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Alleged CA budget renaissance: Yet another hole in narrative

The readiness of the Sacramento and East Coast media to accept the narrative that Gov. Jerry Brown is a genius who has solved California’s previously immense budget problems is everywhere. An accountant — as opposed to a journalist or a

Fracking showdown: Will CA media STILL ignore Obama view?

Chris Reed March 9, 2014

The prospect of rich Dem dilettante Tom Steyer targeting Jerry Brown over fracking is scary in some ways. It could well lead to fracking never coming to California and bringing the jobs and wealth it has to North Dakota, Texas,

Dan Walters figures out Gov. Brown wants bullet train dead

Chris Reed March 4, 2014

For a few months, Cal Watchdog has been the only outlet in the media underlining how fundamentally strange and self-defeating the actions of the state government have been in defending the bullet train. After an August court ruling from Sacramento

‘We are destined to live with a growing and permanent underclass’

Chris Reed February 19, 2014

It may be building very slowly, and years later than it should have first appeared. But there is beginning to be a groundswell of a broad understanding in California that there is a link between job creation and what the

George Skelton finally turns on bullet train. Now will Dan Morain?

Chris Reed December 9, 2013

So it’s been clear for years that when it comes to the bullet train, Gov. Jerry Brown has lost Sac Bee news columnist Dan Walters. This weekend’s column makes it clear that the LAT’s George Skelton is about to jump

Thanks, Dan: Cal Watchdog themes now Walters’ favorite talking points

Chris Reed December 2, 2013

For a year, Cal Watchdog contributors and staffers (and a Cal Watchdog alum) have been pretty much alone in pointing out two extremely relevant statistics that demolish Gov. Jerry Brown’s and the media’s narrative of the Golden State bouncing back

‘Paycheck protection’: CA shouldn’t give up hope on checking unions yet

Chris Reed December 1, 2013

After the failure of three ballot attempts in the past 15 years to require unions to give their members veto power over the use of their dues for political purposes, Californians hoping for a better balance of power in local

Miracle: Sacramento MSM laments California’s mass poverty

Chris Reed November 10, 2013

For months, Cal Watchdog, U-T San Diego columnist Steven Greenhut and the U-T editorial page have drawn attention to the fact that under a new measure of poverty introduced by the Census Bureau in November 2012, California has the worst

Legislature launches legislation frenzy

Adam O'Neal September 13, 2013

The California State Legislature, in a frenzy before recessing, considered about 400 bills in just four days this week. As CalWatchdog.com readers know, lawmakers weighed hugely impactful legislation. Among the most notable legislation: Gov. Jerry Brown’s prison plan; several gun

Underappreciated Prop. 13 fact: It protects vulnerable in housing bubbles

Chris Reed September 7, 2013

As the push builds in Sacramento to undercut Proposition 13 by weakening its limits on how fast business property taxes can increase, it’s worth making two basic points in defense of the 1978 initiative — one of which doesn’t get