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• Beverly Hills Hotel to be Sold—on the Cheap Due to Boycott effort
    Latest to boycott sultan of Brunei-owned Beverly Hills Hotel is Reseda’s Jewish Home for the Aging Hollywood is responding to harsh [...]
• Technology companies defy U.S. government by notifying users of data requests
    Technology companies defy U.S. government by notifying users of data requests Sarah Drake, Silicon Valley Business Journal, 5/2/14 U.S. technology companies [...]
• RIVERSIDE: City privatizes school crossing guard services
    RIVERSIDE: City privatizes school crossing guard services BY ALICIA ROBINSON, Press Enterprise, 4/16/14 Riverside will outsource about 78 crossing guard jobs that [...]
• First Texas—Now Tennessee-California Businesses Can do Better in Other States.
    Greater Memphis Chamber using basketball to do business in Los Angeles Michael Sheffield, Memphis Business Journal, 4/14/14 The Greater Memphis Chamber’s [...]
• State of California to STOP Subsidizing Luxury Cars for Rich—Great Decision
    ARB, Tesla at odds over rebate cuts for electric vehicles by JOHN HOWARD Capitol Weekly, 4/11/14 Electric vehicles costing more than [...]
• Six Californias backer Tim Draper responds to complaints
    Six Californias backer Tim Draper responds to complaints Venture capitalist Tim Draper has a message for those who are concerned that [...]
• Three Cheers for Fracking
    Three Cheers for Fracking by Gary D. Libecap, Hoover Institute Journal, 3/4/14 Thanks to secure property rights, this technology has the power [...]
• Far from Fireproof: 4 Factors to Consider About Fire Department Mergers
    Far from Fireproof: 4 Factors to Consider About Fire Department Mergers Public CEO, Chief Stewart Gary, 3/11/14 The past half-dozen years have [...]
• The reality of dividing California into six states
    The reality of dividing California into six states Allen Young, Sacramento Business Journal, 2/25/14 A proposal to divide California into six [...]
• Walmart a Boon to Local Economies, Study Finds
    Walmart a Boon to Local Economies, Study Finds Publice CEO, 2/11/14 According to a new study, the development of a local Walmart [...]
• California Government Transparency via TransparentCalifornia.com-Privately Done
    Transparency via TransparentCalifornia.com By Ed Ring, Union Watch, 2/4/14 In light of the strong public policy supporting transparency in government, an individual’s [...]
• LA hopes ‘Hacktivists’ will turn city data into user-friendly apps
    LA hopes ‘Hacktivists’ will turn city data into user-friendly apps Jacob Margolis, KPCC, 1/28/14 Student hackers from Roosevelt High School in Boyle [...]
• Bay Area Staples—Doing Job of U.S. Post Office—FOR MUCH LESS
    Union Delivers the Message At Bay Area Staples Stores American Postal Workers Union, 1/17/14     APWU leaders in California recently delivered the union’s [...]
• Grimes: Bill Would Strengthen Public’s Right to Comment Before Votes
    Bill Would Strengthen Public’s Right to Comment Before Votes By Katy Grimes, Calwatchdog, 1/17/14 “The people of this State do not yield [...]
• Free Market Google Ferry in San Fran—Why Not Sell BART?
    Google’s ferry — a dream deferred for other commuters Vicki Thompson, Silicon Valley Business Journal, 1/9/14 Google Inc.’s test of an [...]
• Great Bill of the Week: SB 838—To Stop NSA Spying in California—Co-Sponsored by Republican AND Democrat
      Bill would bar state from aiding NSA surveillance By Josh Richman, Political Blog, 1/6/14 California state agencies and officials, as well as [...]
• Demand puts premium on recreational marijuana prices in Colorado
    Demand puts premium on recreational marijuana prices in Colorado By: Shannon Bond, CNBC, 1/7/14         People looking to buy marijuana in Colorado are [...]
• Seiler: Detroit police chief, former LAPD cop: Citizens Should Carry a Gun
    Detroit police chief, former LAPD cop: Carry a gun By John Seiler, Calwatchdog, 1/3/14 California just imposed a passel of new gun [...]
