California avoids single payer budget buster
California lawmakers aren’t always the most sensible or restrained bunch. But that doesn’t mean they are completely oblivious to the dangers of some policy ideas. Like a single payer health…
How government makes existing problems even worse
Governments and politicians sometimes believe they have the power to solve any problem. Such a belief system tends to see politicians bringing their powers of their office (both real and…
California tackles the global menace of food scraps and leftovers
California kicked off the new year with a new law requiring residents to take more time to sort their trash, making sure organic matter doesn’t go to the landfill where…
California could double its taxes
California voters may have the opportunity to vote on a tax hike that backers say will help fund health care coverage for state residents – in other words, a first…
The woke come after metaphors
Some of the most dedicated foes of clear and powerful prose are academics toiling away in the nation’s universities. For too many of them, English is a tool of oppression…
Gavin Newsom justifies outsourcing state law enforcement to vigilantes
California Gov. Gavin Newsom took to the national press to explain/bolster/rationalize his proposal to follow Texas’ lead and outsource the enforcement of state laws on hot button issues to private…
California to phase out gas powered lawn equipment and generators
It’s official: California’s powerful Air Resources Board has passed new rules that will phase out the sale of gasoline-powered lawn equipment and generators. The aim isn’t to make your weekends…
The prohibitionists are riding high in California
Governments love prohibition, in all its guises and flavors. Prohibition gives rise to more law enforcement, which means not just more cops, but more prosecutors, judges, jails…and more laws and…
California regulators embrace blackouts
The global transition from oil and gas power generation to renewables is progressing through fits, starts, and the occasional blackout. But in California, where government mandates are driving the transition,…
California’s war on gas powered lawn equipment
California politicians like to approve laws banning things, so it is only natural to see Gov. Gavin Newsom sign a billbanning gasoline powered lawnmowers, leaf blowers and chainsaws by 2024….
