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Ringside: The Case for Carbon Sequestration via Natural Gas Power Plants

August 14, 2025 2:45 amAugust 14, 2025 2:46 am

In the case Massachusetts v. EPA in 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency can regulate greenhouse gases because they qualify as air pollutants. And ever since, electric power plants using “thermal” fuels have faced escalating regulatory pressure. How...

Port Congestion Relief and Mitigation

August 14, 2025 2:30 amAugust 14, 2025 2:31 am

In Division 6, Part 2, Chapter 2 of the California Harbors and Navigation Code, it deals with port congestion relief and port mitigation relief. Section 1740 provides three statements of legislative findings and declarations, including that there is a need...

Additions and Amendments to California’s Constitution

August 13, 2025 4:52 pmAugust 13, 2025 4:52 pm

To preface this brief article, I readily admit to being a legislative geek as I read and researched our state’s constitution. The current (and second) California Constitution was adopted in 1879. The first one was adopted in 1849, the year...

UPDATED: How to Kill a State in 5 Easy Steps – Gavin Newsom’s California

August 13, 2025 7:36 amAugust 13, 2025 7:38 am

California is one of only five states that haven’t recovered to pre-COVID job levels, and even our partial recovery is entirely dependent on government jobs. The California Center for Jobs & the Economy recently reported: “California’s job growth has been...

Offenses in California Navigable Waters

August 13, 2025 2:30 amAugust 13, 2025 2:31 am

Division 1.5, Chapter 3 of the California Harbors and Navigation Code deal with offenses in navigable waters. Section 130 provides that every person who cuts or causes to be cut down any tree, so that it falls into any navigable...

Step Over the Delirious Drug Addict to See Sacramento’s Urban Dreams Art

August 12, 2025 7:38 pmAugust 12, 2025 7:51 pm

Sacramento’s new Urban Dreams Art Experience is really interesting, and will surely make people smile when they see any of the 12 new pieces of free-standing art, including the giant squid on top of Mulvaney’s, a fabulous local restaurant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLquMnqZAkg...

California’s Senators Have Their Own Ethical Problems Without Opposition to US Attorney Appointments

August 12, 2025 3:30 amAugust 12, 2025 11:52 am

California has four United States Attorneys, three of which have been appointed this year, as is normal for a new Presidential Administration. They are Craig Missakian for the Northern District, Bill Essayli for the Central District, and Adam Gordon for...