• In 2013, Silicon Valley wages doubled the U.S. average
    In 2013, Silicon Valley wages doubled the U.S. average Silicon Valley was home to three of the top six counties nationwide [...]
• How technology might change checkout lines
    How technology might change checkout lines In the coming year, Revel Systems predicts more feedback in the checkout lane. Buying too [...]
• Matthews: Opinion: How to Be a Better Californian in 2014
    Opinion: How to Be a Better Californian in 2014 By Joe Matthews., Public CEO, 1/2/14 Forget Losing Weight. The Best New [...]
• Grimes: Can liberty in America be saved in 2014?
    Can liberty in America be saved in 2014? By Katy Grimes, Calwatchdog, 1/1/14 What will Liberty look like in 2014? And no, it’s [...]
• San Francisco at 1 million: City’s population is booming once again
    San Francisco at 1 million: City’s population is booming once again by Dan Schreiber, SF Examiner, 12/29/13 Most U.S. cities have [...]
• S.F. looking to public lands to accelerate housing developments
    S.F. looking to public lands to accelerate housing developments by Joshua Sabatini, SF Examiner, 12/25/13 The Balboa Reservoir, located between Ocean Avenue [...]
• Rural Tourism is a Critical Economic Engine in California
    Rural Tourism is a Critical Economic Engine By Greg Norton & Caroline Beteta, Public CEO, 12/16/13 Nearly 80 percent of California [...]
• New Year to See Driverless Cars on California Streets and Freeways
    Driverless Cars Could Be Cruising California Roads By Spring By Katie Orr, Capital Radio, 12/3/13 The California Department of Motor Vehicles has [...]
• San Gabriel Valley Towns Understand Need to Merge Fire Department
    San Gabriel Valley cities explore fire service merger Sharon McNary, KPCC, 11/22/13 Five cities south of Pasadena are considering a plan to [...]
• Plan to use decommissioned San Fran Muni buses for showers/toilets gains traction
    Plan to use decommissioned Muni buses for showers gains traction by Jessica Kwong, SF Examiner, 11/24/13 Word that a Muni bus [...]
• Lowest bidder CR&R being recommended to privatize Newport Beach trash collection!
    Lowest bidder CR&R being recommended If approved, the waste services company would begin operations in March. City refuse collectors would [...]
• City Does Right by Public: Los Angeles Opens Financial Books to Public Via Web Site
    New website opens Los Angeles’ financial books to the public Alice Walton, KPCC, 10/23/13 City Controller Ron Galperin shows off a new [...]
• Freeway Upgrades Across Southern California Nearing Record High
    Freeway Upgrades Across Southern California Nearing Record High Caltrans has announced over the course of 2013, billions of dollars slated for [...]
• The Virtues Of a Shady Deal
    The Virtues Of a Shady Deal USC Got Sweet Terms On the L.A. Coliseum. But It Solved a Classic California Problem: [...]
• Guv Brown REFUSES to Open Yosemite: Grand Canyon and other national parks reopen, on states’ dime
    Grand Canyon and other national parks reopen, on states’ dime Bill Chappell, NPR, 10/12/13 Thanks to agreements between the Department of the [...]
• Brian Nestande is a “Radical”: Wants Legislature to Live By Same Health Care Rules as Citizens
    BRIAN NESTANDE: Put state lawmakers into Covered California by Jim Miller, PE Blog, 10/2/13 Riverside County Assemblyman Brian Nestande opposes the federal [...]
• Governor Brown Signs Bill Requiring Court Order to Interrupt Wireless Communication Services
  Governor Brown Signs Bill Requiring Court Order to Interrupt Wireless Communication Services New Law Authored by Senator Padilla in Response to BART [...]
• San Mateo Parks: Time to Turn Them Over to a Non Profit?
    Nonprofit group aims to crowd source funds for San Mateo County parks by Max A. Cherney, SF Examiner, 9/15/13 The San Mateo [...]
• Government Decides to Consolidate to Save Money—Colusa/Yuba/Sutter
    Political Notes: Fate of Marysville tri-county juvenile hall to be decided next week By Eric Vodden/Appeal-Democrat, 9/6/13 A plan by Yuba, [...]
• Stockton Record is sold
    Stockton Record is sold Central Valley Business Times, 9/4/13 • Part of group sale • Dow Jones sells papers to Fortress [...]
