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Proposition 23 and California Employment
Capital Ideas
By: Benjamin Zycher, Ph.D
10.27.2010
Proposition 23, on next Tuesday’s ballot, would suspend the implementation of the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32) until the state unemployment rate, now 12.4 percent, declines to 5.5 percent for four quarters. A new study published by the Pacific Research Institute examines the employment implications of that initiative.
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How the “Green Jobs” Agenda Destroys Jobs
Capital Ideas
By: Julie Kaszton
10.20.2010
Proposition 23 on the Nov. 2 ballot would delay implementation of California’s Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (Assembly Bill 32). A recent study from the California Small Business Roundtable deals with the economic costs of that legislation.
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Walmart’s Sustainable Agriculture Campaign Benefits Farmers, Consumers and the Environment
Environmental Notes
By: Amy Kaleita, Ph.D
10.19.2010
Retail giant Walmart announced plans this month to expand their “sustainable agriculture” goals, including sourcing more of the food they sell from small- and medium-sized farms, and doubling the amount of local produce grown and sold to customers within the same state. While critics contend that the corporation is destructive to local economies, Walmart’s efforts to redefine the food supply chain may provide positive outcomes to both local farmers and consumers.
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Can We Fix the California Crackup?
Capital Ideas
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley
10.13.2010
Last month, Joe Mathews and Mark Paul of the New America Foundation came to Sacramento to promote their new book, California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix It. Few if any in the audience at the University of California Sacramento Center took issue with the “crackup” part.
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Back Stories to Waiting for Superman
Capital Ideas
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley
10.6.2010
Waiting for Superman, touted by Oprah, Bill Gates and other celebrities, is now playing California theatres. Academy Award winner Davis Guggenheim directed the film, best documentary at the Sundance Film Festival. Several back stories, and the star, will not be apparent on the big screen.
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The Whole 209 Yards: California’s Proposition for the Nation
Contrarian
By: Sally C. Pipes
10.5.2010
The November elections have been dominating the news, obscuring a story of great interest to Contrarian readers. Those readers know that this column finds little merit in most government policies on women’s issues or gender issues. Sometimes, however, a government measure can have a positive effect. That even holds true in, of all places, California.
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