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Despite Double the Water Average in 2019, CA Imposing Water Rationing and Regulations

May 23, 2019 9:00 amAugust 13, 2019 11:58 am

California is abundant in natural resources: water, oil and natural gas, seafood, timber and minerals. Yet, the state has imposed water rationing on the state’s residents of 55 gallons per person, per day by 2020, is trying to pass legislation...

CA High Speed Rail Authority Seeking More State Subsidies

May 22, 2019 4:08 pmMay 23, 2019 9:01 am

Since 2012, California politicians and the High Speed Rail Authority have wanted to build any part of the California High-Speed Rail system in order to get $3.5 billion in federal stimulus money. The various plans looked more like a whack-a-mole...

Has Prop 65 Made Us Safer?

May 22, 2019 1:15 pmMay 22, 2019 1:43 pm

In 1986, 63 percent of California voters approved a ballot initiative called the “Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act” (California Health and Safety Code §25249.6.). It promised to protect people from unsafe drinking water and, buried in the cumbersome...

Gov. Newsom Appoints Leaders of Cities Overrun With Homeless to New Homeless Commission

May 22, 2019 2:05 amJune 10, 2019 12:33 pm

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s May Revise budget proposes an additional $650 million in spending on the state’s homeless, bring the grand total to $1 billion “to fight California’s homelessness crisis.” Newsom’s press release said, “The budget would increase emergency aid for...

San Francisco Bosa Nova

May 21, 2019 6:11 amMay 21, 2019 10:47 am

“With the second pick in the 2019 NFL draft,” commissioner Roger Goodell said back on April 25, “the San Francisco 49ers select Nick Bosa, of Ohio State University.” The pick did not come as a surprise. In 2018, the 49ers...

With Planned Power Outages This Summer, Is California Experimenting in ‘Green New Deal’

May 21, 2019 2:05 amMay 22, 2019 6:03 am

Following the devastating California wildfires of 2018, Pacific Gas and Electric recently announced it will cut power this summer to electricity customers on high-wind days to avoid future wildfires. While PG&E’s transmission lines ignited fires, others say many years with...

Deadlines Looming Ahead in the California Bill Mill

May 20, 2019 11:53 amMay 21, 2019 7:26 am

With the Suspense Files behind us and the May 31 House of Origin deadline approaching, the following are the number of bills being debated and voted on in the Senate and Assembly Floors as of Monday: Senate Floor Senate 2nd Reading...