May 22, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi The mere mention of the words Cap and Trade in California and people just tune out because it sounds too complicated to understand. While it is complicated, it is nevertheless understandable. What we’re learning about the California’s Cap and Trade pro...
InfrastructureCap & Trade will socialize your power billTuesday, May 22nd, 2012Bullet Trains, Green Jobs and ‘The War Between Data and Storytelling’Tuesday, May 15th, 2012May 15, 2012 By Chris Reed SAN DIEGO -- The smug, insufferably superior politics of the faculty lounge have gone mainstream on the Left in the past decade to the point where many “progressive” pundits and Democratic lawmakers openly act as if it is a given that their side always knows best... Delta cost-benefit study politicizedThursday, May 10th, 2012May 10, 2012 By: Wayne Lusvardi Noted environmentalist Bjorn Lomborg recently said that cost-benefit studies could be used to evaluate big public works projects having environmental impacts in an age of austerity. But California legislators propose to turn an unneeded cost-benefit study of t... San Diego Wheels, Deals and Sues for WaterMonday, May 7th, 2012 Commentary May 7, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi San Diego’s recent transfer of excess agricultural water from Imperial County has been the only major addition to urban water sources for Southern California for decades. The transfer is the largest agriculture-to-urban water transfer in U.S. his... Darrell Steinberg wants you in an ant farmWednesday, May 2nd, 2012May 2, 2012 By John Seiler The second most poweful politician in California is Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento; after Gov. Jerry Brown. Steinberg's background is with labor unions. And he represents the state capitol -- that is, state workers whose jobs, wealth, perks... Will blackouts darken Calif. this summer?Tuesday, May 1st, 2012 May 1, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi California could be headed into another “perfect storm” of coincidental events that may result in an electricity shortage during the hot months of July, August and September. San Diego Gas & Electric is reported to be finalizing an agreement with the U.... Feinstein offers pact with water devilFriday, April 27th, 2012 April 27, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi Yesterday U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., responded to a Republican-backed water bill stalled in the U.S. Senate with a deal that might end up as a pact with the water devil for farmers and water agencies. Feinstein included provisions in an amend... Water reform re-Hatched in U.S. SenateThursday, April 26th, 2012April 26, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi On Wednesday April 25, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, introduced an omnibus energy and federal land use bill. It would combine bills that have passed through the House but have stalled in the Senate. Part of that package would include H.R. 1837. Senator Hatch... Dueling demographers: When will CA’s population hit 50 million?Wednesday, April 25th, 2012April 25, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi When will California’s population “pop” at 50 million persons? Two recent studies conducted by the Population Dynamics Research Group at the University of Souther California and the Public Policy Institute of California differ widely in their conclusion... |