For Timber Industry, Two Steps Forward One Step Back
Despite the announcement late last week that the Governor and Legislature had reached agreement on a budget deal, lawmakers are still hard at work negotiating over which small proposals will fill out...
View ArticleLawsuit Abuse Awareness Week – A Time to Reflect on How Far We’ve Come and...
As the President of California Business Properties Association (CBPA) I want to join with Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (CALA) in recognizing Lawsuit Abuse Awareness Week (LAAW), which runs from...
View ArticleDear John: You’re All Wrong about Prop 13
In John Wildermuth’s Fox and Hounds column last week (Prop. 13 and the Unintended Consequence), he unsuccessfully attempts to blame Prop. 13 for virtually all of California’s financial shortcomings....
View ArticleProp 13
(Editor’s Note: Yesterday’s column contained some incorrect property tax data, updated numbers appear in the piece below) In John Wildermuth’s Fox and Hounds column last week (Prop. 13 and the...
View Article4th of July in 2008
Ramblings of a 4th of July. It was a beautiful day – sun shining, gentle breeze, clear blue skies, surrounded by family and friends, some I had known for 50 years and some for a few weeks. Lots of...
View ArticleStop The Madness!
When will government finally get it? At a time when California businesses are laying off thousands of people and struggling to keep the lights on, and local governments are having to do the same, here...
View ArticleWater: Will the Legislature get this one right?
The Legislature’s day-long hearing yesterday addressing California’s future – water, should be a wake up call for everyone that this issue needs to be done now but more importantly – it needs to be...
View ArticleDam Has Broken! Water Policy is Flowing!
Ending years and years of negotiations, countless start and stop efforts, and some of the longest most bitter committee hearings in the Capitol, today’s early morning light saw the California State...
View ArticleGreen-Hyping the Building Codes
California is on the verge of adopting CALGREEN, the nation’s first set of mandatory green building standards. And oddly enough, the green building lobby is leading an effort to scuttle this proposal....
View ArticleAre Energy Efficiency Programs Efficient?
Most of the attention around SB 350 and SB 32 has focused on renewable energy and petroleum but there are also many questions that need to be answered about the feasibility and expense in reaching the...
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