Tag "Joseph Perkins"
Back to homepageBig dairy sours on state price controls
May 25, 2012 By Joseph Perkins A civil war has broken out within California’s dairy industry, pitting milk producers against cheesemakers. The two sides are at odds over the state Department of Food and Agriculture’s valuation of whey, the liquid
Read MoreHollywood seeks more taxpayer subsidies
May 23, 2012 By Joseph Perkins The California Film Commission is holding a lottery next week for filmmakers and television producers. The lucky winners will share $100 million worth of taxpayer subsidies. It’s part of the state’s three-year-old Film and
Read MoreSpace: Next California frontier
May 18, 2012 By Joseph Perkins The dawning of the commercial space age begins Tuesday. That’s when SpaceX is expected to launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida for a rendevous with the International Space Station — the first time a
Read MoreCalifornia slouches towards ban on foie gras
May 16, 2012 By Joseph Perkins Josiah Citrin, owner and chef at Melisse Santa Monica, hosted a special seven-course tasting last night at his Michelin award-winning restaurant. Each dish was prepared by celebrated chefs from around the state using foie
Read MoreHow to save state parks from closure
May 11, 2012 By Joseph Perkins A pair of Northern California lawmakers unveiled a proposal this week to avert the scheduled July 1 closure of 70 state’s 278 parks, casualties of last year’s budget-cutting by the Legislature. “The notion of
Read MoreCEOS rank California worst state for business
May 4, 2012 By Joseph Perkins “California is the worst! They are doing everything possible to drive business out of their state. If it were not for the climate, they would have lost half their population.” That was the damning
Read MoreThe Prop. 25 bait and switch
April 27, 2012 By Joseph Perkins For years, Sacramento’s tax-and-spend Democrats tried to figure out a way to persuade California voters to amend the state Constitution to require a simple — rather than two-thirds — majority of the Legislature to
Read MoreA welcome bow to telecom deregulation
April 20, 2012 By Joseph Perkins The California Public Utilities Commission is displeased. In a meeting April 17 in San Francisco, four of its five members sharply criticized a state Senate bill which, they claimed, would strip the commission of
Read MoreCal Chamber lists ‘jobs killer’ bills
April 13, 2012 By Joseph Perkins Nearly two and a half years into California’s recovery from its worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, more than 2 million state residents are officially unemployed. Another 1 million are either underemployed–working part-time
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Feinstein decries shakedown lawsuits
April 6, 2012 By Joseph Perkins The Consumer Attorneys of California caled themselves the Trial Lawyers Association before a name change in 1995. The trial lawyers just posted a video on YouTube, “Disability Access: Tips for the small business.” It’s
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