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NRDC claim of ‘no government-made drought’ doesn’t hold water
Water moves in one direction, memory in another for the National Resources Defense Council. The NRDC seems to be suffering from a case of voluntary amnesia in its running dispute with the Wall Street Journal over whether California is currently suffering
Read MoreDoes obstacle to one bullet train project apply to other, too?
The Obama administration continues to push California to build its $68 billion bullet train, a measly 5 percent of which ($3.5 billion) comes from the federal government. After the first segment is built in the Central Valley, however, there is
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
Read MoreThe congresswoman who betrayed her Central Valley hometown
June 14, 2013 By Chris Reed A Democratic congresswoman from California wants you to know she cares about some poor people — the ones who use food stamps. This is from the Bee: “Doris Matsui of Sacramento on Wednesday pledged
Read MoreNew public funding plan: Seize home mortgages
June 7, 2013 By Wayne Lusvardi With pension costs sapping budgets, governments at all levels are coming up with novel funding methods. The latest comes from the city of Richmond, which must deal with a looming 50 percent increase in pension
Read More$70K pay for janitors + rate hike should = revolt
June 6, 2013 By Chris Reed Last year, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power imposed an 11 percent rate hike — which it called a “rate change” — on its power customers, while water customers saw rates go
Read MoreOblivious journos still ignore public employee step raises
June 5, 2013 By Chris Reed One of the worst failings of journalists who cover California government is their failure when writing about budgets to always mention the automatic “step” raises that many public employees get each year, including most
Read MoreFBI raids Latino Caucus and Sen. Calderon’s Capitol office
June 4, 2013 By Katy Grimes UPDATE: SACRAMENTO — As I left the Capitol today, I noticed several official vehicles double parked around the Capitol. Then I heard that Sen. Ron Calderon’s Capitol office had been raided by the FBI.
Read MoreCA labor law enforcers penalizing the productive
June 4, 2013 By Katy Grimes Looking for a place to start a business? Some are saying anywhere but California. The California Chamber of Commerce did an analysis of a new report just released by the state Labor Commissioner. “State of the
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