Inside GovernmentCARB versus the CarburetorTuesday, January 31st, 2012 JAN. 31, 2012 By KATY GRIMES The carburetor is losing the battle in California. Instead of acknowledging that auto designers and manufacturers are continually refining the internal combustion engine for efficiency, global warming activists want to scrap the engine. In an attempt to rid ... U.S., CA Attack ManufacturingWednesday, January 25th, 2012 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 creating good middle-class jobs. But their anti-manufactu... Initiative Would Bring Back Part-Time LegTuesday, January 24th, 2012 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.” Despite widespread disapproval of the Legislature’s pe... Assembly Muzzles Whistleblower BillFriday, January 20th, 2012 JAN. 20, 2012 By KATY GRIMES So much for open government. AB 1378 would have provided legislative staffers the same safeguards that nearly all other state employees receive after blowing the whistle on government wrongdoing. But on Thursday, it was muzzled by the Assembly Appropriations Co... Blackmail Goes GreenTuesday, January 10th, 2012 JAN. 10, 2012 By KATY GRIMES Anyone who tries to change the sacred texts of the California Environmental Equality Act will find out just how sacred they are and lose. Assemblywoman Shannon Grove, R-Bakersfield, found that out Monday. CEQA provides a process for evaluating the environm... Park Closures Light Fire Under DirectorWednesday, December 21st, 2011 DEC. 21, 2011 By KATY GRIMES At a recent Assembly hearing to ferret out how and why the California Department of State Parks and Recreation agency hasn't come up with a thorough closure plan for 70 state parks, the elephant in the room was ignored. This is not uncommon in legislative hearin... Initiative Would Restore Citizen-LegislatorsTuesday, December 13th, 2011 DEC. 13, 2011 By KATY GRIMES Is California ready to return to citizen-legislators? In 1966, voters passed Proposition 1A, creating a full-time legislature and an annual state budgeting process. Today, California is one of only a few states with a full-time legislature, and has the longest... Profs at Leg Hearing Push More Govt.Thursday, December 8th, 2011 DEC. 8, 2011 By KATY GRIMES The rich are getting richer and everyone else is losing wealth. This phenomenon supposedly would justify more aggressive government policies redistributing wealth. At an Assembly hearing Wednesday about whether the state of California should be actively pursuing ... Judging ‘The Sage of Sacramento’Saturday, December 3rd, 2011 Commentary DEC. 3, 2011 By JOHN SEILER "The Sage of Sacramento," CalBuzz dubbed L.A. Times columnist George Skelton. He's been celebrating 50 years of commenting on California politics. And I've been celebrating 24 years of criticizing him. His latest column included the "major game-chang... S.F. Establishment Hits Pension ReformMonday, October 24th, 2011 Note: The following first appeared in City Journal-California. OCT. 24, 2011 By STEVEN GREENHUT To outsiders, liberal San Francisco may seem preoccupied with leftist protesters occupying prime real estate in the Financial District or with debating proper restaurant etiquette for the cit... |