Regulations
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Feb. 23, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI On Feb. 9, the $123 million Ray and Dagmar Dolby Regenerative Medicine Building opened on the campus of the University of California, San Francisco to house the Eli and Edy Broad Center of Regeneration
Read MoreLow Flow Toilets Causing A Stink
Katy Grimes: Not all of the green regulations in California are working as intended. Low flow toilets are causing a big stink in California cities because not enough water is making it into the system to dilute the waste in
Read MoreCA's Wind Power Scam
FEB. 19, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Wind power is a medieval technology that most people visualize coming from Dutch windmills in the 1600’s and 1700’s. The 1600’s were also known for the Tulip Bulb Mania, which the Dutch fittingly called “windhandel”
Read MoreBill To Streamline CA Regulations
Katy Grimes: Sounding more like their Republican counterparts, Democratic Senators Fran Pavley, Ron Calderon, and Senate President Darrell Steinberg introduced a bill this week to implement regulatory reform, as well as streamline regulations in the state. SB 366 would require
Read MoreGreen Energy Reality Looming For CA
FEB. 15, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI After looking at televised images of at what is happening in Egypt last week, the Netherlands, in an abrupt turn around, announced on Feb. 11 that it is reducing its 20 percent target for
Read MoreCalifornia: North America's Venezuela
CORRECTED VERSION FEB. 11, 2011 By KATY GRIMES The economic news for California is still looking bad, and businesses are still leaving the state in record numbers, according to one relocation specialist who has been keeping track of business migration
Read MoreAnother Rose Bird?
John Seiler: Here’s my criterion for justices to the California Supreme Court: That they be good justices. That’s it. I don’t care about their race, their creed, their color, their sex. They could be Martians. Just: Interpret the California Constitution
Read MorePremature View On Judge's 'Green' Ruling
FEB. 8, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Chriss Street’s “CA Judges Get Cold Feet on Warming” (Feb. 7) prematurely celebrates Judges Ernest H. Goldsmith for recently halting the rollout of California’s cap and trade program and Judge Oliver Wanger’s December 2010
Read MoreWho Regulates Air Resources Agency?
FEB. 7, 2011 Despite a recent legal ruling halting implementation of California’s climate change law, the California Air Resources Board, a seemingly rogue agency with intimidating regulatory power, appears to be operating with a “business as usual” attitude. But many
Read MoreCuts Ahead For State's Many Regulations
Katy Grimes: California leads the country in regulatory laws. It’s nothing to be proud of. While other states mock California’s businesses representatives at national industry meetings for the crazy laws and regulations, California’s businesses owners and employees are paying the
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