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Back to homepageCA and Obamacare: Media offer happy talk, not analysis
May 31, 2013 By Chris Reed Last week, when the California agency that has the lead role in implementing Obamacare announced the rate structure for various insurance plans to be offered beginning Jan. 1, 2014, the media jumped to a
Read MoreAir Resources Board corp facing open meetings
May 30, 2013 By Katy Grimes Stop the presses! A really good Republican bill just passed the Assembly 63-0. What? How? AB 527 by Assemblywoman Beth Gaines, R-Rocklin, would repeal the existing exemption of the Western Climate Initiative, Inc., and
Read MoreSpecial interest union bill may die in Assembly
May 29, 2013 By Katy Grimes Occasionally the Legislature gets it right and kills a bad bill. Today may be one of those days. AB 1333 by Assemblyman Roger Hernandez, D-West Covina, is an ugly piece of special interest legislation.
Read MoreCA anti-sprawl laws fail, TX low-zoning works
May 28, 2013 By Wayne Lusvardi Californians are fleeing the center of their big cities while suburbs are suffering from slow growth. If it were not for international in-migration, California’s older big cities would be suffering from population decline the
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Expected Vidak-Perez runoff would spark national attention
May 30, 2013 By Katy Grimes Only hours after appearing to win the election outright for State Senate District 16 last week, many in the political media were opining that Andy Vidak had it easy during this special election, but
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Obama lectures USNA grads on morals
May 27, 2013 By Katy Grimes President Barack Obama gave the commencement speech Friday to the 2013 graduating class of the United States Naval Academy, lecturing them on morals and calling for an end to sexual assaults in the military.
Read MoreWorthless ‘step’ teacher pay raises scrapped in San Jose
May 27, 2013 By Chris Reed For decades, it’s been common in K-12 public education to award raises to teachers for accumulating graduate school credits — even if the coursework has nothing to do with the subject that the teacher
Read MoreSocial justice? Unions savage gay, black Democrat in San Diego
May 26, 2013 By Chris Reed San Diego’s recovery from its self-induced pension debacles a decade ago has been sufficiently vigorous that the state’s second-largest city is arguably in better shape than Los Angeles, San Jose and many big cities
Read MoreJerry Brown disguises fear of CTA with pretentious babble
James Fallows of The Atlantic has written a long and entertaining essay about Gov. Jerry Brown that is miles better than the usual East Coast journo’s take on California politics, probably helped by the fact that he grew up in
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Sacramento family fights seizure of child by CPS
May 24, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — A Sacramento couple recently had their baby ripped from their arms at their home by Sacramento Child Protective Services workers, with the help of local police, after telling a Sacramento hospital they wanted
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