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Back to homepageLax CPUC oversight lets PG&E gouge ratepayers
Editor’s note: This is Part 1 of two. Part 2 is here. Nov. 26, 2012 By Katy Grimes As the price of natural gas has fallen to a decade low, utility ratepayers wouldn’t know it. Utility costs continue to explode.
Read MoreSecrecy pollutes first CA cap and trade auction
Nov. 20 2012 By Katy Grimes Ignoring a lawsuit filed by the California Chamber of Commerce, the California Air Resources Board went ahead with its first auction of greenhouse gas allowances last Wednesday, Nov. 14. The results of the auction were
Read MoreCal Chamber sues state for profiting from AB 32
Nov. 15, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi The California Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday sued the state of California to stop it from making a profit by selling “free” air pollution emission credits as part of the new Cap and Trade
Read MoreDemocrats’ congressional wins delay supermajority
Nov. 8, 2012 By John Hrabe On Tuesday night, Democrats shocked the Capitol by seizing two-thirds control of the state Assembly. With it comes the power to override the governor and raise taxes. “Everyone was looking at the likelihood that
Read MoreCalWatchdog’s Comprehensive Guide to California Ballot Initiatives
Posted By Brian Calle Over the past few months and days, CalWatchdog.com contributors have been tracking and analyzing California’s ballot propositions for the November election. Below is analysis on some of the most consequential ballot measures voters are being asked
Read MoreProp. 36 takes a swing at three strikes
Oct. 29, 2012 By Dave Roberts If Proposition 36 passes, about 2,800 inmates who have committed multiple felonies and are serving sentences of 25 years to life could be released from prison or re-sentenced to lesser terms. Those criminals were
Read MoreNew law dumbs down Calif. math performance
Oct. 22, 2012 By Bill Evers and Ze’ev Wurman Gov. Jerry Brown recently sent California several decades back into the 20th century by signing Senate Bill 1200, by state Sen. Loni Hancock, D-Oakland. This law now mandates a shocking rollback
Read MoreBrown, Munger end GOP monopoly on circular firing squads
Oct. 13, 2012 By John Hrabe For the past two decades, California Republicans have perfected one thing, the circular firing squad. No political party, organization or institution has been better at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. The Republican
Read MoreTax hike won’t solve Cal State’s budget problems
Oct. 8, 2012 By John Hrabe Congratulations or condolences? It’s hard to say which is more appropriate for Timothy P. White, the newly appointed Chancellor of the California State University system. White takes over the top job at the country’s
Read MoreLibertarian ideology blinds Republicans on Prop. 31
Oct. 1, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi When I recently spoke before an Orange County crowd of Republicans at a ballot forum as the “No on Proposition 31” speaker, I was not surprised to find opposition. One person offered the observation
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