Good 1% vs. bad 1%

YouTubes like this give me hope that young folks are figuring out what’s going on. After all, they’re the ones on the hook for the $16 trillion federal debt, $1 trillion in their own college debt and numerous other debts.

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East Bay second Cal State foundation to file questionable tax returns

May 21, 2012 By John Hrabe With 427,000 students and 44,000 staff on 23 campuses, the California State University System is the nation’s largest higher education system. But from Los Angeles to San Francisco, Cal State is raising tuition, cutting

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The world according to CARB

May 18, 2012 By Katy Grimes Recently, a memo sent out by the California Air Resources Board referred to the industries CARB has identified as polluters as California’s “regulated class.” These polluters are now subject to the heavy-handed rule and

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Jerry Brown a dishonest bore

May 21, 2012 By Steven Greenhut Gov. Jerry Brown’s “Moonbeam” shtick has long passed its expiration date, taking about as long to go from “cute” to “annoying” as it did for Arnold Schwarzenegger’s “Terminator” references. On Monday, in announcing that

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Fuentes Was Conscience Of OC GOP

Steven Greenhut: Ever since former OC GOP Chairman Tom Fuentes’ cancer returned, we all knew it was only a matter of time before we heard the bad news. He passed away Friday night after fighting a long battle. Tom and

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Space: Next California frontier

May 18, 2012 By Joseph Perkins The dawning of the commercial space age begins Tuesday. That’s when SpaceX is expected to launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida for a rendevous with the International Space Station — the first time a

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Will Cap and Trade cure California’s deficit?

May 18, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi California voters may soon ask themselves: “Why vote for an $8.5 billion sales and income tax increase in November 2012 if Cap and Trade is going to raise $50 billion to $100 billion for

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Are the police taking over CA?

May 18, 2012 By Katy Grimes Legislators have just involved themselves in professional sports. A bill was passed in the Assembly Thursday requiring all owners of all professional stadiums and sports arenas to post signs displaying the text message number and

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FHA subprime defaults hit 9% in California

May 18, 2012 By Chriss Street The American taxpayer is about to be saddled with another multi-billions bailout of subprime mortgage loan losses  from the stealth Federal Housing Authority lending program that has been offering ultra-low 3.5 percent down payments since

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Legislature attacks California property rights

May 18, 2012 By Katy Grimes A bill was passed by the Assembly Thursday which would allow a newly created, protected class of individuals to legally hide ownership of property by claiming a public safety classification. By hiding their ownership

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