Feature – Page 104 – California Globe

The Abundance Choice, Part 2: The Problems With Indoor Water Rationing

May 12, 2022 2:45 amMay 26, 2022 12:13 pm

Perhaps the biggest example of misguided water policy in California are the escalating restrictions on indoor water consumption. As will be seen, the savings these restrictions amount to are trivial in the context of California’s total water consumption, yet are...

What the Attorney General Candidates Are Saying About Props 47 and 57

May 10, 2022 2:20 amMay 10, 2022 7:21 am

Over the course of the coming week, the California Globe will be presenting a question and answer series with candidates running to become the state’s next Attorney General. This is Part ll. Part l is linked below. Without question, the public...

San Francisco District Court Dismisses Trump Twitter Lawsuit

May 7, 2022 2:21 amMay 7, 2022 7:32 am

Judge James Donato of the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California ruled on Friday to reject former President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against Twitter for suspending him last year. The case dates back to January 2021, where, following...

OPINION: Education Lawmaking in California is Overshadowed by Teachers Unions

May 5, 2022 9:15 amMay 5, 2022 9:21 am

In recent years, California has become a national icon for modeling progressive education policies, thanks to a State Legislature occupied by a Democratic supermajority and a complacent education bureaucracy. The state has codified controversial mandates for comprehensive sex education, ethnic...

OPINION: Joe Biden’s War on Energy Has Weakened America

May 3, 2022 5:40 amMay 3, 2022 5:37 am

With a gallon of gas averaging $4.19 nationwide and $5.74 in California, Americans are being told soaring energy prices are an ephemeral problem created by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that have nothing to do with Joe Biden’s long-term energy policies....

Twitter Employees’ Feelings Over Sale to Elon Musk: From Hateful to Apprehensive to Happy

April 28, 2022 4:38 pmApril 28, 2022 4:41 pm

Following the announcement of the purchase of Twitter by Elon Musk for $44 billion earlier this week, employees have taken to multiple social media outlets and traditional news publications to voice their opinion about the takeover. Internal messaging has found...

Calif. AG Bonta Asks LA Court to Reject Lawsuit Seeking to Overturn State’s Housing Density Laws

April 26, 2022 3:30 pmApril 26, 2022 3:32 pm

California Attorney General Rob Bonta is asking a Los Angeles Court to reject a lawsuit that seeks to overturn one of California’s recently enacted mandatory housing density laws, SB 10, which allows for 10 residential units on one parcel of...