• City Council to consider fire merger in Oakdale
    City Council to consider fire merger in Oakdale By John Holland, Modesto Bee, 9/2/13 OAKDALE — The City Council on Tuesday night [...]
• Private Answer to Ending the $$ Losing Gov’t Post Office
    Inside the Postal Startup That Wants to Stick It to the (Mail) Man By Marcus Wohlsen, wired, 8/29/13 Evan Baehr was called [...]
• Brick and Mortar Libraries No Longer Needed—USC Proves the Point
    USC Library partners with Digital Public Library of America Bianca Beltran, KPCC, 8/25/13 The University of Southern California Libraries is sharing a [...]
• Now there are TWO Cheaper/Faster Alternatives to the Corrupt High Speed Rail
    Canadian startup offers up Hyperloop competition Preeti Upadhyaya, Silicon Valley Business Journal, 8/19/13 Elon Musk’s Hyperloop may have some competition from [...]
• Wants Jobs and Government Revenue? Frack. Want to Financially Support Terrorists? Don’t Frack in California
    Report: Fracking ‘Brings Breathtaking Economic, Environmental Benefits’ by Wynton Hall, Breitbart, 8/17/13 A new report in the Manhattan Institute publication, City Journal, [...]
• Bay Area Progressives Form Non Profit: Unintended Consequence is Harming Unions and Building Underground Economy
    Advocacy group formed for “sharing economy” Patrick Hoge, San Francisco Business Times, 7/31/13 A new “sharing economy” advocacy group called Peers launched [...]
• California Prepares for a Future of Driverless Cars
    California Prepares for a Future of Driverless Cars By Katie Orr, Capitol Public Radio, 7/26/13 What once sounded like the stuff of [...]
• San Luis Obispo Auditor-controller, treasurer-tax collector offices to merge Aug. 12
    Auditor-controller, treasurer-tax collector offices to merge Aug. 12 By David Sneed, SLO Tribune, 7/25/13 The consolidation was approved by San Luis Obispo [...]
• Speak at Los Angeles City Council Meetings From the Comfort of Your Home?
    Speak at City Council Meetings From the Comfort of Your Home? by Zach Behrens, KCET, 7/23/13 Following city council meetings in Los [...]
• City of Corona Combining Departments: Saves $$-More Efficient—Fewer Administrators
    CORONA: Three city departments reorganizing In Corona, with no one to lead the department, it’ll be folded into Library and Public [...]
• The Rise Of Saudi Texas: Shale And Farewell To OPEC
    The Rise Of Saudi Texas: Shale And Farewell To OPEC Investors Business Daily, 7/3/13 Oil: Production data for April show how fracking [...]
• Left and Right Agree: Make Government Totally Transparent—Only Crony Capitalists, Elites and Unions Oppose Honesty in Government
  Public Records Act critical to transparency in California Jim Meyer, California Forward, 6/21/13 The Legislature and Governor Brown now plan on introducing [...]
• Costa Mesa Votes to Outsource Jail to Private Company-saves $$-Ends Union Monopoly
      Costa Mesa Votes to Outsource Jail to Private Company California City News, 6/6/13 In a 4 to 1 vote on Tuesday, the [...]
• Why the Business Journal is running ads from Texas: That is Where the $$ Is!
    Why the Business Journal is running ads from Texas Jack Robinson, Sacramento Business Journal, 5/31/13 Here’s an interesting twist in the Texas-vs.-California [...]
• Property rights score victory in Alameda County
    Property rights score victory in Alameda County By Wayne Lusvardi, Calwatchdog, 5/29/13 Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court John Roberts once [...]
• West Sac (government) getting out of the port business
  Is it the role of government to own and run Ports? Should government be in the private industry business? I [...]
• Seiler: 61% of kids want govt. out of their lives
    61% of kids want govt. out of their lives By John Seiler, Calwatchdog, 5/9/13 Here’s a heartening story. From the time they go [...]
• Sacramento Condo’s: 65% Sold for Cash
    Cash-only condo sales on the rise About 65 percent of condo sales in the Sacramento area are for cash only. Ben van [...]
