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With Greece in total upheaval, it’s not difficult to imagine California in such a place. We are after all, not far behind in our policy and politics, and state legislators seem to be in a serious state of denial about
Read MoreDuvall still giving out money
MAY 11, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO For reasons he didn’t really want to discuss, former Assemblyman Michael D. Duvall of Yorba Linda still has about $72,000 in campaign money, according to the most recent reports on file with the California
Read MoreAB32 driving higher energy costs
MAY 11, 2010 By SUSAN M. TRAGER May 3 saw 807,946 signatures submitted to the California Secretary of State to qualify for the November ballot the California Jobs Initiative. If approved by voters, it would suspend AB32, the Global Warming
Read MoreCA Forward's insomnia cure
MAY 11, 2010 By KATY GRIMES In a hearing yesterday that could have helped anyone with an insomnia problem, California Forward, the budget reform group proposing a simple majority vote by the Legislature instead of the two-thirds currently required, presented
Read MoreHumble Abel
MAY 6, 2010 If you take just one fact, one conclusion from the following story, it should be this: that Abel Maldonado, the newly minted lieutenant governor for the state of California, is a humble man. I know this because
Read MoreAudits target agency nepotism
MAY 6, 2010 By KATY GRIMES A backlog of 12,000 reports of alleged teacher misconduct in 2009, together with a nepotism problem within the Commission on Teacher Credentialing raised the red flag to high alert. Four state agencies received news
Read MoreOpen gun carry under fire
MAY 5, 2010 By JOHN SEILER Gun rights activists have stirred up controversy in recent months by carrying, and displaying, firearms in the open in California, including in restaurants and coffee shops. This has led to a movement to ban
Read MoreLegislators push for higher taxes
MAY 5, 2010 By MICHAEL BARNHART and BRYAN LEONARD Pity California taxpayers. They are afflicted with the nation’s highest sales and gasoline taxes, and a particularly punishing income tax. And still “progressives” both inside and outside the state claim that
Read MoreCARB's punitive approach
MAY 7, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO Failing to file a report. That’s it. That’s all Nor-Cal Produce in West Sacramento did. And in late March it cost the small, family-run fruit and vegetable wholesaler $32,550. “The California Air Resources Board
Read MoreEmpty gallery, empty suit
Lt. Gov. Abel Maldanado is in the midst of a inaugural ceremony and open house at his office. There were so many empty seats at the inaugural, on the east steps of the Capitol, that organizers were pulling people off the
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