California Doesn't Need The Board of Occupational Therapy
Occupational therapists (OTs) and occupational therapy assistants (OTAs) help clients develop, maintain, and recover skills necessary for daily living or for particular purposes. From helping elderly...
View ArticleReason Foundation Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief In Schuette v. Coalition...
Amici believe that the Petitioner’s argument is in keeping with the legal profession’s admirable traditions of restraint and civility. Yet, the decision below is a travesty of justice, and the task of...
View ArticleNo More Energy Subsidies
Orange County Register If you’ve listened to environmentalists the last few days, it wouldn’t be surprising to hear you’re worried that rising sea levels will put Laguna, Huntington and Newport beaches...
View ArticleOccupational Licensing in California
IntroductionOver two million Californians must apply for permission to work in over 200 occupations from one of 42 government bureaus and boards. In the process, job seekers may have to spend thousands...
View ArticleOccupational Licensing in California
Occupational licensing requires individuals to get government permission to work. Aside from being an overreach of government in the economic affairs of individuals, licensing requirements tend to be...
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Coloradoâ??s Contract City, Part 2: Innovation and the Future of...
Innovators in Action 2013 In the June 2013 edition of Innovators in Action, we profiled Mayor Cathy Noon and City Manager John Danielson of Centennial, Colorado, a Denver-area suburb of more than...
View ArticleInnovators in Action: Innovation and the Future of Public-Private...
The latest interview in Reason Foundation's Innovators in Action 2013 series is the second of a two-part series focusing on the contract city of Centennial, Colorado, a Denver-area suburb of more than...
View ArticleComparing the Travel Times, Environmental Impacts and Costs of Traveling by...
This analysis prepared, by M.J. Bradley & Associates for Reason Foundation, Taxpayers for Common Sense and the American Bus Association, compares customer costs (fare, travel time) and societal...
View ArticleDetroit Seeking to Privatize Trash Collection
In a new commentary today, I discuss Detroit's new initiative to cut the costs of residential solid waste and recycling collection and disposal through privatization. Here's an excerpt:In the wake of...
View ArticleRichmond's Bad Idea to Use Eminent Domain Against Underwater Mortgages
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the Bay Area city of Richmond is implementing a new idea for helping homeowners struggling to pay their mortgages. Not only is this an unnecessary project that...
View ArticleA New Private Delegation Doctrine?
On July 2, 2013, in Ass’n of American Railroads v. DOT, the D.C. Circuit struck down a delegation of authority to Amtrak in § 207 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008, holding...
View ArticleRethinking Federal Policy on Transportation Infrastructure
My name is Robert Poole, Director of Transportation Policy at the Reason Foundation. For more than three decades I have been researching privatization and public-private partnerships at local, state,...
View ArticleSasha Volokh on Court Decision Striking Down Delegation of Regulatory...
Sasha Volokh has a new article on Reason.org discussing a recent decision by the D.C. Circuit Court striking down a delegation of authority to Amtrak under the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement...
View ArticleCalifornia Prison Hunger Strike Raises Challenging Questions
Today marks the 25th day that hundreds of California prisoners in nine facilities have refused state-issued meals in protest of the practice of long-term segregation of prisoners in Security Housing...
View ArticleCronyism Threatens California Condors
Orange County Register From Solyndra, the failed solar company that cost taxpayers over $500 million, to Fisker, the car maker that could cost taxpayers $170 million, the federal government is spending...
View ArticleObama Administration's Wind Energy Subsidies Have Birds Very Frightened
Forbes.com In his recent climate change speech, President Barack Obama once again pushed for more wind energy. "The plan I'm announcing today will help us double again our energy from wind and sun,"...
View ArticleIf Cities Want More Affordable Housing, Let the Market Work
Across the United States, major cities are experiencing the gentrification of their neighborhoods and city officials are constantly calling for more affordable housing to halt this process....
View ArticleIf Cities Want More Affordable Housing, Let the Market Work
Across the United States, major cities are experiencing the gentrification of their neighborhoods and city officials are constantly calling for more affordable housing to halt this process....
View ArticleSen. Coburn Cites Reason in CDBG Bill Amendment
Congress may be on recess for the rest of August, but come September an interesting bill worth keeping an eye on will be House bill S.1243, the annual Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and...
View ArticleOregon Leading the Way with Mileage-Based User Fees
For more than a decade, Oregon has been at the forefront of efforts to find a replacement for declining gas tax revenues. Earlier this month, the legislature passed a groundbreaking bill to begin...
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