environmental regulations Archives

Finding Common Ground in California on Environmental Regulations and Infrastructure Investment

October 18, 2021 2:15 amApril 3, 2022 8:00 am

In California, environmental regulations have brought infrastructure investment to a standstill. Without expanding energy, water, and transportation infrastructure, it is nearly impossible to build housing, the cost-of-living is punitive, water is rationed and food is overpriced, the overall quality of...

Newsom Can’t Hide Behind a Pandemic

March 14, 2021 3:11 amMarch 14, 2021 9:04 am

In his 2021 State of the State Address, Governor Newsom’s focus, to the exclusion of nearly everything else, was to defend his response to the COVID-19 pandemic. A quick review of the 3,634 word transcript indicates only 20 percent of...

Senate Bill 1 Doubles Down on ‘Trump Resistance’ While Threatening CA Water Supply

September 12, 2019 7:56 amSeptember 12, 2019 6:02 pm

Another bill which would put the brakes on California’s economy is being heard and debated in the California Legislature this week. When President Donald Trump was elected in 2016, California’s newly-elected Democrat supermajority used the usually congenial legislative swearing-in ceremonies...