Both sides in water war need smelt to provoke compromise

Feb. 27, 2013 By Wayne Lusvardi You probably read the news headlines this past month on the Delta smelt fish with curiosity about what was really going on: * “Delta water diversions reduced to protect smelt” — Feb. 11; * “Once again, water

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Obamacare: Not enough doctors in CA, FL

Feb. 26, 2013 By John Seiler An axiom of Econ. 101 is: Lower cost increases demand. That’s what’s happening to Obamacare. By cutting the price of health care to zero for more patients, it’s greatly increasing demand. More people that

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Bridge over troubled cities

Feb. 26, 2013 By Katy Grimes Since 2007, the city of Sacramento has been threatening to build another major bridge over the Sacramento River between West Sacramento and Sacramento. Our then-City Council and Mayor agreed with West Sacramento that a bridge

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CA suffers 3 of 8 “most miserable” cities

Feb. 23, 2013 By John Seiler In Forbes’ new ranking, three of the eight “most miserable” cities in the United States are in California: Modesto (No. 5 worst), Vallejo (No. 6) and Stockton (No. 8). Cities were graded on such

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Obamacare in Washington, D.C.

Feb. 22, 2013 By John Seiler Although Washington, D.C. now has some “home rule” by local democracy, the U.S. Constitution actually gives all power over the District to the U.S. Congress. So the feds really run it. The functioning of

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Freer home sales market draws Californians to Texas

Feb. 21, 2013 By Wayne Lusvardi What draws working and middle class Californians to states like Texas is mostly a freer home sales market, which brings lower prices.  A zero state income tax rate and lower business tax rates that

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Republican lawmaker touts bill pushed by labor bullies

Feb. 21, 2013 By Chris Reed You don’t have to be a union hater to be amazed at all the different ways labor decides to make its Sacramento puppets jump through hoops. The latest example is legislation that would require

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High-speed rail enthusiasts dream of national system

Feb. 20, 2013 By John Seiler High-speed rail enthusiasts don’t just want it for California. They want the whole country covered by high-speed rail tracks. An alert CalWatchDog.com reader tipped me off to this from the Plan Your City Web

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More fracking would increase CA tax revenue

Feb. 19, 2013 By Wayne Lusvardi Is California the only state that does not have an oil and gas tax? This is what some politicians and advocates want you to believe and the mainstream media fail to fact check.  But

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Most East Coast media misjudge CA bullet train

Feb. 19, 2013 By Chris Reed The immense perception gap between East Coast and West Coast journalists when it comes to reporting on the Golden State was never in sharper relief than in 2003. If you were in California, the

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