Special Tax Sessions
In announcing the budget deal with the legislature, Governor Jerry Brown announced two special sessions to deal with transportation and Medi-Cal funding. Call them the Special Tax Sessions. In the press release announcing the sessions, the Governor stated that the sessions were to “find more adequate funding for our roads and health care programs.” The governor […]
I Love the Smell of Consolidated Local Water Agencies in the Morning!
More good news for which we can thank the drought. Now it’s not just that we’re using less water and taking steps to reduce water usage long term. Late in the budget process, Gov. Brown is pushing to give the state new powers to consolidate local water agencies. The details involve letting the state shut […]
Why Doesn’t Nick Kristof Just Help This Unemployed Man?
There is a cottage industry of writers and activists in the United States who lecture us about what we should be doing as a nation for unemployed people, but who do nothing on their own to help individual unemployed persons. This long list is headed by several New York Times columnists, particularly Nicholas Kristof. Kristof’s […]
Keep Cargo Moving
California is moving forward with a program that will fundamentally change the way cargo is transported to address climate change and reduce emissions at a cost of billions of dollars. The goal of this effort is to see all those who have a hand in moving cargo reduce their carbon output to zero or near-zero […]