Governor – Page 510 – California Globe

Ringside: Floating Offshore Wind – A Financial Catastrophe

August 15, 2024 2:08 pmAugust 15, 2024 2:08 pm

When it comes to looming financial and environmental catastrophes, nothing can compare to floating offshore wind. It is energy policy at its worst. In an analysis earlier this year (WC #36), using cost estimates published by a European energy consulting firm, I...

Inflation is Down? What Are the Real Numbers and How Do We Access Them?

August 15, 2024 2:55 amAugust 15, 2024 6:37 am

Inflation is outpacing wages. But the left wants you to believe “Americans’ wages are finally outpacing inflation.” (Fake News). The Labor Department announced on Wednesday that the consumer price index rose 0.2% in July from the previous month, in line...

California Jobs for Graduates Program

August 15, 2024 2:30 amAugust 15, 2024 2:31 am

California’s Unemployment Insurance Code contains the Jobs for California Graduates Program in Division 3, Part 1, Chapter 2, Article 5. Section 9900 expresses the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to support the expansion of the Jobs for...

SF Housing Finance Authority Drops $20 Billion Bond Effort

August 14, 2024 4:52 pmAugust 14, 2024 4:52 pm

The Bay Area Housing Finance Authority (BAHFA) today dropped its campaign to pass a $20 billion so-called affordable housing bond. Facing the almost certain loss at the polls, the BAHFA board met in closed session and unanimously decided that – on...

Crumbling California: Even Denny’s Closes in San Francisco

August 14, 2024 8:00 amAugust 14, 2024 8:00 am

The last Denny’s restaurant in San Francisco has closed its doors. “The cost of doing business is tremendous. There’s vandalism, and people come and eat and walk away, and there’s no one to stop them.” Only California Democrats could turn...

OPINION: California Slavery Reparations Fallacies

August 14, 2024 7:30 amAugust 14, 2024 7:31 am

In June, CalMatters published an item by Democrat Assemblyman Reggie Jones-Sawyer, member of the California (slavery) Reparations Task Force that, for over three million California taxpayer dollars, rendered a Report of over a thousand pages, much of which had absolutely...

Republicans Supporting California’s $10 Billion School Building Bond on Nov. Ballot

August 14, 2024 2:55 amAugust 20, 2024 9:12 am

The California Republican Party is considering endorsing Proposition 2, a bond initiative authorizing the state to borrow $10 billion to fund repairs and upgrades to California public schools. The California Legislature already weighed in and passed legislation to put the...