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The high cost of ignoring the truth: Sacramento Convention Center

The City of Sacramento, usually on the wrong side of economic sense and accountability, is planning to build an even bigger, more expensive Convention Center, despite $16 million in annual losses over a 10-year period, and cumulative losses of $218 million over

Incomes down for 5th consecutive year

John Seiler September 23, 2013

A new report confirms a theme we've advanced here at CalWatchDog.com: There has been no economic “recovery.” From the Financial Times: “The typical American family now earns less in real terms than in 1989 after household incomes fell for the

New America: Parent tossed from public meeting for speaking

Katy Grimes September 23, 2013

“Is this America?” the father of school-aged children asked as he was forcefully removed from a was forcefully removed from a Baltimore County School District meeting during the question-and-answer portion of the forum. The parent, Robert Small, concerned about the school district’s

LOL: Feds now tout 'higher-performing' rail, not bullet train

Chris Reed September 23, 2013

The federal government has long asserted that its provision of $3 billion-plus in 2009 “stimulus” funds to California for its bullet train is strictly governed by rules that will ensure the money is properly spent on viable high-speed rail projects

CA computer problem does not compute

John Seiler September 22, 2013

You'd think that the world's center of computer technology could get its own government computers right. The state government, and many local governments, remain plagued with glitches that would bankrupt any private-sector firm. The latest: college essay review services cheap

San Diego mayoral race: Faulconer, Alvarez, Fletcher, Fletcher and Fletcher

Chris Reed September 21, 2013

This week saw a fun twist in the special election campaign to replace departed pervert Bob Filner as mayor of San Diego. It was the release of a questionnaire that Democratic candidate Nathan Fletcher filled out this month for the

CA unemployment jumps to 8.9%

John Seiler September 21, 2013

So much for California being “back,” as Gov. Jerry Brown keeps badgering us. State unemployment jumped to 8.9 percent in August, from 8.7 percent in July. That's well above the U.S. rate of 7.3 percent. %%anc%% And the 8.9 percent

FPPC imposes regulation on political bloggers

Katy Grimes September 20, 2013

The California Fair Political Practices Commission just ruled this week to require campaign committees to report to the State who they pay to post “favorable or unfavorable” content on blogs, social media or online videos, on their campaign finance statements. The

Subsidized CA green firm goes belly-up; no one thinks it’s news

Chris Reed September 20, 2013

When Solyndra collapsed in 2011, the failure of the Bay Area-company got lots of media coverage. Losing more than $500 million of taxpayer funds on a project that was never really vetted by federal stimulus overseers was considered news. Duh.

Modesto Junior College bans U.S. Constitution

John Seiler September 20, 2013

Although governments regularly ignore the U.S. Constitution, this is ridiculous. Modesto Junior College has banned the distribution of the Constitution on campus! “The Constitution guarantees the right to free speech, but don’t try to pass out copies of it at