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Legitimacy, not consensus, is key to Delta modernization
May 3, 2013 By Wayne Lusvardi Do we care whether there is a consensus about what to do with the so-called natural resources of the Sacramento Delta among scientists and interest group “stakeholders” in California? The Public Policy Institute of
Read MoreCrazifornia: CalPERS Death Star looming nearer still
May 3, 2013 By Laer Pearce I have a financial planner friend who often includes tax-free municipal bonds in his customers’ portfolios and therefore closely tracks matters like the Stockton bankruptcy’s potential impact on municipal bond rates. He definitely did
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Politically connected HealthCare Partners sidestepped licensing for 10 years
Part One of a series May 3, 2013 By Katy Grimes One of the original pioneers of the Obamacare patient networks, HealthCare Partners, has been operating in California without the required state license. But according to health care experts
Read MoreFracking watch: Argentina figures out what CA hasn’t
May 3, 2013 By Chris Reed The “brown energy” revolution is under way and nothing is going to prevent it from transforming world energy markets — especially not childish denial and petulance by California greens. Fossil fuels will be the
Read MoreOn gun shows and leisure suits…
May 2, 2013 By Katy Grimes What do leisure suits and gun shows have in common? More than you might think. It turns out that some members of the California Senate don’t particularly like either. But I’ll bet in this
Read MoreBad and good advice for the GOP on Latinos
May 2, 2013 By John Seiler Obviously, the Republican Party needs to do more to attract Latino voters. But it’s getting bad advice from many quarters on what to do. I have some good advice at the end of the
Read MoreTwo more legislators ID’d who went on lobbyist-organized Cuba junket
May 2, 2013 By John Hrabe Two more state legislators that participated in a spring break trip to Cuba with an influential Sacramento lobbyist have been identified. Assembly Majority Leader Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, and Assembly member Holly Mitchell, D-Los
Read MoreLegislature guts another transparency bill
May 2, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — In a move which disregarded the very issue in the bill, Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 6 killed an important transparency bill Tuesday before it was even heard. Assemblywoman Kristin Olsen, R- Modesto, hadn’t even testified
Read MorePattern developing in reform bill killings
May 2, 2013 By Katy Grimes It’s the first day of May. If you haven’t noticed, the California Democratic Supermajority is killing all reform efforts. And the targets are not just Republican bills. Just yesterday, the Senate Committee on Environmental
Read MoreFracking watch: Canada figures out what CA hasn’t
May 2, 2013 By Chris Reed Hydraulic fracturing has been around for decades in our northern neighbor, just as it has been in the U.S. And what do you know? Canadian enviros only began complaining about fracking in recent years
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