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Back to homepageChamber launches ‘California Comeback’
Aug. 31, 2012 By Joseph Perkins Here’s an ad: “California is struggling … badly. Two million people out of work… Huge deficits… High taxes… Over-regulation…” “Instead of creating jobs, politicians increased spending $30 billion since 2008. And bureaucrats put $37 billion
Read MoreRare court victory for home builders
Aug. 22, 2012 By Joseph Perkins It has taken the better part of two decades, but the California Supreme Court has finally reined in so-called “construction defect” lawsuits, the threat of which has had a damping effect on development of
Read MoreNew Wells Fargo report bullish on state economy
Aug. 22, 2012 By Joseph Perkins A new report by Wells Fargo Securities Economics Group declares that “California’s economic recovery has gained considerable momentum over the past year.” It cites the decline in the state’s jobless rate, increase in sales
Read MoreBrown Admin attacks climate ‘deniers’
Aug. 17, 2012 By Joseph Perkins “Climate change,” declares the home page for the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, “poses an immediate threat to California’s economy, environment, and to public health.” The Brown administration is “taking action” to avert
Read MoreCourt order means early release for California inmates
Aug. 15, 2012 By Joseph Perkins California faces a Friday deadline to schedule the early release of hundreds, if not thousands, of state prison inmates. The deadline was imposed two weeks ago by a three-judge panel of the Ninth U.S.
Read MoreChevron refinery fire sets off money grab
Aug, 10, 2012 By Joseph Perkins Well, that didn’t take long. No sooner did Chevron douse the fire this week at its Richmond oil refinery before a couple thousand folks, claiming some sort of personal injury or another, started looking for
Read MoreCalif. refuses to generate own electricity
Aug. 3, 2012 By Joseph Perkins George Santayana famously warned, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” So it is that, only a decade after the Great California Energy Crisis, during which wholesale electricity prices ran
Read MoreParent Trigger is welcome school reform
July 27, 2012 By Joseph Perkins California public schools received their annual report cards last month. On the state’s 10-point grading scale — with 10 being the highest and 1 the lowest — Desert Trails Elementary School earned a 1. The
Read MoreLawmaker proposes corporate welfare for NFL club
July 26, 2012 By Joseph Perkins Elaine Alquist is not a member of the San Francisco 49ers’ Gold Rush gals, but the Santa Clara state senator is the NFL club’s biggest cheerleader. With but a month left in the legislative
Read MoreIf it moves, the state wants to license it
July 20, 2012 By Joseph Perkins I’m not a pet guy. I have no personal stake in legislation, sponsored by state Sen. Juan Vargas, D-San Diego, which would create a “voluntary” certification program for California’s pet grooming industry. Yet, I’m
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