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‘Sustainable’ Sonoma-Marin SMART Train: Environmental or Autocratic?

June 14, 2023 2:05 pmJune 14, 2023 2:05 pm

The Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) rail line and bicycle-pedestrian pathway project has helped transport passengers across the North Bay since 2002, but at what cost to the taxpayers? The special District established by state legislation has piqued the interest...

California Endowment Advocacy, Communications, Etc. Grants Dwarf Others

June 14, 2023 12:53 pmJune 14, 2023 6:14 pm

$50,000 dollars – That’s what The California Endowment awarded in grants specifically to “make health insurance accessible to all in California.” $70,000,000 dollars, at least – That’s what the Endowment spent on advocacy, organizing, media, communications, empowerment, etc. grants. The...

California’s Cognitive Dissonance is Heard Around the World

June 14, 2023 6:47 amJune 14, 2023 7:14 am

In California last September, residents were told two things within the space of a few days – first, in a few years they will only be able to buy electric vehicles and then they were told not to charge the...

How Do You Solve a Problem Like CEQA? Part One

June 14, 2023 2:45 amJune 14, 2023 6:15 pm

Part One – How CEQA Has Made California Unaffordable The following is the first of a three part series on the impact of the California Environmental Quality Act on development in California and ways to potentially improve the law. It...

Senate Judiciary Committee Passes Bill to Require Parents ‘Affirm’ Trans Children

June 13, 2023 4:40 pmJune 13, 2023 4:40 pm

The California Senate Judiciary Committee just heard and passed Assembly Bill 957 by Assemblywoman Lori Wilson (D-Suisun City), in which a parent could lose custody for not “affirming” or agreeing to a child’s claims about gender identity. The bill, co-authored...

Labor Secretary Nominee Fumbles AB 5 Hot Potato at Congressional Hearing

June 13, 2023 12:37 pmJune 13, 2023 12:46 pm

President Joe Biden’s nominee for the nation’s top labor secretary, Julie Su, appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce on Wednesday, June 7, 2023—but only after being threatened with a subpoena for her eleventh-hour attempt...