West Coast

^{Christopher Rufo
June 13, 2019
Economics}

An Addiction Crisis Disguised as a Housing Crisis

_{Christopher Rufo
June 13, 2019
Economics}

By latest count, some 109,089 men and women are sleeping on the streets of major cities in California, Oregon, and Washington. The homelessness crisis in these cities has generated headlines and speculation about “root causes.” Progressive political activists allege that tech companies have inflated housing costs and forced middle-class people onto the streets. Declaring that “no two people living on Skid Row . . . ended up there for the same reasons,” Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti, for his part, blames a housing shortage, stagnant wages, cuts to mental health services, domestic and sexual abuse, shortcomings in criminal justice, and a lack of resources for veterans. These factors may all have played a role, but the most pervasive cause of West Coast homelessness is clear: heroin, fentanyl, and synthetic opioids. Read More ›

^{Joel Connelly
May 27, 2009
Cascadia}

High Speed Rail Along The West Coast is A “No-brainer”

_{Joel Connelly
May 27, 2009
Cascadia}

This article, published by Seattle PI, mentions Discovery Institute Fellow Bruce Agnew: South of the border, such “Cascadians” as former Secretary of State Ralph Munro and Bruce Agnew of the Discovery Institute have worked for two decades to bring fast, reliable rail service to the I-5 corridor. The rest of the article can be found here.

^{Bruce Agnew
May 31, 2007
Cascadia}

Bruce Agnew Radio Interview, On West Coast “Green Highway” Initiative

_{Bruce Agnew
May 31, 2007
Cascadia}

Discovery Institute Fellow Bruce Agnew was interviewed by Bill Good of CKNW-AM in Vancouver, B.C. about the emerging West Coast “Green Highway” initiative. The full interview can be found here.