Kerry Jackson
Blackouts
California, Sunny With A Near-100% Chance Of Blackouts
In Gov. Gavin Newsom’s revised budget released last week, he asked for $5 billion to shore up the state’s electrical grid, calling energy reliability “an endless struggle” in California. And endless will it ever be as long as policymakers continue to pursue, with zero flexibility, an all-green energy portfolio by ...
Blog
The Data is In: California No Better Off Under Plastic Bag Ban
Newton’s third law says that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Politicians know this as the law of unintended consequences. They are well aware of its existence and have seen up close the damage it can do. Still, they make laws they know they shouldn’t. The ...
Commentary
A Little Truth About Microplastics
While most Californians sleep at night, there must be a group somewhere that stays up thinking of something else to ban. How else to explain the unrelenting march of prohibitions, from single-use plastic bags – directly approved by voters – to plastic straws, to gasoline-powered lawn equipment and eventually the ...
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Climate Change: Adapt Or Mitigate?
Along the Sonoma County coast, CalTrans is relocating a stretch of Highway 1 farther inland in response to the ocean taking out about a foot per year of the cliffs overlooking the Pacific. This concept is often referred to as managed retreat, where entire communities and neighborhoods are forced to ...
Blog
California’s Poseidon Desalination Adventure Might Be Sinking
A virtually unlimited water supply sits just to the left of California, there for the taking, as William Mulholland might say. But this state has little appetite for useful projects. The ambitious and enterprising Mulholland wouldn’t recognize it. Almost a quarter of a century has passed since Poseidon Water announced ...
California
Is ‘Blue Fatigue’ Building in Liberal California? Polls Suggest Yes.
The results of a poll released, appropriately, on Tax Day, indicate that Californians, no matter their partisan alignment, have grown weary of having to hand over so much of their money to the state and local governments. A separate poll arriving four days later shows that an increasing portion of ...
Blog
Earth Day: How To Avoid Discussion Of Real California Issues
Conspicuously missing from the Los Angeles mayor’s race, the Los Angeles Times “reported” last month, was an adequate focus on climate change. No surprise that the Times’ culture columnist and critic followed up by writing that “the only thing we should be talking about is the climate crisis.” Rather than ...
Commentary
Celebrate What Earth Has Given Man
Earth Day, which has been observed every April 22 since 1970, was established to educate the public about air and water pollution. Nothing wrong with that. No one wants to live on a dirty planet. But shouldn’t there be another dimension? How about celebrating what Earth has produced for us? ...
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If Cutting The Work Week By 20% Means More Productivity, Why Not Cut It By 50%, Or More?
Should California workers work fewer hours in the work week? Some state lawmakers say yes. Under Assembly Bill 2932, the work week for companies with more than 500 employees would fall to 32 hours. Those working more than eight hours a day and 32 hours in a given week would ...
California
Trying to cancel “Flip or Flop” won’t improve home affordability
One of the most popular home renovation shows has been “Flip Or Flop,” starring an Orange County couple that buys ratty houses, renovates them, then sells – usually but not always – at a profit. The pair, who eventually split, developed a loyal following of viewers. But in the eyes ...
California, Sunny With A Near-100% Chance Of Blackouts
In Gov. Gavin Newsom’s revised budget released last week, he asked for $5 billion to shore up the state’s electrical grid, calling energy reliability “an endless struggle” in California. And endless will it ever be as long as policymakers continue to pursue, with zero flexibility, an all-green energy portfolio by ...
The Data is In: California No Better Off Under Plastic Bag Ban
Newton’s third law says that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Politicians know this as the law of unintended consequences. They are well aware of its existence and have seen up close the damage it can do. Still, they make laws they know they shouldn’t. The ...
A Little Truth About Microplastics
While most Californians sleep at night, there must be a group somewhere that stays up thinking of something else to ban. How else to explain the unrelenting march of prohibitions, from single-use plastic bags – directly approved by voters – to plastic straws, to gasoline-powered lawn equipment and eventually the ...
Climate Change: Adapt Or Mitigate?
Along the Sonoma County coast, CalTrans is relocating a stretch of Highway 1 farther inland in response to the ocean taking out about a foot per year of the cliffs overlooking the Pacific. This concept is often referred to as managed retreat, where entire communities and neighborhoods are forced to ...
California’s Poseidon Desalination Adventure Might Be Sinking
A virtually unlimited water supply sits just to the left of California, there for the taking, as William Mulholland might say. But this state has little appetite for useful projects. The ambitious and enterprising Mulholland wouldn’t recognize it. Almost a quarter of a century has passed since Poseidon Water announced ...
Is ‘Blue Fatigue’ Building in Liberal California? Polls Suggest Yes.
The results of a poll released, appropriately, on Tax Day, indicate that Californians, no matter their partisan alignment, have grown weary of having to hand over so much of their money to the state and local governments. A separate poll arriving four days later shows that an increasing portion of ...
Earth Day: How To Avoid Discussion Of Real California Issues
Conspicuously missing from the Los Angeles mayor’s race, the Los Angeles Times “reported” last month, was an adequate focus on climate change. No surprise that the Times’ culture columnist and critic followed up by writing that “the only thing we should be talking about is the climate crisis.” Rather than ...
Celebrate What Earth Has Given Man
Earth Day, which has been observed every April 22 since 1970, was established to educate the public about air and water pollution. Nothing wrong with that. No one wants to live on a dirty planet. But shouldn’t there be another dimension? How about celebrating what Earth has produced for us? ...
If Cutting The Work Week By 20% Means More Productivity, Why Not Cut It By 50%, Or More?
Should California workers work fewer hours in the work week? Some state lawmakers say yes. Under Assembly Bill 2932, the work week for companies with more than 500 employees would fall to 32 hours. Those working more than eight hours a day and 32 hours in a given week would ...
Trying to cancel “Flip or Flop” won’t improve home affordability
One of the most popular home renovation shows has been “Flip Or Flop,” starring an Orange County couple that buys ratty houses, renovates them, then sells – usually but not always – at a profit. The pair, who eventually split, developed a loyal following of viewers. But in the eyes ...
