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Newsom already has the power to remedy the power outages


The Orange County Register | Daniel Kolkey
November 12, 2019

California’s goals of deriving 33 percent of the state’s electricity from renewable sources by 2020 and 50% by 2030, requires a significant diversion of resources that could otherwise go to protecting the public’s health and safety by reinforcing the aging transmission lines, towers, and substations.

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Local Officials Could Learn Something from LA Student Savings Account Push

Right By the Bay | Tim Anaya
November 13, 2019

It’s also questionable whether this is an appropriate role for government.  Do we really need the LA City Council to set up a savings account for students when any parent can go down to their local Bank of America branch and open a savings account for their child?

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Banning Plastics in California — The Fun Never Ends

Right By the Bay | Kerry Jackson
November 14, 2019

It’s appropriate that it was started in San Francisco at the Call-Bulletin, because California policymakers have entered a They’ll Do It Every Time era, in which they do absurd, frustrating, pretentious, and scheming things. The most recent example is a blueprint for banning single-use plastic water bottles approved on Nov. 6 by the Los Angeles City Council.

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