Aliso Canyon Shut Down and Keeping the Lights On
California sits on the cutting edge of converting from traditional energy sources to new, but the pace of that transition must recognize the real world capacity to maintain adequate, cost-effective energy supply and economic activity. A test of keeping the lights on when dealing with environmental questions will play out in the follow up to […]
SB 443—Tightening the Law on Civil Asset Seizures
Few nightmares can be more frightening to conservatives than the image of government agents running amok and seizing citizens’ property without due process. We like to think it can’t happen here. But it can happen. And it is happening – on a regular basis. Civil asset seizure without due process is taking place today across […]
California Legislature Needs to Stop Punishing Business
A number of recent anecdotes suggest that the California Legislature, particularly the California Democrat Leadership, is out to punish the California business community for its legitimate policy differences. For example, the California Democrat leadership abused the political process by holding back a number of tobacco regulation and tax bills from reaching the Governor’s desk to prevent industry from […]
Bullet Train’s Latest Plan Sends Your Money Far Afield
California, meet the future. In Zaraza, Venezuela, a factory that was supposed to be building the country’s first bullet train stands hollowed out and abandoned. Cattle roam the site and chew on the grass that grows through the rubble. A decade ago, the government said the high-speed rail line would extend 290 miles, carry 5 […]