Sen. Bob Wieckowski Archives - California Globe

California Government is the Reason for California’s Housing Shortage

March 5, 2020 9:15 amMarch 6, 2020 8:40 am

The homebuilder Lennar has new affordable homes for sale in San Antonio, Texas with nine different floor plans to choose from at a variety of price points – starting in the $130,000s. In California, permits and development fees often total...

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While Cities’ Homeless Populations Surge, California’s Homeless Industrial Complex Grows

July 30, 2019 9:39 amJuly 31, 2019 10:22 am

Cities throughout the state of California saw their homeless populations surge in the last two years. Yet, Democrat politicians try to normalize homelessness, while at the same time, try to make California residents accept epidemic levels of homeless as a...

Job Killers: Business Tax Increases Pending Passage by CA Legislature

June 11, 2019 7:40 amJune 11, 2019 7:48 am

Chris Micheli posted a list of pending tax legislation of particular interest to the California business community. These bills are continuing through the legislative process, awaiting passage. Some of these bills are on the Cal Chamber Job Killer list. “These...

New Bureau of Environmental Justice Seeking Funding and Enforcement Power?

June 6, 2019 2:05 amJune 6, 2019 1:28 pm

In February of 2018, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra created the Bureau of Environmental Justice within the Environment Section at the California Department of Justice. The mission of this agency within an agency is “to protect people and communities that...

California Gas Prices Surging Above $4.00. Again.

April 16, 2019 10:37 amApril 16, 2019 10:56 am

Having just returned from a trip to Virginia, where gas prices ranged from $2.49 to $2.55, it was astounding to see California gas prices surging above $4.00 per gallon. Again. Now it is being reported that gasoline prices at the...

Huntington Beach Sued While Marin County Exempted from Affordable Housing Requirements

January 31, 2019 1:05 amFebruary 3, 2019 8:20 am

While Gov. Gavin Newsom has sued the Orange County city of Huntington Beach for failing to provide enough additional “affordable housing,” his own home county of Marin is enjoying a moratorium on affordable housing building requirements until 2028. “But some...