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Latino assemblyman: Asians not ‘people of color’
The increasing rift between Latino and Asian Democrats over Latinos’ newly revived interest in gutting Proposition 209 took a funny twist in the Sacramento Bee. So much for the Rainbow Coalition — it turns out that one lawmaker thinks Asian-Americans
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Tax index: CA by far most taxed state
The Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council just came out with its annual report, “Small Business Tax Index 2014.” California ranked 50th of the states — dead last, worst, highest taxed, most overtaxed, extremest preposterously taxed. Here are the six states with
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How do you like your higher electricity bill?
On CalWatchDog.com, for four years Wayne Lusvardi has been detailing in hundreds of articles the effective dismantling of California’s and America’s old electricity system — nuclear, coal and now even gas; and its replacement with “renewable” sources — wind, solar
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CA history lesson on Obama: Any doubt it will be slanted?
The conventional way to look at this bill is still ultimately the correct way — yes, what happened in 2008 was so powerful and historic that it makes sense: “SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A bill that passed the Assembly with
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Ivanpah solar power shifts pollution to the desert
This is Part 1 of a two-part series on Ivanpah solar power. It’s supposed to be the latest thing in solar power. Gov. Jerry Brown and other state politicians tout the new Ivanpah Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Plant in the Mojave
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Who’s to blame?
I was listening to Rush Limbaugh this morning. He was blaming voters for installing President Obama in the Oval Office. But he missed a step. Shouldn’t we first be blaming himself and other Republicans for nominating such duds as the
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SF Mayor Lee fights supervisors over green power
It’s green power vs. greenbacks. A political power battle is brewing in San Francisco over which entity of government is going to carry out the local implementation of the mandate by the state of California for 33 percent renewable energy
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Economist called genius by left backs Prop. 13-style wealth protection
It may seem wonky and obscure now, but I bet it’s going to emerge as a strong, enduring counterpunch to Proposition 13 critics. I refer to the fact that French economist Thomas Piketty — the hottest, in the media sense,
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Experts question legality of cap-and-trade for high-speed rail
Editor’s Note: This is Part 3 of a series looking in depth at the latest hearing in the state Senate on California’s high-speed rail blueprint. Part 1 is here. Part 2 is here. California’s high-speed rail project has problems in
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