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New Cal Grid CEO is Ex-Enron Green Power Trader

September 29, 2020 11:59 amSeptember 29, 2020 2:17 pm

Elliot Mainzer, will be the new CEO of the California Independent System Operator (Cal-ISO), as of October 1, replacing Steven Berberich who is retiring. Mainzer does not hide from his resume that he once “established” the “Renewable Power Desk” for...

Mayor Eric Garcetti is the one ‘Failing on the Basics’

September 17, 2020 2:34 amSeptember 16, 2020 8:52 pm

On a recent national news interview, Mayor Eric Garcetti, said that President Trump is “failing on the basics.” Ironically, Mayor Garcetti was saying this as the city of Los Angeles, which he is supposed to be running, falls further into...

Kamala Harris Embodies the Corrupt Marriage Between Labor and the Left

August 19, 2020 3:22 pmAugust 19, 2020 4:00 pm

In early August, Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza — self-described “trained Marxist” and author of a list of political demands that includes reparations, defunding police and eliminating capitalism — issued a gentle hint to presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe...

Tax fighter Howard Jarvis, author of Proposition 13

Prop. 15 Split Roll Will Eventually Cancel Prop. 13

August 7, 2020 7:10 amAugust 7, 2020 11:10 am

It was elderly widows who were being thrown out of their homes for unpaid property taxes in 1975 before Proposition 13. Now with Proposition 15 it will be mom and pop businesses in leased buildings, and Uber drivers who own...

Why 2020 is Primed For Opportunity Zone Investments

July 31, 2020 10:45 amJuly 31, 2020 11:21 am

Amid all the bad news, there may be one bright spot this summer (and beyond) for investors: Opportunity Zones. New deadlines, growing momentum, and various market factors will converge to make such investments — and the positive social impact they...

A Bold Idea for California’s GOP

July 23, 2020 9:30 amJuly 23, 2020 9:30 am

After attempting to energize the grassroots back in January with mass emails declaring “President Trump Needs Your Help!,” and “President Donald Trump vs. 45 CA Democrats,” and “Trump wants to fix California’s homeless problem,” and “Will the Impeachment Sham Ever...

Former LA County Sup. Mike Antonovich Endorses Antonio Delgado for Congress

July 20, 2020 2:55 pmJuly 20, 2020 2:14 pm

The 40th Congressional District of California has long been ceded to Democratic Party control, as the father-daughter dynasty of Edward Roybal and Lucille Roybal-Allard owned this congressional seat for nearly 60 years. The southeast Los Angeles corridor of industrial cities...