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Court pick echoes Jerry Brown’s worldview
Submitted by Steven Greenhut on 7.31.2011
Gov. Jerry Brown’s decision to nominate Berkeley Law Professor Goodwin Liu to California’s Supreme Court is a highly partisan poke in the eye at Republicans, given that GOP congressional criticisms led Liu, in May, to withdraw his name from contention for a slot on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal.
California Dreaming: Money for Nothing in the Golden State
Submitted by K. Lloyd Billingsley on 7.28.2011
California, a left-coast state, shows its isolation from common sense in many ways, including the latest developments at the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), the state’s taxpayer-funded institute for stem cell research.
Give A Convict A Job
Submitted by Katy Grimes on 7.28.2011
Never has it been more evident that California is in a downward spiral on the verge of economic, social and political collapse — San Francisco is now pushing to make convicted criminals a protected class so that prospective employers cannot inquire about criminal records. An already precarious business climate in the state is about to get worse.
Making public pay for budget cuts
Submitted by Steven Greenhut on 7.22.2011
Sacramento – Last year, one of my reporters and her adult son were walking in downtown Sacramento when a couple of young toughs tried grabbing her purse. She pulled back her purse, and the robbers lunged at the two of them, leaving the son's face covered in blood.
The Alameda incident: 'First responders' who don't
Submitted by Steven Greenhut on 7.20.2011
We need to restore the principle that the real constituency for public safety is the public, not bureaucrats and government workers.
Old Boss or New Boss, state stem cell agency still a bust
Submitted by K. Lloyd Billingsley on 7.17.2011
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has chosen financier Jonathan Thomas as its new boss -- but it matters little who runs the state stem-cell agency.
Don't get arrested carrying a smart phone
Submitted by Steven Greenhut on 7.15.2011
Thanks to a little-discussed California Supreme Court decision, the U.S. Constitution's Fourth Amendment protections against "unreasonable searches and seizures" don't necessarily apply in California anymore.
The Truth About Energy Profits
Submitted by Lawrence J. McQuillan, Ph.D on 7.14.2011
America's largest oil and natural gas companies recently reported quarterly earnings, and as expected, profits were up. But the caricature of fat-cat energy executives lining their pockets at the expense of the everyman doesn't hold up to scrutiny.
Taking the Initiative
Submitted by Steven Greenhut on 7.13.2011
A series of bills pending in California’s state legislature would severely curtail the use of voters’ initiatives and referenda—and have already sparked a long-overdue debate about the virtues of direct democracy.
Legislators Cry "Less Power to the People"
Submitted by Steven Greenhut on 7.5.2011
California legislators ---- who seem unable to come up with an honest balanced budget, who always seek tax increases, and who won't pass even modest reforms to the state's unfunded pension system or to anything else, for that matter ---- want to blame the government's problems on voters, rather than themselves.
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