The Most Important Month
April 2015 marks 150 years since the most important month in American history, April 1865. This anniversary probably won’t be remembered, although it should be. In the span of a single week that April, two events occurred that have marked American history ever since: the end of the Civil War and the assassination of Abraham […]
Bipartisan Effort Needed to Deal With Drought
The current drought in California is devastating. The order from the governor should not only alarm Californians, but the entire nation should take notice that the most productive agriculture state in the country has entered uncharted territory. We have experienced extreme drought conditions in years past but thanks to the most sophisticated water system in the […]
Still Pursuing the Neighborhood Legislature
Rescue California Foundation, a 501c(4) foundation dedicated to better state government, filed with the California Attorney General’s office our request for title and summary of the Neighborhood Legislature Reform Act, to be placed on the ballot in 2016. It’s the third time we’ve filed, because of the exigencies of the state elections system, but the […]
Boosting CA: Asian Augmentation
California, our beautiful, resource-rich state, has managed to miss both the recent energy boom and the renaissance of American manufacturing. Hollywood is gradually surrendering its dominion in a war of a thousand cuts and subsidies. California’s poverty rate – adjusted for housing costs – is the nation’s worst, and much of the working class and […]