• Apple Avoids $9.2 Billion in Taxes With Debt Deal
    Apple Avoids $9.2 Billion in Taxes With Debt Deal By Peter Burrows, Bloomberg, 5/3/13 Apple Inc. (AAPL) avoided as much as $9.2 [...]
• Best Bill of the Week: Assemblywoman Beth Gaines AB 661—Making Government Transparent
    Assembly Committee Approves Gaines’ Bill Calling for More Oversight of State Agencies Assemblywoman Beth Gaines, 4/9/13 SACRAMENTO – The Assembly Accountability and [...]
• Veterans Court Study Proves Encouraging for Organizers
    Veterans Court Study Proves Encouraging for Organizers Rick Rogers, San Diego News Room, 4/12/13 Each week, about 25 veterans are booked into San [...]
• California’s Fracking Bonanza May Fall Short of Promise
  California’s Fracking Bonanza May Fall Short of Promise By Alison Vekshin, Bloomberg, 4/9/13 California and oil producers such as Occidental Petroleum Corp. [...]
• 200 Ronald Reagan Quotations
    200 Ronald Reagan Quotations 4/3/13 Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911-2004), the 33rd Governor of California and the 40th President of the United States [...]
• How We Can Solve the Skills Shortage and Attract the Next Generation of Manufacturing Workers
    How We Can Solve the Skills Shortage and Attract the Next Generation of Manufacturing Workers     Written by Michele Nash-Hoff, San Diego [...]
• Orange County Experiments With Privatizing Ambulance Service
    County Experiments With Privatizing Ambulance Service By REX DALTON, Voice of OC, 3/27/13 For the first time, private paramedics were deployed last [...]
• New Leno Legislation Protects Email Privacy-Even Left Gets it right Once in a While
    New Leno Legislation Protects Email Privacy Senator Mark Leno, 3/20/13 SB 467 Requires Law Enforcement to Obtain a Warrant Before Seizing Private Electronic [...]
• What’s driving privatization of public transit?
    What’s driving privatization of public transit? by Kelly Chen, California Watch, 3/7/13 In Fairfield, officials have outsourced the city’s public bus service [...]
• “TIME TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT TEXAS WAR ON CALIFORNIA”
    “TIME TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT TEXAS WAR ON CALIFORNIA”   Tom Elias, California Focus, 3/8/13 It’s easy to see the four-day job-poaching [...]
• All bets are on: Sports wagering on the table in California
    All bets are on: Sports wagering on the table By Cindy Baker, Capitol Weekly, 02/26/13 There’s a lot more than table stakes in [...]
• Bipartisan Solutions For California
    Bipartisan Solutions For California By Ed Ring, Union Watch, 2/25/13 When Governor Jerry Brown, back in the 1970′s, suggested that California should [...]
• New Report Provides Recommendations to Improve CA’s Agriculture Industry
    New Report Provides Recommendations to Improve CA’s Agriculture Industry by Amy Kaleita, Pacific Research Institute, 2/7/13 San Francisco – The Pacific Research [...]
• John Seiler—Kotkin: Economy shifting to U.S. South
  Want a good quality of life? Go South. Want a good job without paying bribes? Go South. Want education, not [...]
• San Francisco seeks model approach to improve public housing
    San Francisco seeks model approach to improve public housing By: Chris Roberts, SF Examiner, 01/29/13 Mayor Ed Lee cited Valencia Gardens at [...]
• 5 predictions, 3 cautions from Cisco’s futurists
    5 predictions, 3 cautions from Cisco’s futurists Cromwell Schubarth,- Silicon Valley Business Journal, 1/19/13 Living to be 300 years old, getting a [...]
• Los Angeles Activist Prove You Can Fight City Hall and Win
  LA’s NC’s Demand 60-Day Delay on $4.5 Billion Street Tax Vote by Jack Humphreville, City Watch LA, 1/15/13 STATUS REPORT - The [...]
• California could be next oil boom state
    California could be next oil boom state By Steve Hargreaves @CNNMoney, 1/14/13 California is sitting on a massive amount of shale oil [...]
• 13,000 Local Government Jobs Cut in December-It is a Start
    Local governments humming a quieter tune By Steve Malanga, Public Sector, 1/4/13 The BLS jobs report today included the news that government [...]
