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Ringside: Wade Crowfoot on Desalination, and the Opportunity Cost of the Delta Tunnel

February 15, 2024 7:31 amFebruary 15, 2024 7:31 am

Last week in Sacramento at Cal Desal’s annual conference, one of the highlights was an appearance by Wade Crowfoot, California’s Natural Resources Secretary. In his remarks, and in answer to questions from the audience, Crowfoot sought to create the impression the...

Gavin Goes Shopping… at Target?

February 1, 2024 7:51 amFebruary 2, 2024 6:25 am

Picture this: Gavin Newsom shopping at Target… like he’s just a dad who shops for school clothes at Target. If Gavin Newsom shops at Target, I dine at the French Laundry. The California Governor claims he was shopping at a...

California Business Exodus For Friendlier States Continues

January 29, 2024 12:06 pmJanuary 29, 2024 12:06 pm

Most Californians know why California businesses are fleeing the once-Golden State in droves. Small, medium and large businesses are packing up and moving to business friendlier states for lower taxes, fewer regulations, and affordable housing for their employees. And they...

Thousands of CSU Faculty Strike… During National School Choice Week

January 22, 2024 2:30 pmJanuary 22, 2024 9:48 pm

This week is National School Choice Week. As states across the country are enacting universal school choice programs to allow all children to access education options, more than 30,000 California State University faculty have walked off the job in a...

Newsom’s Proposed Education Budget Grows as Students Test Scores Continue to Drop

January 16, 2024 2:31 pmJanuary 17, 2024 3:49 pm

Last week California Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled his 2024-2025 state budget, feigning indignation over the Legislative Analyst’s Office’s recent update on the state’s actual budget deficit, which the LAO put at $68 billion. Newsom’s $330 billion budget has supposedly been...

On Neutering Lobbyists

January 15, 2024 2:55 amJanuary 16, 2024 1:34 pm

“It takes two to lie – one to lie and one to listen.” There is more truth in this Homer Simpson quote than most of us would like to admit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qoqmmIY1dQ There is also a kernel of an idea as...

Happy $20 Billion in Debt New Year: Drowning EDD Sinking Further

January 12, 2024 2:55 amJanuary 12, 2024 2:56 am

Globa Culpa. In October 2023, the Globe predicted the total EDD unemployment trust fund debt – principal and interest – would hit $20 billion. https://californiaglobe.com/fr/fed-unemployment-debt-to-hit-20-billion/ We were wrong – that didn’t happen until January 3, 2024. Even though six of...