Steven GreenhutDorner manhunt raises policing issuesSunday, February 17th, 2013 Feb. 17, 2013 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO -- Police typically say that their paramount mission is to protect public safety. But the recently concluded manhunt for former Los Angeles Police Department officer Christopher Dorner, accused of murdering four people after releasing a manifesto dec... Democrats now see downside of CEQAMonday, February 11th, 2013Feb. 11, 2013 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO -- Although many of California's legislative Democrats are eager to "test drive" the new two-thirds majorities their caucuses hold in the Assembly and Senate -- i.e., pushing the limits of their power to advance their progressive agenda -- others are... California a model for other states?Sunday, February 3rd, 2013Feb. 3, 2013 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO -- California's modern-day progressive Democrats keep crowing about the huge success they've had in taming the state's budget deficit, thanks to Proposition 30's tax increases and other "reforms," and now are championing the Jerry Brown model as a blu... Affluence police tee off on MickelsonMonday, January 28th, 2013Jan. 28, 2013 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO -- After hearing the criticism directed toward golfer Phil Mickelson for his modest comments about California's highest-in-the-nation tax rates giving him cause to consider relocating, I was left wondering: What country do we live in? Did you ever ha... Brown’s budget is a boon to state’s unionsSunday, January 20th, 2013Jan. 20, 2013 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Jerry Brown continues to pose as an iconoclast who is willing to make the tough choices necessary to keep California afloat, but the budget he released recently is more evidence that he remains the cat’s paw for the state’s public-sec... More CA laws choke usSunday, January 6th, 2013Jan. 6, 2013 By Steven Greenhut This year’s Rose Parade in Pasadena, California featured the Department of Defense’s “Freedom Isn’t Free” float. While nothing is close to free when DOD is involved—the B-2 bomber that made a fly-by as parade-goers cheered cost more than twice its we... 10 predictions for California 2013Sunday, December 30th, 2012Dec. 30, 2012 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO -- California’ Democratic leaders are giddy about the future now that they have gained everything they wanted in the last election -- voter-approved tax increases and a two-thirds supermajority in both houses of the Legislature, thus rendering Re... CA lawmakers take aim at gunsMonday, December 24th, 2012 Dec. 24, 2012 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO – It took only days before California's legislators reacted to the horrific Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy with a fusillade of bills designed to take California closer to Democratic leaders' unstated but obvious goal: making it essentially il... Free market’s lessons go untaughtSunday, December 9th, 2012 Dec. 9, 2012 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO -- Advocates for bigger government -- which is just about everyone these days, it seems -- believe that government is the most efficient and humane provider of goods and services. It's such a bizarre way of viewing the world, but lessons about the wo... Fighting crime & overspendingSunday, December 2nd, 2012Dec. 2, 2012 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO -- For advocates of less-intrusive government, finding the good news in the recent election is like looking on the bright side after your house has been wiped out by a hurricane: You never did like that floor plan, anyway, and this seems like a great ... |