• Could Occupiers and Tea Partiers join to fight growth controls?
    Could Occupiers and Tea Partiers join to fight growth controls? By Wayne Lusvardi, CalWatchdog, 1/3/13 Mixing metaphors, David Farber once said, [...]
• Self-driving cars ahead in New Year
    Self-driving cars ahead in New Year Central Valley Business Times, 12/24/12 • Google at the wheel • One of numerous new [...]
• Economist outlines CA road to prosperity
    Economist outlines CA road to prosperity By Katy Grimes, Calwatchdog, 12/20/12 SACRAMENTO — California’s economy isn’t dead — yet. With a few smart, [...]
• State denies $73 million in local redevelopment funding
    State denies $73 million in local redevelopment funding Carlsbad loses 88%, San Diego’s highest loss at $46 million By Roger Showley, San [...]
• Palmdale Approves Public-Private Partnership to Operate its Library
    Palmdale Approves Public-Private Partnership to Operate its Library California City News, 12/11/12 As a way to cut costs and increase hours of [...]
• Growing Trend? More Cities Consider Outsourcing Police Services to Trim Costs
    Growing Trend? More Cities Consider Outsourcing Police Services to Trim Costs California Cities News, 11/6/12 Baldwin Park is among the growing list [...]
• Orange County Airport Might Accept Bids for Private Firefighting Services
  Airport Might Accept Bids for Private Firefighting Services Voiceofoc.org, 11/1/12 Orange County supervisors on Tuesday authorized the potential privatization of aircraft rescue [...]
• Secret Discussions: Is LA DWP for Sale? Why Not?
    Secret Discussions: Is DWP for Sale? Jack Humphreville, City Watch LA, 10/25/12 LA WATCHDOG - The finances of our once great City [...]
• How Texas Pays the Bills-CA Can Learn Something
    How Texas Pays the Bills By Kevin D. Williamson, National Review Online, 10/24/12 Susan Combs, Texas’s comptroller, dropped an interesting piece of news [...]
• San Diego to post contracts online-truly transparent!
    City to post contracts online         San Diego News Room, 10/23/12   SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The City Council on Tuesday unanimously directed that [...]
• San Diego City Employees BID for Government Projects—“Save” $9.2 million
  In order “win” a bid to do government work, the city of San Diego FIRED 14 people. While they won [...]
• San Francisco to consider full-scale public nudity ban-end the show?
    San Francisco to consider full-scale public nudity ban By: Dan Schreiber, SF Examiner, 10/02/12 Citing a sizable and inappropriate rise in public [...]
• San Fran to End Union Toll Bridge Jobs—Modernize System
  All-electronic tolling coming to Golden Gate Bridge next year By Andy Wright, Bay Citizen, 9/24/12 Starting next year, human toll collectors on [...]
• San Diego Employees Win Bidding for Landfill Operations
      San Diego Employees Win Bidding for Landfill Operations     San Diego News Room, 7/20/12 Competitive bidding to run the [...]
• Grimes: CA State Parks Dept needs privatization
      State Parks dept needs privatization Katy Grimes, CalWatchdog, 7/16/12 While the State Parks and Recreation department, under agency Director Ruth Coleman’s leadership, [...]
• California cities lead nation in self-employment
      California cities lead nation in self-employment The Business Journals by G. Scott Thomas 7/9/12 California typically ranks near the top of national [...]
• Salinas NON PROFIT provides transportation for elderly—who needs government?
      Service offers low-cost rides to seniors, visually-impaired By Melissa Flores, California Health Report, 5/22/12 Judy Daniels, a Salinas senior, doesn’t drive anymore. [...]
• Santa Ana Moves From Edge of Bankruptcy: Cutting Employees, Cutting Union Contracts, Outsourcing
      Balanced Budget Released in Santa Ana; Outsourcing and Concessions Key Factors California City News, 5/24/12 It wasn’t long ago that dire budget [...]
• California Senate Paves Way for Driverless Cars
      California Senate Paves Way for Driverless Cars Legislation by Senator Padilla Would Establish Safety and Performance Standards Senator Alex Padilla, [...]
