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Californians, you can “keep your insurance” a little longer

Katy Grimes November 13, 2013

I received my notice of cancellation from Anthem Blue Cross October 14, stating my company’s health insurance plan will no longer be available Jan. 1, 2014. But as a 20-year former Human Resource professional, panic did not set in. Instead,

30,000-plus cancelled CA Kaiser plans hardly ‘cut-rate’

Chris Reed November 13, 2013

While the president has indirectly admitted that “if you like your health plan, you can keep it” isn’t true, his administration keeps up the deceit when it comes to other aspects of the Affordable Care Act. White House spokesman Jay

Special interest contributions dwarf alleged FBI bribes to Ron Calderon

John Hrabe November 12, 2013

Undercover FBI agents, posing as Hollywood producers in search of a tax credit, allegedly set up a $50,000 “special fund” with Ron Calderon’s name on it. The state Senator, according to an affidavit obtained by Al Jazeera America, allegedly spent

Opponents of transgender law seek repeal

Adam O'Neal November 12, 2013

A coalition of conservative groups, collectively known as Privacy for all Students, has submitted more than 600,000 petition signatures to get an initiative to repeal a law that grants certain rights to transgendered students in California. AB 1266—which was passed

Attorney General’s Office: Bullet-train law not binding on Legislature

Chris Reed November 12, 2013

The bullet-train project doesn’t have a legal financing plan or adequate environmental rules, according to an Aug. 16 decision by Sacramento Superior Court Judge Michael Kenny. The state Attorney General’s Office doesn’t dispute that part of Kenny’s ruling. Instead, it

Book describes CA problems, how to fix them: Part 1

John Seiler November 12, 2013

This is Part 1 of a two-part series. Part 2 is here. If you listen to Gov. Jerry Brown and his allies, “California is back” from the deficits and dysfunction of a few years ago. Not so fast. A new

U.S. unfunded liabilities really more than $200 trillion

John Seiler November 11, 2013

In the past I’ve written here about the U.S. federal budget not being $17 trillion in the red, but more than $200 trillion (with a “t”). The calculations come not from some right-wing activist, but from Prof. Laurence Kotlikoff, a

Will Warren Buffett’s hydro prevent CA electricity crisis? — Part 2

Wayne Lusvardi November 11, 2013

This is Part 2 of a two-part series. Part 1 is here. In Part 1 of this series, I reported on how California is launching a regional “energy imbalancing market” to reduce the spike in the price of electricity each

How would BART’s dishonesty, profligacy play in private sector?

Chris Reed November 11, 2013

Two classic California outrages are captured perfectly in Dan Borenstein’s appalling Conra Costa Times commentary over the weekend about how Bay Area Rapid Transit officials grossly misled the media on terms of their recent strike-ending labor deal. The first is