Research Reports and Op-Eds

POARC has prepared research reports and Op-Eds on issues such as endangered species, climate change, housing, land use, Smart Growth, transportation, and water.  These include:

Endangered Species

• Comment Letter on Proposed Rule to Rescind the Definition of Harm under the Endangered Species Act; Docket No. FWS-HQ-ES-2025-0034, May 19, 2025, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
  

Climate Change

• Climate Change, February 2, 2017, published by The Heartland Institute.
• ​Pope Francis Should Follow John Paul II's Lead on Climate Encyclical, May 17, 2015, published by The Heartland Institute.
• ​​Global Warming: A Scam to Steal Your Freedom, May 12, 2008, published by The Heartland Institute.

Freedom

• Defeating American Marxism, January 31, 2022 published by American Thinker.

Housing

• Resolving California's Housing and Homeless Crisis, November 16, 2018, published by New Geography.
  
• The Causes of California's Housing Crisis, November 2, 2018, published by New Geography.

Land Use

• Comment Letter on Proposed Rule to Rescind the 2024 Conservation and Landscape Health Rule; Docket No. BLM-2025-0001, RIN 1004-AF03, November 4, 2025, U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
  
• Density, September 13, 2000.
  
• Issue No. 1: Large-Lot Zoning, November 2, 1999.
• Issue No. 2, Urban Limit Lines, November 2, 1999.
• ​Issue No. 3, Wildlife Conservation, November 2. 1999.
• Issue No. 4: Open Space, February 28, 2000.
• ​The Urgent Need for Reform: A Critique of the Land-Use Policies of Riverside County, 1999.
• ​Production of Lower-Priced Housing, 1991.
• Restoring Property Rights, 1991.
• ​Wildlife Conservation, 1991.
• ​Four-By-Fouring, 1991.
• ​Large-Lot Zoning, 1990.
• Basic Land-Use Policies, 1990.
• The Open-Space Policies of Riverside County: A Critique, April, 1989.
• Exclusionary Zoning, July 15, 1985.

Smart Growth

• ​Smart Growth & Transit: The Dilemma, December 7, 1999.
• ​Smart Growth Issues for CETAP, September 1999.

Transportation

• ​Don't change freeway plan, May 9, 2015, published by The Press-Enterprise.
• ​Bruce Colbert: Transportation Key for I.E., March 31, 2015, published by The Press-Enterprise.
• ​Supervisors must raise the standard for transportation, July 31, 2014, published by The Desert Sun.
• Bruce Colbert: Plan would worsen traffic congestion, June 19, 2014, published by The Press-Enterprise.

Water

• ​Time for the people to take back power over Calif. water, February 2, 2017, published by Capital Press.
• An overlooked strategy to obtain water, May 14, 2015, published by Capital Press.
• ​​State and Federal Governments Cut Water to Californians, April 28, 2015, published by The Heartland Institute.
• Water bond doesn't do what its supporters say, September 11, 2014, published by Capital Press.
• Changing water laws for people a matter of will, April 23, 2014, published by Capital Press.
• ​​Bay Delta Conservation Plan fails to secure water supplies, April 3, 2014, published by Capital Press.
• California's Drought is Both Natural and Man-made, March 10, 2014, published by The Heartland Institute.
• ​California's Manmade Drought, May 8, 2009, published by The Heartland Institute.