• Private Citizens Perform $4 Million Road Repair Job For Free in 8 Days
      Private Citizens Perform $4 Million Road Repair Job For Free in 8 Days posted by Nima, Economics Junkie, 4/10/09 Anyone who thinks [...]
• Why California Job Seekers and Investors Should be PROUD of Apple—Left Hates It
      Why California taxpayers should be steamed at Apple By Mark Lacter, LA Observed, 4/30/12 Part of it has to do with the [...]
• Boeing to Grow Again in RIGHT TO WORK STATE—no extortion by Unions of Workers
      Boeing secures option on more land in South Carolina Puget Sound Business Journal by Steve Wilhelm, 4/24/12 Boeing has secured an option [...]
• Time to privatize the L.A. Zoo? Parking Lots, Stadiums,Libraries?
      Time to privatize the L.A. Zoo? By Matthew DeBord, KPCC, 4/24/12 I’ve been digging through Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s budget proposal for [...]
• 49ers Departure a BIG Win for San Fran Taxpayers
      49ers Departure a Win for San Francisco Taxpayers by Randy Shaw‚ BeyondChron, 4/17/12 As construction breaks ground this week on the San [...]
• CA small businesses more optimistic than most
      California small businesses more optimistic than most Central Valley Business Times, 4/12/12 • But still not completely out of the grip [...]
• Editorial by Stephen Frank “Allow Credit Unions to Compete With Banks—Support H.R. 1418 by Royce”
      Editorial by Stephen Frank “Allow Credit Unions to Compete With Banks—Support H.R. 1418 by Royce” For the California Political News and [...]
• Texas Expands 80 MPH Speed Limit-Love Texas!
      Texas Expands 80 MPH Speed Limit Texas toll roads to post 80 MPH speed limits. The Newspaper, 4/6/12 Roads nationwide are [...]
• California traffic deaths at 66-year low
      California traffic deaths at 66-year low Central Valley Business Times, 4/4/12 • State says safety improvements should get some credit • [...]
• Good News!!! Foreclosure rates fall across Central Valley
      Foreclosure rates fall across Central Valley Central Valley Business Times, 3/27/12 • Declined in every metro in January, says new report [...]
• Patient punishment: Medicinal pot user weeded out of work
      Patient punishment: Medicinal pot user weeded out of work By: Joshua Sabatini, SF Examiner, 03/18/12 A union labor boss is asking The [...]
• Seiler: Local CA Governments Face Bankruptcy Quandary
      Local Governments Face Bankruptcy Quandary By JOHN SEILER, CalWatchdog, 3/16/12 Bankruptcy is the boogeyman haunting governments across America. It’s not a question [...]
• Apple Adding 3600 New Jobs—In Texas
      Apple to add 3600 jobs at new $304 million campus in Austin Tech Newest, 3/10/12 Apple Inc. plans to create a $304 [...]
• CA Proposes Rules For Autonomous Cars
  California Proposes Rules For Autonomous Cars By Kurt Ernst, Motor Authority, 3/09/12 As of now, the only state where self-driving cars [...]
• Lebarre: Americans First
  Americans First By Mike LeBarre, Exclusive to the California Political News and Views 2/4/12 We all have concerns, worries and heartache. Good [...]
• UC using more private developers for student housing-good start
  UC using more private developers for student housing Erica Perez, California Watch, 1/30/12 The University of California has been slowly [...]
• Choice of Energy Sources: Another Reason to Move to Texas
  Ten Years of Texas Electric Utility Deregulation Texans talk about electricity providers the way urban epicures discuss recipes. Greentechmedia, 1/26/12 Texas has the [...]
• Workers’ comp reforms, rulings cut benefits by 58%
  Workers’ comp reforms, rulings cut benefits by 58% Sacramento Business Journal [...]
• As Feds (Gov’t) Abandon Cities, Corporate (Private Sector) Clout Grows
  As Feds Abandon Cities, Corporate Clout Grows by Randy Shaw‚ Beyoin Chron, 1/17/12 On Friday, January 13, a large group [...]
• Market, Not Govt., Builds Cheaper Housing-No Surprise
  Market, Not Govt., Builds Cheaper Housing By WAYNE LUSVARDI, Cal Watchdog, 1/17/12 Is the demise of redevelopment hurting the poor? El Monte Mayor [...]
