Infrastructure
Back to homepageRoad project bulldozes building owner’s equity
Feb. 15, 2013 By Dave Roberts If you live near or frequently travel along the Burlington North Santa Fe rail line in north Orange County, you’re probably looking forward to the completion of the $600 million in road improvements that
Read MoreCrazifornia: Will it be Gov. Brownout?
Feb. 13, 2013 By Laer Pearce On Jan. 31, the strained California electricity grid marked the one year anniversary of the shutting down of Unit 3 at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. The reactor was taken off-line when pinhole
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Forget Texas; look to China
Feb. 11, 2013 By John Seiler Texas Gov. Rick Perry descends on California today. He’s hoping to lure our businesses away from high taxes and regulations in the Golden State to the relatively lower taxes and regulations in the Lone
Read MoreDemocrats now see downside of CEQA
Feb. 11, 2013 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO — Although many of California’s legislative Democrats are eager to “test drive” the new two-thirds majorities their caucuses hold in the Assembly and Senate — i.e., pushing the limits of their power to
Read MoreNew energy secretary could boost CA oil production
Feb. 8, 2013 By Chriss Street President Obama’s expected naming of Ernest J. Moniz as the next secretary of energy is good news for energy producers and consumers, especially those in California. It represents the recognition that oil and gas
Read MoreGov. Brown, legislators fight over Prop. 39 funds for schools
Feb. 3, 2013 By Dave Roberts Gov. Jerry Brown declared at the start of his State of the State address, “We have wrought in just two years a solid and enduring budget.” But in recent legislative hearings, the Legislative Analyst’s Office charged
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Video: Victor Davis Hanson: Bright days ahead for CA
Feb. 1, 2013 By Brian Calle In my interview, scholar and columnist Victor Davis Hanson is optimistic about California’s future “despite government.”
Read MoreTree ring studies confirm global COOLING, cast doubt on AB 32
Jan. 31, 2013 By Chriss Street Global cooling? New studies of tree rings show that it’s happening. Yet California remains governed by AB 32, whose official title is the “Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006.” It’s seven years later. Gov.
Read More‘New’ Delta plan rehashes old plans from 1950s and 70s
Jan. 24, 2013 by Wayne Lusvardi Just as Hollywood often remakes old movies, water engineers apparently rehash old forgotten plans to refashion the Sacramento Delta. And then the proponents call these plans “new” and “cheaper” alternatives. Water engineer Robert Pyke
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