Green water grab sinks farmland, blocks salmon runs
Dec. 11, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi An Indian proverb says, “A bird thinks it a favor to give a fish a lift in the air.” In a similar way, politicians think it is a favor to help lift salmon upstream
Read MoreRail series: Medium-Speed Rail runs over High-Speed Rail
This is Part 1 of a series on Medium-Speed rail alternatives to California’s High-Speed Rail project. Click to read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 and Part 6. Dec. 10, 2012 By Stan Brin By now, everyone in California knows the voter-mandated High-Speed Rail
Read MoreSupremes nearly laugh L.A. storm water case out of court
Dec. 5, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi On Tuesday, Nov. 4, the U.S. Supreme Court came close to almost laughing out of court a lawsuit brought by environmentalists against the Los Angeles County Flood Control District. The National Resources Defense Council
Read MoreMarkets best would clean up L.A. pollution storm
This is Part 2 of a three-part series. Part 1 is here. Dec. 4, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi In Part 1 of this series, I explained how an $8 billion tax storm soon will swamp Los Angeles property owners. The
Read MoreCalifornia needs $765 billion in new roads
Dec. 4, 2012 By Dave Roberts California’s infrastructure — once the envy of the nation in the 1950s and 60s — has not kept up with growth and has been allowed to deteriorate. Out of $142 billion in total state
Read MoreSan Bernardino will try to hammer ‘Nail House’ loans in 2013
Dec. 3, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi What are called “nail houses” in China may be coming to the county of San Bernardino in 2013 by using eminent domain as a bail out from unfunded public pension debts. The photo at
Read MorePollution tax storm heads for L.A. County
This is Part 1 of a three-part series Dec. 3, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi The tax climate forecast for Los Angeles County has turned gloomy. There is an $8 billion annual tax storm that is coming in 18 months. It
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