The Governor Gets Some Welcome Home Gifts
Gov. Jerry Brown is back in California after a week-long business jaunt to China and found a couple of very nice welcome home presents waiting for him. First, there was Thursday’s announcement that the California High-Speed Rail Authority has settled its suit with Central Valley farmers over the route of the rail system. The agreement, […]
Gray Davis for UC President?
It’s clear from stories about the search for a new president of the University of California that there’s a strong possibility we’ll see a non-traditional choice. Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom wants someone who understands politics and non-academic leadership – in an LA Times story, he mentioned President Clinton and former governors in states such as […]
California High Speed Rail: Part Three, Synthesis
In Part One of this HSR series, I made a conservative-Republican argument for California high speed rail. In Part Two, I sketched a portrait of the CHSRA (the Authority) as an out-of-control agency that must be shut down, immediately. In this final piece, I will sketch a vision for a reformed California system so that […]
Time to Bag the Myths about Plastic Shopping Bags
It’s easy to hear and believe the large number of mistruths being spread about plastic bags in an effort to ban them across the state of California. But the facts are being left out of the conversation. The bills proposed in the California Legislature, AB 158 and SB 405, would prohibit the sale of plastic […]