Adam B. Summers is an editorial writer and columnist with the Southern California News Group, originally hired by the Orange County . He has written extensively on California and national politics, individual liberty, law and economics, public pension reform, occupational licensing, privatization, government reform and various other political and economic issues. Summers has testified before state legislative committees in Arizona, California, Louisiana and Michigan on topics such as public pension reform and occupational licensing regulations. He previously worked as a policy analyst and senior policy analyst at the Reason Foundation for 12 years. In addition to his numerous Orange County articles and his dozens of Reason Foundation studies and policy briefs, Summers’s columns have been published by the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, San Diego Union-Tribune, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Los Angeles Daily News, Washington Times, Baltimore Sun, Contra Costa Times, Los Angeles Business Journal, The Freeman, Reason magazine and many others. Summers holds an M.A. in economics from George Mason University and a B.A. with a double-major in economics and political science from the UCLA.
