Kerry Jackson
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Read about Sacramento offshore power deal
Deal on Offshore Power is Latest Fool’s Game on Green Energy
Wind farms will supposedly produce 25% (or 25 gigawatts, which would be enough power for 25 million homes) of California’s electricity after the state completes its 2045 transition to an energy grid free of fossil fuels and nuclear power. As the Times story indicates, there are zero offshore wind turbines ...
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Read latest on California's ill fated hydrogen push
California’s Hydrogen Bomb
CalMatters reported in August that even “as California steers away from the internal combustion engine, the rapid transition is fueling a fight in the Capitol over how large a role hydrogen fuel cells will play in powering the clean cars of the future.” The only question, then, is how much ...
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City planners ignore the importance of ‘human capital’
City planners ignore the importance of ‘human capital’ by Kerry Jackson | September 14, 2023 Depending on who’s talking and who’s listening, the United States has a number of cities that are failing, caught in a doom loop of self-destruction. San Francisco is today’s favorite target. A succession of stumbling ...
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Read about latest green mandate failure
Failure of Electric Bus Maker Latest Sign of Trouble in Path to State’s All-EV Future
The wheels on the bus go ‘round and ‘round but it’s not a smooth ride when the powerplant is a battery. Proterra, the Burlingame, California, company that makes electric buses as well as large trucks, vans and components for other manufacturers, has filed for bankruptcy. Just as Barack Obama hyped ...
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CAPITAL IDEAS: Here’s Not How to End the Hollywood Strikes: Granting Unemployment to Strikers
With Hollywood’s strikes in the headlines daily and no end in sight, California Democrats are proposing legislation that would allow striking workers to draw unemployment benefits. If enacted, the bill would be a transparent gift to the unions that control California politics. To be eligible for unemployment compensation under current ...
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Read about latest job killer bill
Lawmakers Push Yet Another Drain on California Employers Stretched to the Breaking Point
If California policymakers set out to punish and in some cases eventually destroy small businesses, they would add to employers’ already heavy burden by nearly doubling the number of paid sick days they have to provide. Which is exactly what they are doing. Senate Bill 616, passed on Sept. 1 ...
Business & Economics
Read about latest tax hike push at State Capitol
California’s Already High Taxes Could Increase if Democratic Legislators Prevail
California has been losing businesses and residents to states with lower tax burdens for years, and the response in Sacramento has been puzzling. Rather than trying to compete with those states, the counter has been to instead raise taxes even higher. Following this formula, legislators recently passed Assembly Constitutional Amendment ...
Commentary
Read about lack of action on state water infrastructure
Farmers Flush With Water Now, But State Still Hasn’t Prepared for the Next Drought
For most of the state, the drought is over. The Central Valley is receiving their full state water supply allocation and farmers don’t need to pull water from the ground to keep their crops from dying of thirst. But that doesn’t mean the signs along Interstate 5 and Highway 99 ...
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Read about latest minimum wage push
New Proposal Would Raise Minimum Wage to $30 for Theme Park, Hotel Workers
Board Chair Janice Hahn and Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath have ginned up a minimum-wage hike for hotel and theme park employees working at sites in unincorporated parts of the county. The idea was introduced at the Board’s Aug. 8 meeting and will be considered as a motion on Sept. 12. ...
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Read latest on California's green mandates
Here’s Another Reason Why Electric Cars Will Cost You More: Repair Costs
Because they have a history of self-arson, EVs are an “insurance concern,” says Duggan Flanakin of the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow. But when they’re not burning on the street, in garages, setting homes ablaze, or making cargo ship fires far worse than they otherwise would have been (and sometimes ...
Read about Sacramento offshore power deal
Deal on Offshore Power is Latest Fool’s Game on Green Energy
Wind farms will supposedly produce 25% (or 25 gigawatts, which would be enough power for 25 million homes) of California’s electricity after the state completes its 2045 transition to an energy grid free of fossil fuels and nuclear power. As the Times story indicates, there are zero offshore wind turbines ...
Read latest on California's ill fated hydrogen push
California’s Hydrogen Bomb
CalMatters reported in August that even “as California steers away from the internal combustion engine, the rapid transition is fueling a fight in the Capitol over how large a role hydrogen fuel cells will play in powering the clean cars of the future.” The only question, then, is how much ...
City planners ignore the importance of ‘human capital’
City planners ignore the importance of ‘human capital’ by Kerry Jackson | September 14, 2023 Depending on who’s talking and who’s listening, the United States has a number of cities that are failing, caught in a doom loop of self-destruction. San Francisco is today’s favorite target. A succession of stumbling ...
Read about latest green mandate failure
Failure of Electric Bus Maker Latest Sign of Trouble in Path to State’s All-EV Future
The wheels on the bus go ‘round and ‘round but it’s not a smooth ride when the powerplant is a battery. Proterra, the Burlingame, California, company that makes electric buses as well as large trucks, vans and components for other manufacturers, has filed for bankruptcy. Just as Barack Obama hyped ...
CAPITAL IDEAS: Here’s Not How to End the Hollywood Strikes: Granting Unemployment to Strikers
With Hollywood’s strikes in the headlines daily and no end in sight, California Democrats are proposing legislation that would allow striking workers to draw unemployment benefits. If enacted, the bill would be a transparent gift to the unions that control California politics. To be eligible for unemployment compensation under current ...
Read about latest job killer bill
Lawmakers Push Yet Another Drain on California Employers Stretched to the Breaking Point
If California policymakers set out to punish and in some cases eventually destroy small businesses, they would add to employers’ already heavy burden by nearly doubling the number of paid sick days they have to provide. Which is exactly what they are doing. Senate Bill 616, passed on Sept. 1 ...
Read about latest tax hike push at State Capitol
California’s Already High Taxes Could Increase if Democratic Legislators Prevail
California has been losing businesses and residents to states with lower tax burdens for years, and the response in Sacramento has been puzzling. Rather than trying to compete with those states, the counter has been to instead raise taxes even higher. Following this formula, legislators recently passed Assembly Constitutional Amendment ...
Read about lack of action on state water infrastructure
Farmers Flush With Water Now, But State Still Hasn’t Prepared for the Next Drought
For most of the state, the drought is over. The Central Valley is receiving their full state water supply allocation and farmers don’t need to pull water from the ground to keep their crops from dying of thirst. But that doesn’t mean the signs along Interstate 5 and Highway 99 ...
Read about latest minimum wage push
New Proposal Would Raise Minimum Wage to $30 for Theme Park, Hotel Workers
Board Chair Janice Hahn and Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath have ginned up a minimum-wage hike for hotel and theme park employees working at sites in unincorporated parts of the county. The idea was introduced at the Board’s Aug. 8 meeting and will be considered as a motion on Sept. 12. ...
Read latest on California's green mandates
Here’s Another Reason Why Electric Cars Will Cost You More: Repair Costs
Because they have a history of self-arson, EVs are an “insurance concern,” says Duggan Flanakin of the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow. But when they’re not burning on the street, in garages, setting homes ablaze, or making cargo ship fires far worse than they otherwise would have been (and sometimes ...
