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Rep. Denham trumps Sen. Feinstein’s call for more water storage
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., is calling for more water storage for California. But the storage already exists for much of what is needed. New Melones Dam and Lake, which are under the purview of the federal government, sit half empty due to regulatory
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Detroit bankruptcy opens up private-sector opportunities
Detroit’s bankruptcy will reverberate for years — all across America to California. Writing on LewRockwell.com, a good analysis comes from James Ostrowski, who has written books on libertarian activism. He writes: “Progressives have run Detroit for many decades. Progressives, with
Read MoreWater district family melodrama
Like the rain from a hurricane, controversy involving two of California’s most powerful political families is swirling around the Central Basin Water District. They are the Cedillos and the Calderons. The district is made up of 44 cities and water utilities
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Liberals inflicted Filner on San Diego
As San Diego once again becomes a national punchline — this time for its lecherous dirty old man of a mayor, not its finances — the fact that the campaign to get Bob Filner to quit is led by his
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CA legislators put Kaiser under microscope
SACRAMENTO — When the Legislature returns from its July recess, it will take up several health-care bills. A top one will be SB 746, by state Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco. It would require new data reporting requirements for large group
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Councilman Gil Cedillo’s ‘circular logic’
For an article I was editing, I checked out L.A. City Councilman Gil Cedillo’s bio on his Website. It explains, “Gil Cedillo has found a balance with his underlying message that progressive politics is good for business. This circular logic
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Read MoreSan Onofre follies: The man-made power shortage
Was the San Onofre nuclear plant shut down because problems with its generator systems were so severe that it posed a risk to the 20 million people in Orange, San Diego, Los Angeles and Riverside counties? Or was the nuclear
Read MorePG&E pays the price for deadly explosion — CA doesn’t
Late on a September afternoon in 2010, the big orange California sun was dropping toward Sweeney Ridge just east of the blue-collar town of San Bruno on the San Francisco Peninsula. Families were preparing dinner and catching up on the
Read MoreBillboard lobbyist advised both sides of Placentia advertising deal
The Placentia city administrator at the center of a controversial outdoor advertising proposal admits the city was already in discussions with Lamar Advertising Company when the city brought on the company’s lobbyist as an outside consultant to the city. Placentia
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