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Bill to Bring Back Use Of Dogs to Pursue Bears To Have First Comm. Vote At End Of Month

April 18, 2025 5:43 pmApril 18, 2025 5:43 pm

A bill that would allow the usage of dogs to help keep bears outside of residential and populated area continued to await being herd in the Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee this week. Assembly Bill 1038, authored by Assemblywoman...

California’s Carbon Crusade: A Reckless Assault on Prudence

April 14, 2025 4:04 pmApril 14, 2025 4:04 pm

California’s single-state war on human-produced carbon emissions is a case study in policy without prudence. From Sacramento, lawmakers tilt at climate windmills, imposing draconian measures that harm residents while achieving little globally. The state’s cap-and-trade program, punishing electricity taxes, and...

President Trump Targets California’s Overreaching Cap and Trade Program

April 10, 2025 11:35 amApril 10, 2025 12:12 pm

President Donald Trump has issued an executive order that targets California’s climate change laws and policies, specifically naming California’s sketchy Cap and Trade program, which ostensibly facilitates greenhouse gas emission reductions. Trump is promoting “all of the above” energy policy,...

California’s High Gas Prices Climbing Over $5.00 Per Gallon – Again

April 3, 2025 1:57 pmApril 3, 2025 2:03 pm

California’s average price for a gallon of gas today is $4.918; The national average cost for a gallon of gas is $3.260. In Texas that same gallon gas costs $2.87. Where’s Gavin Newsom? He’s not commenting on this on his...

Ringside: Quantifying the Variables that Determine Our Prosperity

March 27, 2025 7:00 amMarch 27, 2025 7:18 am

It is nearly impossible to read a policy document on the topic of energy or water that won’t make frequent references to carbon. In California, the race to achieve a “carbon neutral” economy by 2045 has spawned a carbon accounting...

California High-Speed Rail Needs $7 Billion for Bakersfield to Merced by 2026

March 27, 2025 2:45 amMarch 27, 2025 2:46 am

The California Legislative Analyst’s Office told lawmakers in an Assembly Transportation budget hearing Wednesday that California High-Speed Rail needs $7 billion in funding by June 2026 or else the first Bakersfield to Merced leg of the system could be delayed...

New Bill Will Permanently Establish the California Wildfire Mitigation Program

March 26, 2025 2:45 amMarch 26, 2025 2:46 am

A bill that would extend the life of several wildfire mitigation programs inched closer to it’s first committee hearing this week, with little in the way of opposition being found in Sacramento. Assembly Bill 441, authored by freshman Assemblywoman Heather...