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California Has a Long History of Squandering its Precious Water

June 1, 2024 2:55 amJune 1, 2024 2:56 am

Gov. Gavin Newsom is bragging about more than $140 million coming from the Biden-Harris Administration to support “critical water storage projects here in California, including the Sites Reservoir.” This is curious since voters already approved Proposition 1 in 2014 together...

UC Berkeley/LA Times Poll Claims ‘Californians Fear Worsening Weather Swings Due to Climate Change’

June 1, 2023 7:51 amJune 1, 2023 7:53 am

Yes, you read that title correctly: UC Berkeley/LA Times Poll Claims “Californians Fear Worsening Weather Swings Due to Climate Change.” In fact, the Los Angeles Times claims “Nearly 70% of registered voters say they expect that volatile fluctuations between severe...

Coyote Parable Spells Out Perfectly What’s So Wrong With California

January 30, 2023 2:09 pmJanuary 30, 2023 2:22 pm

It has been said that the love of truth lies at the root of much humor. Biting, caustic, even sarcastic humor can make us uncomfortable when it points out weakness or odd proclivities. So is humor truth? A friend sent...

California Water Facts for Legislators

November 18, 2022 9:04 amNovember 18, 2022 3:35 pm

Everyone in California agrees that water policies need to adapt to changing times. There is even growing agreement that enforcing draconian reductions to farm water allocations (which will eliminate all but the most powerful corporate agribusinesses) and outlawing household outdoor...

Californians Vote for Inflation, More Crime, Water Shortages, High Gas Prices, and Abortion

November 9, 2022 9:27 amNovember 10, 2022 5:54 am

We have the worst inflation in 40 years, the highest crime in decades, a President who can’t remember where he is, an energy crisis, high gas prices and a diesel shortage, the open border, and Republicans couldn’t pull off the...

Four Californian Water Agencies Offer Federal Government Massive Colorado River Water Cuts

October 7, 2022 2:30 amOctober 6, 2022 9:50 pm

A group of four California water agencies announced on Wednesday an offer to the federal government to conserve 400,000 acre feet, or 130 billion gallons, of water annually from Lake Mead for the next four years. The announcement from the...

California’s Unions Are Misusing Their Power

September 20, 2022 2:54 amSeptember 20, 2022 7:34 am

If you go to the “what we do” page of the California Labor Federation, the lead paragraph starts with this sentence: “The California Labor Federation is dedicated to promoting and defending the interests of working people and their families for...