Saving California

By James Fenkner, CFA

Jun 15, 2026

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UCLA Professor Lee Ohanian lights up the Timber’s Road House. Photo: SBCurrent

Lee Ohanian Proposes a Free-Market California Comeback

At a packed Timbers Road House on June 6, where Conservative Republicans of Santa Barbara County gathered amid an uncommon air of optimism, UCLA economics professor and Hoover Institution senior fellow Lee Ohanian delivere…

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