The Tab for SB 350 Becomes Due
Now that SB 350 has been signed into law we will found out what SB 350 really costs. The law requires that 50 percent of the state’s electricity comes from renewable sources in the next 15 years and that buildings double their energy efficiency over that time. Concerns about increased costs to implement this bill […]
Why California Should Position Itself as a Mecca for the Poor
Fresno regularly ranks as one of the poorest metro areas in the United States. So why do people keep moving there? The short, if incomplete, answer: Fresno is in California. And there is something very different about our state’s poor cities. In other parts of America, people have abandoned cities labeled poor—because of high poverty […]
Reining In the Metropolitan Transportation Commission
The Legislature will be looking at a bill introduced by Assemblyman Marc Levine (D-10th Dist.) which would abolish the powerful Bay Area’s Metropolitan Transportation Commission as well as its kindred agency, the Bay Area Toll Authority, and replace them with directly elected boards. To begin with, 16 of MTC’s 21 members are already elected officials appointed by other elected representatives so the distinction […]
Stop the War on Drivers
Just in case you had any doubt, it’s now clear that California’s war on drivers has escalated. Three weeks ago, for example, Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a bill that would have allowed all motorists to use the carpool lane on two L.A. freeways during off-peak times. That may have seemed to you like an easy, […]