Election Winners and Losers
Is it time yet to pick winners and losers in the June elections in California? They’re still counting votes, and we won’t have final results until July. Let’s take a risk and give it a try. Here are six winners and six losers from the results, we have now. Winners Winner: High-speed rail. Voters turned […]
Hetch Hetchy: An Historic Opportunity for the Administration
Just a few days ago Yosemite’s Mariposa Grove re-opened after a three-year restoration project to remove the asphalt parking lot and trails that have jeopardized the long-term health of its magnificent giant sequoias. The reopening of the Grove presents Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke and the Administration with a rare opportunity to correct an […]
Healthier Kids or State Gone Wild?
SB 1192 (Monning) would require restaurants marketing meals to children to make the default beverage either water or milk, essentially prohibiting soda, juice, and chocolate milk. This is only in the marketing or menu listing, and doesn’t prohibit the sale of other beverages to the children. In Assembly Health, a broad coalition supported the bill, including […]
Common Sense Crime Fix Killed by State Legislators
If you had any doubts that many elected state leadership in Sacramento could care less about victims and adamantly oppose even the most common sense solutions to crime, proof was again provided via SB 916 which died in the Senate Appropriations Committee. This bill was proposed by San Francisco area Senator Scott Weiner to help […]