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Why is Gov. Newsom Pushing Stricter Climate and Energy Goals?

August 11, 2022 3:06 pmAugust 13, 2022 7:33 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom is pushing even stricter climate and energy goals, claiming this will prevent the immutable impact of climate change. But now, the governor is ramping up this push, asking the Legislature to increasing the 2030 goal for greenhouse...

New Poll Cleverly Conflates Climate Change, Drought, Wildfires, Oil and Gas Industry

August 1, 2022 2:37 pmAugust 1, 2022 8:39 pm

A new poll by the Public Policy Institute of California cleverly conflates climate change, drought, wildfires and the oil and gas industry through dextrous questions and weighted demographics. Here’s the PPIC’s opening salvo: “With California facing a severe drought and wildfire...

What Else California Could Have Done With the High-Speed Rail Funds

July 25, 2022 2:50 amJuly 24, 2022 7:39 pm

First things first, let’s set some parameters for this article. One – California’s High Speed Rail network is not going to be built. At this point, that’s a given. Two – Even it were to be built and managed to hit...

California’s Electric High Speed Rail: No Power, No Money, No ‘High Speed’

July 22, 2022 2:50 amJuly 23, 2022 4:54 pm

“If it is built, California’s High-Speed Rail would be the largest public works project in state history. That fact alone appears be intoxicating to state officials, in a perpetual quest to have California be the first state to do anything,”...

How to Influence Democrats in Power: ‘Talk Democrat’

April 28, 2022 6:30 amApril 28, 2022 6:36 am

It is no wonder that Republicans and Democrats sometimes do not see eye to eye; they speak different languages. A word that means one thing to a Republican may carry an entirely different meaning to a Democrat. So the reality...

Senate, Assembly Republicans Ask Governor Newsom To Call Special Session on Homelessness

January 8, 2022 2:26 amApril 3, 2022 3:05 pm

Senate and Assembly Republicans sent a joint letter to Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday, urging him to call for an Extraordinary Special Session of the Legislature to immediately address the problem, rather than waiting until later in the year. Press...

California Citizens Redistricting Commission: Are all votes created equal?

December 9, 2021 2:45 pmDecember 9, 2021 2:52 pm

As the California Citizens Redistricting Commission wends its way to finalizing mapping out the lines that will define the state’s politics for the next ten years, there are a number of factors they will be considering. General population figures, existing...