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Sacto water deputies patrolling for water wasters
Sacramento water police are on patrol. If the rule of law isn’t enough to control Sacramento’s citizens, government officials have turned to deputizing neighbors for help making sure everyone complies with environmental restrictions. For nearly four years, the City of Sacramento
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Prof. Dr. Schwarzenegger totally doesn’t recall his record
Funding your own Institute entitles you to distort your record. Except with me. Last Friday ex-Gov. and USC Downey Prof. Dr. Arnold Schwarzenegger (USC actually made him both a professor and a doctor) presided over a symposium at his USC
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Hearing uncovered abuse of CA special funds
SACRAMENTO — Only in government is borrowing considered a legitimate way to balance a budget. In California it has become standard operating procedure. To address this growing problem, the state’s Special Funds were the subject of a hearing last week
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SB 1 pushes high-rises over suburbs
Will the Manhattan Dream replace the California Dream? The Manhattan Dream is to live in a high-rise in a densely packed city. The California Dream is to live your own home, on your own lot so you can grill while
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Investigating the CA Delta
Before attending an event for the Pacific Research Institute, CalWatchdog.com’s parent think tank, earlier this month I drove around two areas of California I had not been to: the Delta and Silicon Valley. California is such a vast state that
Read MoreWill ‘maquila-solar’ zone form just outside CA state line?
July 10, 2013 By Wayne Lusvardi Political borders create economic fault lines. For example, property rights might promote growth in one area, while lower wage rates might benefit another. A good example is the “maquiladora” free-trade zone flourishing just across
Read MoreCA comeback suffers setback
July 4, 2013 By Wayne Lusvardi California experienced a sharp setback in the third week of June — despite all the media talk about an economic comeback. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, California had an increase of 15,341
Read MoreIs Adelanto the next CA city to go belly up?
July 3, 2013 By Wayne Lusvardi The pathway into municipal budget distress is not the same for every city in California. No known city in California has attempted to cut its general fund budget nearly in half. But that’s what
Read MoreCA ratepayers fleeced for green power line in Canada
July 2, 2013 By Wayne Lusvardi Public, municipal and private power companies throughout California buy hydropower from the Western Power Administration. This means ratepayers across California are paying for a wind farm transmission line that benefits only those who live
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