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People leaving CA a ‘success’ story?
Joe Mathews presents the counter-intuitive thesis that people leaving California for Texas is a sign of Golden State “success”: Yes, California has an above-average unemployment rate and other economic problems, and many of our people and companies are relocating or expanding
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CA: Golden State to welfare state
Reader Manfred von Borks, Sc.D., sent us his analysis of what happened to California: California – The transition from a Golden State to a Warehouse/Welfare State: In the beginning there was real gold in the ground and the people came, then
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CEQA shakedowns and the mansion that Wal-Mart built
Liam Dillon in the Voice of San Diego has a sharp profile of San Diego lawyer Cory Briggs, an unapologetic user of the California Environmental Quality Act as a self-enrichment tool: “No attorney sues under the state’s main environmental quality
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CalSTRS bailout will be CA version of budget sequester
On April 10, 2012, I wrote an op-ed for the L.A. Daily News with an unusual take on what ultimately would kill the bullet train. My theory was that the teachers unions would fight to keep a new mouth from
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CA GOP’s Arnold Problem
Going on 11 years now, the California Republican Party has an “Arnold Problem.” Gone from office now almost four years, ex-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger continues to loom over the party. Here’s what “The Terminator” promised during the 2003 “Total Recall” election: The
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Covered CA failing
Just like the Veterans Administration, Covered California — the state’s implementation of Obamacare — is failing its patients. That’s what happens under socialized medicine. The Los Angeles Times reported: Nearly 1,500 Californians have complained to state regulators in the last
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GM vs. Toyota disparity: Our gangster government
In February, I wrote about the Obama administration imposing a $1.2 billion fine on Toyota for a pseudo-scandal involving the alleged “sudden acceleration” of the company’s vehicles — a media-abetted debacle that began in San Diego because a floor mat
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Texas shale history provides key context on downbeat CA report
The new federal report sharply reducing the amount of oil believed to be “technically recoverable” in California’s Monterey Shale triggered glee among the greens who hate fossil fuels. But as the Bakersfield Californian reported, oil companies hardly saw the report
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Would Donnelly run hurt GOP in U.S. House?
I’ve been watching political campaigns since Barry Goldwater vs. the Ogre LBJ in 1964. And this just doesn’t seem right to me. Roll Call reports on how a victory in the Top Two primary by Assemblyman Tim Donnelly over Neel Kashkari
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Typical Sacramento: Weak CalSTRS fix made even weaker
So Gov. Jerry Brown is finally forced by events to come up with a CalSTRS pension rescue plan. And as Dan Borenstein points out, it’s so cautious that it doesn’t prevent CalSTRS’ underfunding from getting worse for some time to
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