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LAO Whitewashes Gov. Brown’s Rosy Budget
Jan. 15, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — “Everything’s Coming Up Roses,” from the Broadway musical Gypsy, should be Gov. Jerry Brown’s new theme song. His 2013-14 budget proposal, released last Thursday, was full of happy news, good times a projected
Read MoreMore cops not only solution to crime
Jan. 14, 2013 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO — As California’s toughest cities struggle with violent crime, we are hearing a familiar refrain: “Hire more police officers.” While more cops may be the right answer in some places, public officials need
Read MoreReal Culprits in CA Housing Crash
Jan. 11, 2013 By Joseph Perkins As the California economy continues slowly to recover from the collapse of its once-thriving housing sector, the banking industry is trying to close its books on the financial disaster. This week, Bank of America
Read MoreMore CA laws choke us
Jan. 6, 2013 By Steven Greenhut This year’s Rose Parade in Pasadena, California featured the Department of Defense’s “Freedom Isn’t Free” float. While nothing is close to free when DOD is involved—the B-2 bomber that made a fly-by as parade-goers
Read MoreCA strikes blow for privacy rights
Jan. 5, 2013 By Joseph Perkins Randi Zuckerberg made news recently when a family photo she posted on her Facebook account was reposted on Twitter without her knowledge or consent. The big sis of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was not
Read MoreDangerous gun control precedents
Jan. 3, 2013 By Katy Grimes As the gun control debate is rekindled in the United States following the recent Newtown, Connecticut school killings, I am reminded of the atrocities which took place in Germany and occupied Europe during World
Read More10 predictions for California 2013
Dec. 30, 2012 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO — California’ Democratic leaders are giddy about the future now that they have gained everything they wanted in the last election — voter-approved tax increases and a two-thirds supermajority in both houses of the Legislature,
Read MoreSolar power fries ratepayers
Dec. 29, 2012 By Joseph Perkins Most lawmakers in Sacramento have no idea who Robert K. Merton was. But they almost certainly are familiar with terms the late great American social scientist introduced into the popular lexicon, including “unintended consequences.”
Read MoreCA lawmakers take aim at guns
Dec. 24, 2012 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO – It took only days before California’s legislators reacted to the horrific Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy with a fusillade of bills designed to take California closer to Democratic leaders’ unstated but obvious
Read MoreCalifornia encourages business flight
Dec. 21, 2012 By Joseph Perkins Employees at Chevron’s San Ramon corporate headquarters received an unexpected email yesterday. It notified them that a quarter of their jobs are being moved from California to Texas. The oil giant, the Golden State’s
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