June, 2010Big Green’s opaque fundingWednesday, June 30th, 2010 JUNE 30, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO In the race to pass Proposition 23, the effort to roll back California’s landmark and sweeping global warming regulations this November, some of the biggest decisions in the race are being made in a place called the Bently Reserve. Located at 301 Batt... A High-speed math problemThursday, June 24th, 2010 JUNE 24, 2010 By JT LONG A month after a report by the California State Auditor warned of possible delays to a planned $42 billion California High Speed Rail project due to inadequate oversight, a veteran private sector CEO brought on board to steer the controversial project has made hirin... Another economic dip coming?Monday, June 21st, 2010 JUNE 21, 2010 By JOHN SEILER Here’s something Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown should be debating. As the California budget is haggled over by the governor, Legislature and the powerful government unions, one thing everyone assumes is that the California economy will gradually improve. Tha... Ex-felons as care providersTuesday, June 15th, 2010 JUNE 15, 2010 By TROY ANDERSON Not long after the Sacramento County Grand Jury described In-Home Supportive Services as an “employment program for ex-felons,” prosecutors learned a number of IHSS providers taking care of aged, blind and disabled people were parolees – including doz... Rail plan will crush land ownersThursday, June 10th, 2010 JUNE 10, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO Jim Erickson is in a tough spot. If the proposed California High Speed Rail Route A-1 goes through Madera County, it will bisect his ranch. But if Route A-2 gets built, it will slice off a portion of another part of his farmland. “They’re going to get... Duvall nearly out of moneyFriday, June 4th, 2010 JUNE 4, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO Former Assemblyman Michael D. Duvall of Yorba Linda, who left office suddenly in September 2009 following revelations that he talked freely of alleged sexual conquests in a legislative hearing chamber, has given away just about all of his old campaign cash... Election pre-mortemThursday, June 3rd, 2010 JUNE3, 2010 By JOHN SEILER What a mess departing Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is leaving for his successor. Endemic deficits. A bond rating the lowest of any state, inching toward junk-bond status. School performance vying with Louisiana for America’s worst. The King of California during h... |