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Back to homepageFeds Launch Delta Land Grab
OCT. 7, 2010 By KATY GRIMES The California Legislature has already passed groundbreaking legislation addressing the fragile Delta region, but some California Delta and water experts believe there is a plan to develop a conservancy in the region, as well
Read MoreSuperfund's Plodding Cleanup
OCT. 7, 2010 GAO Report Questions EPA’s Ability to Finance Toxic Cleanups in a Timely Manner By J.T. LONG After 30 years and an estimated $33 billion spent to clean up toxic waste sites, taxpayers still have a mess on
Read MoreA Brief Quarrel With Briefs
Anthony Pignataro: Those guys over at the California Senate Office of Research have it pretty good. It’s a non-partisan shop set up back in 1969. Their job, according to their ABOUT SOR webpage: “serving the research needs of the California
Read MoreUC Davis Cops Mum On Fraud Scandal
OCT. 5, 2010 By LLOYD BILLINGSLEY UC Davis Police are still playing it close to the vest in an investigation, dating from 2009, of a former UC Davis employee alleged to have misappropriated funds. “Our investigation is ongoing,” UC Davis
Read MoreStudy Says Public Pay Out Of Line
OCT. 5, 2010 A new California think tank is releasing a new study Wednesday on reforming public employee pay and pensions. We reprint the entire study here today with permission from the California Center for Public Policy. CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR
Read MoreDMV May Investigate Whitman Nanny
OCT. 5, 2010 By KATY GRIMES Gloria Allred may have opened a can of worms when she introduced Nicky Diaz Santillian, gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman’s housekeeper, who is apparently an illegal immigrant. Allred is already being accused of using a client
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New ‘Green’ Law Is Union Giveaway
OCT. 4, 2010 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Will a new law mandating green power storage facilities along green pathway electric transmission lines paradoxically result in short circuiting green power in California? Or is this new law mostly symbolic to help Jerry
Read MoreMeg's amateurish response
John Seiler: As I’ve been writing, despite spending more than $120 million (so far), Meg Whitman’s campaign is amateurish. The Nannygate scandal shows that. When the scandal broke, what she should have said was, “I’ve been saying all along that
Read MoreState Opens Dusty Files
OCT. 1, 2010 On Thursday I took a break from high-speed rail controversies and death penalty analysis by walking over to the State Archives. Located a block away from the Capitol, the Archives are home to our state’s most precious
Read MoreBig Green Dries Out Big Valley
OCT. 1, 2010 By STEVEN GREENHUT When most people think of California, they think obviously enough about the populous and influential coastal cities, from the gleaming Southern California coast to the Bay Area. But east of the coastal ranges and
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