CAPS Encourages Resettling Refugees Close to Their Home Countries
The presidential primaries have distracted Americans from the ongoing threat to public safety that the Obama administration’s refugee resettlement program represents. The... Read More
Sierra snowpack shows improvement, but not enough to declare California's drought over
Matt Stevens March 30, 2016 Los Angeles Times In a symbolic moment in California's slow but steady drought recovery, a state surveyor... Read More
Census Bureau: Exploding, Unsustainable Population Growth Overwhelming CA., U.S.
By Joe Guzzardi March 30, 2016 Americans who drive on the nation’s highways, ride on city public transportation, or embark on... Read More
The Immigration ‘Clown Car’ – While Hardly a Laughing Matter, the Joke Is on Us
We have all seen the “clown car” at the circus where a compact car rolls into the center ring. A car door... Read More
Saudi Arabia buys California farmland … for the water
Elliot Spagat and Aya Batrawy March 28, 2016 Los Angeles Daily News SAN DIEGO — Saudi Arabia’s largest dairy company will soon... Read More
The Myth of Sustainable Growth
You hear about “sustainable growth” at city council meetings all over America. You hear how community leaders hire developers to create romantic... Read More
Arizona AG: Middle East Funding Terrorist Cells in Mexico, Central America
Joe Guzzardi March 28, 2016 In early March, Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich’s office issued a report which found a money trail... Read More
Calif. Wall of Debt Comes Tumbling Down
Reality Check: California is drowning in debt. As critics have long suspected, California’s rosy surplus budget reports were wishful thinking. Because they... Read More
Apparently in Some Parallel Universe L.A. Air is Too Clean, California’s Coast Too Undeveloped
Recent staff firings by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) and the California Coastal Commission (CCC) suggest that the never-ending... Read More
Job Growth Doesn’t Automatically Create Prosperity
Joe Guzzardi March 26, 2016 As seen in: Baraboo News Republic Newark Advocate San Marcos Daily Record Last month, the Brookings Institute... Read More