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Credit: Wikimedia Commons The upcoming open primaries on June 5 will alter California’s political landscape considerably. Will open primaries help end political gridlock? Let’s hope so. But they could also lead to serious divisions within parties and might not lead to much change at all. In the first-ever open primaries on June 5th, California [...] Suisun Marsh Salinity Control Gates near Collinsville. Credit: water.ca.gov The Sacramento Delta is ground zero for California water wars. Water from it is pumped to the Central Valley for agriculture and also to southern California. But the Delta needs that water for farming, fishing, and recreation. This is second in my series of articles [...] 40 Democratic legislators in California want the head of the Fish and Game Commission to resign because he killed a mountain lion legally in Idaho. Veteran Sacramento Bee reporter Dan Walters slams this idiocy. Mountain lion hunting is illegal in California, thanks to a ballot measure approved by voters in 1990. It is, however, not [...] capoliticalreview.com You may be startled to learn that California ranks at the very bottom in spending on education as compared to other states. It is 50th in the nation, dead last, in students per teacher and librarian, 49th in students per guidance counselor, and not above 45th is other categories. Clearly, California has been [...] peachygreen.com The California Air Resources Board, in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, has mandated that automakers put 1.4 million electric and hybrid vehicles on the road by 2025. Not only is this potentially not do-able as stated, it also has a loophole which prevents the plan from being succeeding. How CARB plans [...] Even though he strongly supported high speed rail in his recent State of the State speech, Gov. Jerry Brown is now hedging that support. He says the cost will not be anywhere near $100 billion and that alternative forms of funding can be found. However, he’s not given much in the way of details [...] Renewable energy is growing fast in California. The state has mandated 33% renewable energy by 2020. That’s a long way to go and a short time to get there. Wind, solar, geothermal, big and small hydropower, tidal power, and wave power can probably get California to generate that much power by 2020. But that’s [...] keetsa.com The Sierras have had practically no snow this year. Lake Tahoe, which relies on skiing for income, has no ski areas operating at full capacity. Some only have 30% of their lifts open. Last year, they had 50 feet of snow in some places. The Sierra Nevada is at a mere 14% of [...] californiawatch.org The California High Speed Rail Peer Review Group, a group tasked with advising the state legislature on high-speed rail, says state bond money for high speed rail (HSR) should be withhelduntil an economically feasible business plan is developed. Right now, the numbers are dire. The first phase of California HSR has a $25-30 [...] The California Department of Water Resources warned in a December report that 50% of the state’s aging levees are not up to standard and up to $17 billion is needed in repairs and infrastructure investment. This of course comes at a very bad financial time for California, as it is already suffering from huge [...] |  | ||||
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