Los Angeles River – California Globe

Ringside: Harvesting Urban Storm Runoff

March 7, 2024 2:15 amMarch 7, 2024 2:16 am

In a normal year, by the end of March downtown Los Angeles receives 13 inches of rain. Last year 27.8 inches fell, and through March 3 of this year, 21.3 inches has already fallen. This suggests that both this year...

How the People Can Fix California

May 31, 2021 2:08 amJune 2, 2021 11:10 am

The deadline to file citizens initiatives for the November 2022 state ballot is this August, and not nearly enough has been done so far. Active measures submitted to the California Attorney General include the highly necessary proposition to “prohibit slavery and involuntary...

Objections to Desalination are Shopworn, Discredited Cliches

March 7, 2021 2:11 amMarch 6, 2021 9:30 pm

Anyone who still thinks that the Huntington Beach desalination plant poses a significant threat to the environment should ask themselves: Why would Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat who depends on donors that never saw an environmentalist overreach they didn’t like,...

CA Desalination Plant Inches Towards Approval – ‘Environmentalists’ Apoplectic

March 3, 2021 2:20 amMarch 4, 2021 11:46 am

In a rare and commendable display of political courage and common sense, California Governor Gavin Newsom has been working to finally grant permits to construct a second major seawater desalination plant on the Southern California Coast. But don’t count on this new...