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GOP lawmaker: fund schools with high-speed rail bonds
A Republican lawmaker wants to turn money for California’s high-speed rail project into funding for schools. Assemblyman Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, introduced Assembly Bill 6, which would cancel outstanding bond funds approved by Proposition 1A, a 2008 voter-approved initiative to fund the
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VIDEO: Steve Forbes: Money & The Gold Standard
How has the Federal Government been hurting the economy? Author Steve Forbes tells Brian Calle how to fix our broken economy.
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GOP can’t find bridge for troubled water bill
The fate of a bipartisan drought bill passed Tuesday by the U.S. House of Representatives is as cloudy as California skies in recent days. The bill was crafted by GOP congressmen with Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., although she opposed the final version.
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Bay Delta Plan could wipe out farmland values
Along with the rains finally drenching California in recent days have come clouds over Gov. Jerry Brown’s Bay Delta Conservation Plan. Published on the website of state Treasurer Bill Lockyer, a new report by the California Debt Advisory Commission
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Democrats push back against new GOP water bill
In California, not all rainwater is equal. “Two different water years may have identical precipitation and runoff amounts, yet result in significantly different export amounts,” Eric Alvarez told CalWatchdog.com; he’s the Public Information Officer for the Delta Stewardship Council,
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CA bans wildlife hunting contests
Wile E. Coyote is smirking. Despite a robust and thriving population, coyotes have just received an unprecedented degree of legal protection from the Golden State. Bringing a longstanding rural tradition to an end, the California Fish and Game Commission cracked
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Pelosi pressed for change by Hill Dems
After a punishing election season, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has begun to face an unusual kind of opposition within her own party. By traditional measures, her status remains high and her position secure. Yet she has attracted frustration
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VIDEO: Dinesh D’Souza: A World Without America
What would the world look like if the spirit of 1776 hadn’t shaped the West? Filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza talks to CalWatchdog.com’s Brian Calle about the shaming of America and how it’s undermining American exceptionalism.
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CA Senate jumps into UC tuition fracas
Maybe kids and their parents won’t have to pay higher University of California tuition. Last month, Gov. Jerry Brown tried to reverse UC President Janet Napolitano’s 25 percent tuition hike over five years. But she outmaneuvered him at a Board of Regents
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Minimum wage debate: history and examples
With rallies in Los Angeles and Bay Area cities seeking a $15 minimum wage for fast food workers and state Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, introducing a bill to increase the state minimum wage over the recent boost the Legislature approved,
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