California lawmakers might resurrect failed 'urban renewal' program
reason.com There's yet another attempt to revive California's shuttered redevelopment agencies—those crony-capitalist abominations that abused eminent domain, ran up debt without a…
For $6.6 million, this southern California town can be yours: What to know about Campo
aol.com Set against a backdrop of rough California terrain, the small town of Campo – with its dirt roads and worn-down buildings – retains the feel of the long-ago unsettled…
‘Den of vampiric fat cats’ could cost one California city millions in lawsuit
siliconvalley.com Todd Ament, former CEO of the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce, at an event in 2011. (File photo by MARK RIGHTMIRE, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER) It was a tragically banal slice of…
California's leaders still ignoring state pension debt
reason.com When arguing about whether the Treasury needed to take urgent action to deal with soaring federal debt in the 1980s, the late former chairman of the Council of Economic…
Deal or no deal? Media companies take divergent paths on AI
cjr.org In December, the New York Times fired an early shot in the battle over whether it is legal for artificial intelligence engines such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT to scrape content…