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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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Doctors rip idea of nurses playing doctor

Medical doctors have qualifications no other medical employee has: four years of college, four years of medical school, three to four years of a residency program. Some also go on to a several-year fellowship for additional training in sub-specialties. That’s 12

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Art Laffer: Stop taxing profits and neuter the IRS

Cal Watchdog Editor-in-Chief Brian Calle talks to legendary business thinker Art Laffer about how to revive the economy, in the latest Cal Watchdog video available here and on YouTube. The second part of the interview with Laffer can be seen

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Nurse practitioner bill on life support in Assembly

SACRAMENTO – With Obamacare set to go into effect in January, state lawmakers anticipate millions of residents with newly obtained health insurance will tap California’s already stretched health care resources. In preparation, Sen. Ed Hernandez, D-West Covina, who is an

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Sac Bee ignores drug cartels in pot farming story

Instead of blowing the lid off of the growing pot-farming problem in some Northern California areas, the Sacramento Bee did a lightweight opinion story Sunday on Butte County, never once addressing the Mexican drug cartels behind many of the illegal pot

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Assessing Gov. Brown before next year’s election

As he lays the groundwork for a likely re-election bid next year, Gov. Jerry Brown is upbeat. “California is back,” he and his supporters insist. Maybe it is in some areas. But overall, tremendous problems remain unresolved. According to a

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Covered CA Director abruptly resigns

Only 24 hours after meeting with small business owners at an early morning coffee arranged by state Sen. Bill Monning, D-Carmel, Covered California’s Sales Director Michael Lujan resigned. Insurance agents liked him because he was responsive to industry questions and

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Obamacare enforcers reject Obamacare

Riddle me this, Batman: the Obamacare health plan is so bad, even its IRS enforcers don’t want to give up their existing federal health plans for the new Obamacare plan. The National Treasury Employees Union wants its members to be

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CA and feds take aim at hunting ammo

California is attempting to be the first state in the nation to kill wild game hunting. By prohibiting the use of all lead ammunition for hunting in California, coupled with the federal government’s attempt to ban non-lead ammo, hunters could

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AB 10 would boost CA minimum wage

SACRAMENTO — Obamacare is forcing businesses to slash the working hours of many employees below 30 hours a week. But the workers will be hurt even more in California as Democrats push into law Assembly Bill 10, by Assemblyman Luis Alejo, D-Salinas. It

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