Coastal Commission Holds Sacto Lovefest
JUNE 24, 2011 California Coastal Commission boss, and supporters, lobby for more money and power By LLOYD BILLINGSLEY A conference on the California Coastal Commission here Thursday, sponsored by Capitol Weekly, provided a forum for longtime CCC boss Peter Douglas.
Read MoreWill Redevelopment Be Demolished?
JUNE 23, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI As California politicians are deciding whether to have a clean break from the state’s addiction to redevelopment, or to substitute some other methadone-like economic policy drug to replace it, the global economy is subtly
Read MoreMedi-Cal Exec Grabs $515 K Salary
John Seiler: The head of Orange County’s Medi-Cal socialized medicine program makes a whopping $515,743 salary, the Orange County Register reported: The top ten executives at CalOptima, Orange County’s $1.3 billion Medi-Cal program, are in line this year to earn bonuses
Read MoreCA Enviro Plan Channels Pol Pot
JUNE 8, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Remember Pol Pot, the Cambodian dictator and head of the Khmer Rouge? According to Wikipedia, “During his time in power, Pol Pot imposed a version of agrarian socialism, forcing urban dwellers to relocate to
Read MoreCorrections Realignment Without Vote
Commentary JUNE 7, 2011 By KATY GRIMES State Corrections Secretary Matthew Cate announced at a news conference earlier today that the corrections department will begin moving on realignment plans, even without voter or legislative approval on Gov. Jerry Brown’s realignment
Read MoreHigh Speed Rail Ahead!
Katy Grimes: Despite dire warnings of increasing additional massive state debt, the Assembly just passed another High Speed Rail bill – this one establishes a brand new state agency called the Department of High Speed Rail Trains within the Business, Transportation
Read MoreMcClintock: Water Actually 'Abundant'
JUNE 2, 2011 By JOHN SEILER The history of California practically is the history of water. So it’s not surprising that the recent history of the state involves a shift from government facilitating growth to government sharply restricting growth —
Read MoreBanning Nukes: $4 Billion CA Budget Hit
JUNE 1, 2011 By JOSEPH PERKINS It’s been 22 years since Rancho Seco nuclear power plant generated its last megawatt. The facility, 25 miles southeast of downtown Sacramento, was the casualty of a public referendum in which a majority of
Read MoreTrain Wreck Keeps Rolling
Katy Grimes: With the Legislature’s ongoing guaranteed votes to allow California’s High Speed Rail Authority project to continue without financial analysis or ridership studies, it is apparent that High Speed Rail has become the latest New Deal-styled WPA project for
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