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Will 'trapped loans' snag Richmond's home scheme?

phone spy software The City of Richmond's move to seize the loans of over-mortgaged homes can continue, U.S. District Court Judge Charles Breyer ruled this week. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the reason was because “he felt the

CA electricity duel pits imports against mass battery storage

Wayne Lusvardi September 11, 2013

how to get a girlfriend There's an old California saying, “Water runs uphill toward money.” Now California also wants electrons to flow against the laws of economics and possibly local environmental standards and neighborhood values. The California Public Utilities Commission

Enviro policies spike CA electricity prices 70 percent

Wayne Lusvardi September 5, 2013

Californians are starting to pay for the cost of the state's Draconian environmental laws. Wholesale electricity market prices spiked about 70 percent over last year. So reports the Independent System Operator that manages California’s electric transmission and distribution line grids. The reasons given

Cadiz blending pipeline cuts salt in water

Wayne Lusvardi September 4, 2013

California farmers harvest more than 1.7 billion strawberries every year. Reducing the salt content in irrigation water is critical to growing strawberries without “salt blight.” “Salt blight” symptoms include “leaf scorch” at the edge of leaves, stunted plant growth, dead

Federal judge rebuffs CalPERS, OK’s San Bernardino bankruptcy

Wayne Lusvardi August 30, 2013

In a victory for taxpayers, a federal judge ruled Wednesday that the City of San Bernardino is eligible to file for bankruptcy. That trumped the claims of the California Public Employees Pension System that the court had the paramount right

Water Policy: ‘New normal’ for lower Colorado River lakes is, actually, normal

Wayne Lusvardi August 28, 2013

It is being proclaimed that there is a “new normal” of historic low water levels for reservoirs along the Lower Colorado River due to “climate change.” But a closer look beyond the photos of bathtub rings along the banks of

Nitrogen fix could cancel CA fertilizer tax

Wayne Lusvardi August 23, 2013

A natural bacterial colonization process could end the proposed regulation of agricultural nitrate and taxation of fertilizer in California. Energy costs to produce synthetic nitrogen fertilizers could also be eliminated. It could also eventually render unnecessary overkill stormwater regulations in

Micro-managed grid short-circuting CA market electricity

Wayne Lusvardi August 20, 2013

In Germany, merchant-energy companies are considering moving to other countries where they can make a profit. Such companies are private firms that operate electricity generators. They are separate from public utilities, such as the Southern California Edison Company, or

Rainfall study contradicts CA water policy

Wayne Lusvardi August 16, 2013

In the mid-1970s, it was common for many Santa Barbara County communities to deny water meters to limit growth and development. Santa Barbara experienced periodic droughts up until 1991, when it finally built a pipeline connecting to the State Water

Richmond mayor wants mortgages on million-dollar homes

Wayne Lusvardi August 16, 2013

Political theater isn’t reserved for Tea Party and Occupy movement protesters. Another example was on display Aug. 15 at Wells Fargo Bank headquarters in San Francisco. Richmond Mayor Gayle McLaughlin and a group of supporters tried to enter the bank’s