Close-up of a brown drainage pipe releasing water into a metal grate in a courtyard. Concept of rainwater management, plumbing, and urban infrastructure.OPINION — California’s cities spend hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars each year to manage their clean water obligations, yet violations persist with no clear end in sight.
Heat Pump Install Service. Worker Hand with Tools Installing Heat Pump System or Conditioner.OPINION — One of California’s most surprising clean energy affordability breakthroughs isn’t unfolding in San Francisco or Los Angeles. It’s happening in hot, dry rural Kern County, where local contractors have turned the region into one of the state’s most productive markets for heat pump water heaters — efficient electric appliances that cut pollution and lower energy bills.
The California Aqueduct flows in Palmdale, California, near Godde Hill Road.OPINION — This spring, the candidates for governor gathered in Fresno for the California Gubernatorial Candidate Forum, “Affordability and Rural California,” and spent time talking about water.
Security guard, radio and cctv monitor, communication and inspection service for building safety. Screen, video surveillance agency and law officer in control room talking on two way intercom system.OPINION — A few years ago, California lawmakers set out to help fast food workers by raising their minimum wage. The intention was good, but the result was not what anyone promised.
Network engineer working in server room. Connecting network cables to switches. Data centerOPINION — The Charter Communications acquisition of Cox Communications is another major opportunity for California to close the Digital Divide.
Special agent listens on the reel tape recorder. Officer wiretapping in headphones. Spying of conversations.OPINION — The California Invasion of Privacy Act, or CIPA, has become the weapon of choice in web privacy litigation. A staggering 75% of all web privacy claims are CIPA-related.
Single family homes under construction on an empty streetOPINION — In a recent commentary, the California Building Industry Association suggested it’s the impact fees paid by developers that make it hard to build homes Californians can afford. While that sounds convenient, it doesn’t stand up to the facts or to common sense if we just ask the obvious follow-up question: Then what?
California State Capitol building on a sunny day in Sacramento. Image by miroslav_1. OPINION — California’s immigrant communities know what it feels like to be targeted.
Tractor with large chemicals tank working in the field and spraying pesticides in sunset.OPINION — Proposition 4’s $10 billion restoration bond contains no statutory requirement linking funded treatments to compound-specific baseline monitoring. The Legislature could fix that through budget trailer bill language. It hasn’t.
Aerial panorama landscape view of a large new build housing development on green belt land due to a housing shortage with characterless design for first time buyersOPINION — There’s a lot of negativity surrounding the housing debate in California but not a lot of constructive criticism. It’s worth asking: what can the California legislature do to bring down the cost of a home?