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Katy Grimes: The hilarious story in today’s Sacramento Bee about the transient fellow who showed his entrepreneurial spirit over the weekend, brings up a more serious issue in the state. Travis Lloyd Kevie was apparently squatting in an abandoned bar
Read MoreCanada vs. California
John Seiler: Dan Walters had a good column comparing California to Canada. Both have similar-sized populations and economies. Yet, Canada has mostly avoided the economic calamity of recent years, whereas California has suffered heavily. Dan: Canadian bankers eschewed massive involvement
Read MoreARB throws couple in jail
JULY 15, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO For Kening Ma of Ontario, bail was set at $150 million. His wife Shirley Ji got a slightly better deal – a mere $75 million. These are, to say the least, extraordinary figures. The
Read MoreSF blocks condo expansion
JULY 14, 2010 By PATRICK RYAN San Francisco’s condominium lottery attempts to protect tenants from eviction, but it continues to discourage home ownership through delay and bureaucratic inefficiency — something evidenced by the city’s latest attempt to allow more residents
Read MoreOT bill could hurt farm workers
JULY 7, 2010 By KATY GRIMES Agriculture workers aren’t the only employees exempted from the state’s overtime laws, however, SB1121, authored by Sen. Dean Florez, D-Shafter, would remove the overtime exemption for agricultural employees only. “SB 1121 would change the
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Arnold aide: AB 32 will have no effect on global warming
John Seiler: Arnold’s beloved AB 32 is a jobs killer. Yet its imposition would have no effect on global warming, as top Arnold aide David Crane admits in the following video. That’s another reason to pass Prop. 23, which effectively
Read MoreLawmakers Push Backdoor Climate Change
JUNE 29, 2010 By KATY GRIMES Just in case California’s global warming legislation is suspended in November with passage of California Jobs Initiative 2010, California’s Democratic legislators are leaving nothing to chance. They’ve been busy pushing through plenty of other
Read MoreCooling on Global Warming
JUNE 25, 2010 If you are still unclear about all the fuss surrounding California’s global warming initiative, AB32, it’s time to clear that up. AB32 is a nasty bill signed into law by the governor in 2006 that amounts to
Read MoreHow California is killing us
JUNE 24, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO The danger is apparently everywhere, all around us. No need to worry anymore about a budget tens of billions of dollars out of balance, or hundreds of millions in unfunded pension liabilities, because this
Read MoreKilling California’s Employers Off, One Paid Leave At A Time
Katy Grimes: Once upon a time, employment laws used to be about the employer need and purpose, as well as ensuring the decent and humane treatment of the employee. Today employment law surrounds the needs and purpose of the employee
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