• Brown to welfare clients: work, or else-sounds like a Republican
  Brown to welfare clients: work, or else By Daniel Weintraub, Healthy Cal, 1/12/12 Gov. Jerry Brown is proposing the most far-reaching [...]
• Google: Major Player in Solar Industry
  Google Invests $94 Million in Solar Energy by Zoe Fox, Mashable, 12/20/11 Google announced a major investment in four solar [...]
• CA No. 2 in U.S. in government job cuts
      California No. 2 in U.S. in government job cuts Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal, 12/29/11 Over the past five years, [...]
• Mimi Steel: Community Organizing for the Constitution: The Price of Liberty
        Community Organizing for the Constitution: The Price of Liberty Mimi Steel, Exclusive to the California Political News and Views, 12/26/11   As [...]
• Faith in America-Faith IS America
  Faith in America http://blog.heritage.org/2011/12/26/morning-bell-faith-in-america/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Morning%2BBell Matt Spalding, Heritage Foundation, 12/26/11 “The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time,” Thomas [...]
• Fraternal Order of Real Bearded Santas (FORBS),-an Association for Santa’s
  Even Santa’s Got an Association TRACY WOOD, voiceofoc, 12/23/11 Everybody these days seem to have an interest group. Businesses have the chambers [...]
• Who Created Prosperity? Bureaucrats Or Individuals?
  Who Created Prosperity? Bureaucrats Or Individuals? By SVETLANA KUNIN, Investors Daily, 12/19/11 I am not sure what is more puzzling: President Obama’s [...]
• Man Bites Dog in San Diego-450 Jobs CREATED
  Solar manufacturing plant expected to create 450 local jobs San Diego News Room, 12/15/11 SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Soitec, a French [...]
• Outsourcing Could save parks and CA fiscal crisis
  Civic California A new law could revitalize local governance in the Golden State. Ashley Trim, City Journal, 12/13/11 California’s periodic crises have often [...]
• Barajas: Who Said Life Would be Easy?
      Who Said Life Would be Easy? By Hector Barajas, Fox & Hounds, 12/07/11 Enough already with this Occupy Wall Street nonsense. Don’t get [...]
• CA Traffic deaths decline to lowest level in 60+ years
  Traffic deaths decline to lowest level in 60+ years Central Valley Business Times, 12/08/11 • California sees 12 percent drop in 2010 [...]
• Taking the Pledge: Anti-Tax Pledge to Target CA Officials; Follows Norquist’s Efforts
  Taking the Pledge: Anti-Tax Pledge to Target CA Officials; Follows Norquist’s Efforts California County News, 12/06/11 If you paid any attention to [...]
• Good news story: Oakland Suing Rioters!
  Store Owner Still Waiting for Looters to Pay After Mehserle verdict, Oakland sued rioters, a tactic it may use against some [...]
• States Should Consider Modest Increases in Speed Limits-CA to add 5mph?
  States Should Consider Modest Increases in Speed Limits Baruch Feigenbaum, Reason, 11/21/11 While drivers in Europe and Asia can travel 87 miles [...]
• They are Here!!! Google to make DRIVERLESS cars in U.S.?
  Google to make driverless cars in U.S.? Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal, 11/14/11 Google is reportedly considering making its driverless [...]
• House of Representatives Votes No to $$ for Arnold High Speed Choo Choo
      New Setback for High-Speed Rail House vote to strip funding creates more uncertainty. By Kevin Riggs, nbclosangeles, 11/18/11 California’s bullet train can get [...]
• Millbrae votes to outsource police services
  Millbrae votes to outsource police services By Aaron Kinney, Mecury News, 11/16/11 TO SEE COMPLETE STORY CLICK ON BLUE HEADLINE “When we make [...]
• Man Bites dog: Unneeded Sacto Gov’t Agency Closed
  Postsecondary Education Commission shutting down Sacramento Business Journal by Kelly Johnson, 11/15/11 This week marks the end of the road for the [...]
• The Enduring Proposition 13
  The Enduring Proposition 13 Try as it might, the Left just can’t kill California’s property tax cap. Troy Senik, City Journal, 9/14/11 Los [...]