Not Hell OR High Water, But Hell AND High Water: Acknowledging and Adapting to the Anthropocene
Oroville Dam in Northern California during last winter’s flooding; its main spillway had been damaged and water was pouring across and eroding... Read More
California: Housing Shortage or People Overage?
Last month, a lead Los Angeles Times story focused on California’s housing shortage, especially acute in the low and very low income... Read More
Too Crowded California Adds to Firefighters’ Challenges
Whatever else Donald Trump’s presidency may or may not mean, it’s kept immigration in the media limelight. Just as it was in... Read More
Her Hand Forced, Napolitano Changes Tune on Out-of-State, International Student Enrollment
For years, I’ve opposed the inherent unfairness of large numbers of out-of-state and international students filling university seats that should go to... Read More
On Sanctuaries, Texas and California Head in Opposite Directions
From the wishful thinking file – if only California would adopt the realistic approach Texas has taken to abolish sanctuary cities, then... Read More
Facing Huge Deficit, Gov. Brown Declares Cuts Essential …
… but only in programs that help California’s vanishing citizen middle-class California’s Middle Class Scholarship program (MCS) is on Governor Jerry Brown’s... Read More
Finally, California’s Brutal Drought is Over
What Next? At long last, a winter of record-breaking rainstorms and Sierra Nevada snowstorms has vanquished California’s record-breaking drought. It took record... Read More
California Assemblyman’s Valiant Anti-Sanctuary Bill Fails
In a bold, trend-defying but mostly symbolic move, California Assemblyman Travis Allen, a Huntington Beach Republican, introduced a bill to counter SB... Read More
California’s Crappy Air Quality
Population Overwhelms Pollution Control USA Today reports that six of the top ten cities with the most polluted air in America are... Read More
CAPS Ad Reminds Los Angeles that Immigration Drives Most Population Growth
Los Angeles, where I was born and spent most of my youth, is bursting at the seams – too many people, too... Read More