State may soon assume proper presidential role
For all three decades since Ronald Reagan left the presidency, California has been all but irrelevant at the top level of American politics. Sure, plenty...
Thomas D. Elias
Western regional electrical grid moving perilously close to reality
Almost daily, California’s entry into a western regional electricity grid grows nearer. As the legislative bill to move the state into a deal with coal-oriented...
Trump poses threat to California’s pollution standards, clean air efforts
Californians interested in keeping this state’s toughest-in-the-world standards for automotive smog pollution heaved a sigh of relief just over one year ago, when the federal...
Secret meetings key to state’s energy, air and water choices
Many of California’s vital energy, water and air quality decisions of the last few years may have been made in secret meetings involving Gov. Jerry...
Massive early fires show merit in state’s response to Trump
No state has been more visible than California in resisting the environmental policies of President Trump, filing 38 lawsuits by the beginning of this month....
What unlimited party money laundering can do
For most Californians, the year-2000 Proposition 34 was little more than a meaningless formality. But not to politicians or political party officials. The 18-year-old initiative...
‘California WaterFix’ tunnels a show of colossal arrogance
The way environmental activists in California’s Delta region tell it, there is no part of government in this state more arrogant than the Metropolitan Water...
Missing word makes gax tax campaign misleading
One dropped word can make almost any written passage wholly misleading and confusing. Imagine if President Trump’s 2016 election slogan had lacked the word “great.”...
Remember the energy crunch? Say ‘no’ to regional electric grid
Way back in 1990, when Californians overwhelmingly voted to impose term limits on state officials, critics warned about the loss of “institutional memory” the move...
Solar mandate, under attack, actually good for consumers
Ever since the California Energy Commission adopted a new solar panel requirement for new homes sold in 2020 and beyond, the edict has been under...
