Regulations

CA govt. drives out another business

Warren Meyer finally had it. With the new year, he closed his park business in California. California no longer will be able to harass him, nor to collect taxes from him and his now unemployed ex-employees, many of whom will

California’s version of Obamacare a success? Not by the numbers

Chris Reed January 26, 2014

I’m pretty amazed at how long the CA media have gone along with the idea that the state’s version of Obamacare is doing well. I wrote about Covered California in Sunday’s U-T San Diego: “… the state’s version of Obamacare has

‘Global cooling’ could postpone Super Bowl

John Seiler January 26, 2014

California keeps imposing AB 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006. It slams businesses, and jobs, with mandatory reductions in “greenhouse gases.” Meanwhile, here’s what’s really going on, from the Daily Mail: America is set for the coldest month

Brown pleads to CA Supreme Court: Please kill bullet train ASAP!

Chris Reed January 25, 2014

On Friday night, the Sacramento Bee reported a bullet-train development that looks off the wall if you follow the MSM coverage that accepts surfaces narratives from rail officials. But the development looks somewhat predictable if you’ve been reading Cal Watchdog’s

Senate bill targets Vernon battery recycler

Katy Grimes January 23, 2014

A new bill that today passed the California Senate, 33-0, is aimed at one specific company. And it would give great new regulatory powers to the state Department of Toxic Substances Control. Senate Bill 712, by Sen. Ricardo Lara, D-Huntington Park,

Hearing reveals DTSC clogged with regulatory problems

Katy Grimes January 21, 2014

The new year brought the implementation of complex new state legislation passed in 2013 dealing with toxic waste in California. Businesses also must prepare for yet more legislation that was enacted in 2013, but will become effective in 2015. The

Schwarzenegger sticking to global warming schtick

John Seiler January 21, 2014

I remember around 20 years ago Arnold Schwarzenegger explained to a talk-show host how to keep making movie hits. If a film bombed, he said, he analyzed what was wrong — the script, the director, etc. — then corrected it

Desal can mitigate California’s water woes

Joseph Perkins January 21, 2014

In 1961, President John F. Kennedy dedicated the nation’s first saline water conversion plant. A public-private partnership between U.S. Department of Interior and Dow Chemical, the Freeport, Texas plant converted seawater from the Gulf of Mexico into 1 million gallons

Goal of online tobacco sales ban: more state tax revenue

John January 20, 2014

California may be considered a technology pioneer, but at least one state lawmaker wants to put the brakes on a growing segment of the online retail market. Assemblyman Roger Dickinson, D-Sacramento, has introduced a measure to ban online sales of

Democratic lawmakers again kill work flex bill

Dave Roberts January 17, 2014

In what has become an annual tradition in Sacramento, Democratic legislators have killed a bill to provide more flexibility in the hours that employees work. “Assembly Bill 907 would have allowed Californians to work more than eight hours in a