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Back to homepageSteinberg pondering run for Sacto DA
April 22, 2013 By Katy Grimes The current buzz around the Capitol City is Senate Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, will run for Sacramento District Attorney in 2014. Steinberg, 53, has worked as an Employee Rights Attorney for the California
Read MorePerks pose risk to all of us
April 22, 2013 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO — The horrific Boston bombings have led to irrational calls for more security cameras and more police officers, with some Democrats absurdly using this tragedy to argue for halting the slight sequester-mandated cuts
Read MoreNew Water Rights Atlas exaggerates CA water problems
April 22, 2013 By Wayne Lusvardi The Resource Renewal Institute, an environmental activist organization, recently posted online its new California Water Rights Atlas. The atlas alarmingly asserts: “Currently, water rights holders claim they divert [that is, use] in aggregate approximately 250 million
Read MoreNew energy taxes could bring $6 gas
April 22, 2013 By Warren Duffy Is gas at more than $4 a gallon in California high enough? Not if David Lipton gets his way. The former member of the Clinton administation now is the deputy director of the International
Read MoreIn coming CA fracking war, will unions be Oxy’s surprise ally?
April 21, 2013 By Chris Reed The coming battle over fracking in California is going to be a doozy. There’s too much money to be made in the “brown energy” revolution for monied interests to not pursue the reserves in
Read MoreBlackout summer bummer?
April 21, 2013 By John Seiler All California’s anti-energy activism might take a toll this summer with potential blackouts like we had back in 2000-01 during the California Electricity Crisis. The San Onofre nuke plant is down. Hydro power is
Read MoreNo CA university among those with worst graduation records
April 21, 2013 By John Seiler Although we often criticize California government here at CalWatchDog.com, we also like to highlight the occasional good news. I just found something that’s worth mentioning, although a few months old. The Fiscal Times lists
Read MoreEx-CA cop: U.S. law enforcement blew terror response
April 20, 2013 By Chris Reed A former official with a state law-enforcement agency sent me a contrarian take on the week’s events in Massachusetts: “At the risk of spoiling the high fives on the Boston bombing incident, has anybody
Read MoreObamacare already gutting CA jobs
April 20, 2013 By John Seiler Obamacare officially is called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. But how can it “protect” you and provide “affordable care” when your hours were cut below the 30 hours per week needed to
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