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NEW: CA Politicians Pander on Foreclosures

JAN. 27, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI On the eve of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, 16 California House Democrats pleaded for more relief for homeowners in foreclosure.  It was all show and no go, however. It was all meant to...

NEW: Root Canal For Single-Payer Health Bill

JAN. 26, 2012 By KATY GRIMES Despite warnings that tooth decay in children can lead to a life in prison, the latest attempt at a single-payer health care bill in California failed to pass the Senate Thursday. Surprising many supporters, ...

U.S., CA Attack Manufacturing

JAN. 25, 2012 By JOHN SEILER New reports show how both the U.S. and California governments have imposed severe anti-manufacturing regulations impeding economic recovery and growth. President Obama and Gov. Jerry Brown pay lip service to creatin...

No Silver Bullet For Rail Plan

JAN. 25, 2012 By KATY GRIMES Like Dracula rising from the grave, High-Speed Rail just won't die. Even with the latest in a long line of damning reports blasting the growing rail monster, the reports have had the impact of a Nerf gun. I could...

CA Boasts 2/3 of U.S. Shale Oil Reserves

JAN. 24, 2012 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Back on Dec. 21, 2011, Gov. Jerry Brown said at a Jewish Menorah-lighting ceremony, “Today’s miracle is not to find more oil, but to utilize the sun.”  Brown was touting solar energy projects. But the s...

Initiative Would Bring Back Part-Time Leg

JAN. 24, 2012 By KATY GRIMES A ballot initiative planned for the November ballot could result in fewer bills coming out of the Capitol, potentially saving California taxpayers and business owners “tens of millions of dollars.” Despit...
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Bureaucracy Could Jack Up Water Rates

JAN. 23, 2012 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Are babies being damaged by too much perchlorate in the water? Should the amount be reduced by a mouthful of a bureaucracy, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, part of the California Environmental Protection Agency? New regulations could cost Californians billions as the state finally is rising from a deep three-year economic recession. Moreover, according ...
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Occupy Oakland Tab Up To $3 Million And Counting
Friant Got Very Little For $1 Million In Redevelopment...
Brown Pushes Tax Measure In GOP Strongholds
Redevelopment Action Deadline Looms
Group Says It Has Signatures To Force Vote On Stadium...
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Tax Polls Irrelevant Now

John Seiler: Joel Fox makes some good points about the recent PPIC poll on tax increases. Suppose...
Greenhut Dissects State of the Union

John Seiler: Writing on Bloomberg, our colleague Steven Greenhut dissected President Obama's Stat...
Hollywood-Style Rail Pander

Katy Grimes: In the OMG category, I caught a 30 second commercial tonight on a local Sacramento tele...
Apple Cracking Textbook Racket

John Seiler: The biggest ripoff going is textbooks for K-12 and, even worse, college. I know some...
SMUD’s Creative Rate Increase Lingo

Katy Grimes: The Sacramento Municipal Utility District is changing some of its rate terminology in ...
DA Slams Spitzer’s ‘Misuse’ Of Title

Steven Greenhut: The Orange County District Attorney's Office has sent former Assemblyman Todd Spitz...
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Steven Greenhut

 Denying CA’s Plight Won’t Ease It
Jan. 23, 2012 Years ago, after starti...
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Katy Grimes

 Diversity Trumps Education In CA
Katy Grimes: Since when are race and eth...
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Joseph Perkins

 Courts Undermine State’s Initiative System
Jan. 20, 2012 I voted against Proposi...
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