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California Democrats Play Water War Games To Get Even With President Trump

August 13, 2019 8:15 amAugust 14, 2019 2:47 pm

Playing water war games with the people’s water is getting old in California. The winter of 2019 brought 200 percent of average rains and snow pack. Yet the state is still holding back on water to farmers, and residents will be rationed...

Selected Highlights from California’s Constitution, Part lll

July 15, 2019 6:15 amJuly 14, 2019 7:42 pm

The California Constitution, one of the longest of the fifty states, has 32 articles (even though the last one is numbered 35), and three articles contain subparts (Articles 10, 13 and 19). There are approximately 365 sections contained in those...

Despite Double the Water Average in 2019, CA Imposing Water Rationing and Regulations

May 23, 2019 9:00 amAugust 13, 2019 11:58 am

California is abundant in natural resources: water, oil and natural gas, seafood, timber and minerals. Yet, the state has imposed water rationing on the state’s residents of 55 gallons per person, per day by 2020, is trying to pass legislation...

Californians Face Residential Water Rationing Next Year Following Record 2019 Snowpack

May 8, 2019 3:24 pmMay 9, 2019 7:28 am

Nearly one year ago, then-Gov. Jerry Brown signed a pair of bills creating permanent residential water rationing standards throughout the state of California. Senate Bill 606 by Sen. Bob Hertzberg (D-Los Angeles), and AB 1668 by Assemblywoman Laura Friedman (D-Glendale),...

CA Twin Tunnels Project Officially Dead

May 2, 2019 1:37 pmMay 3, 2019 6:36 am

The Department of Water Resources today withdrew its permit application before the State Water Resources Control Board for the twin tunnels project, known as the California WaterFix, and submitted notice to begin planning for a single tunnel conveyance project. They are...

Make California Affordable Again: The Grand Bargains We Ought to See

April 1, 2019 2:05 amApril 2, 2019 8:59 am

The good life in California is out of reach to ordinary people. The reason for that is simple: homes cost too much, energy costs too much, water costs too much, and transportation infrastructure is inadequate. In each of these critical...

California Legislature Introduces 2,576 New Bills for 2019

February 25, 2019 3:05 pmFebruary 26, 2019 2:38 pm

Over the last week, another 1,556 bills were introduced in the California Legislature — 1,108 Assembly bills and 448 Senate bills — for a total of 2,576 bill introductions through last Friday’s deadline, according to Chris Micheli, a partner in...