Tim Anaya

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Author | Podcast Host | VP of Marketing and Communications — Pacific Research Institute

Tim Anaya is the Pacific Research Institute’s Vice President of Marketing and Communications. He has had a front row seat to California policy making for more than 25 years. His thoughts on state politics and policy are regularly featured in media outlets in California and nationally. He is the co-host of PRI’s weekly Next Round podcast, where he has interviewed hundreds of guests ranging from the Speaker of the House to golf legend Dottie Pepper. He is the editor of PRI’s Right by the Bay blog, where he writes a regular column, and also created PRI’s annual “California Ideas in Action” policy conference in Sacramento. Before coming to PRI, he worked at the State Capitol for nearly two decades, serving as communications director for then - Assembly Republican Leader and future Congresswoman Connie Conway. He was a senior communications advisor to 9 Assembly Republican Leaders, including then - Leader and future U.S.House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. He also worked as a speechwriter for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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The California Left Coast Survivor's Guide

The California Left Coast Survivor's Guide from the Pacific Research Institute gives readers the facts and knowhow needed to stop California ideology...

Featured on: Wednesday, January 8, 2025

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September 8, 2026

Kerby Anderson

Birth Rate Effects

Last month, Jim Geraghty wrote about the “Five Non-Debt Problems That the U.S. Government is Largely Ignoring.” Most of those problems resulted from the decline in the U.S. birth rate. He documents ho...

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September 7, 2026

Kerby Anderson

Labor Day

Today is Labor Day. Although this day was set aside to honor trade and labor organizations, I believe it is a day when Christians can also consider how they view work and labor.

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