Monthly Archives: June 2017

Why so Few Use Mass Transit

Posted on June 30, 2017 by David H Lukenbill

Because of problems like this. Right now, one reason is that it is too darn hot. Fox40 explains: An excerpt. SACRAMENTO — Multiple Sacramento Regional Transit District train operators have complained during the extremely hot days that the temperatures in … Continue reading →

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Fixing Our Water System

Posted on June 29, 2017 by David H Lukenbill

This article from California Magazine points the way. An excerpt. On February 12, 2017, nearly 200,000 Californians got the order to flee for their lives. Record winter rains had filled Lake Oroville, the vast reservoir that anchors the California State Water … Continue reading →

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Salmon Recovery Efforts Celebrated

Posted on June 28, 2017 by David H Lukenbill

Always good news, from Maven’s Notebook: An excerpt. DURHAM – Partners from state and federal agencies, conservation organizations, water districts, and farmers today commemorated the 20th anniversary of restoration efforts on Butte Creek that have led to a significant recovery … Continue reading →

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Parkway Fires Start Up Again

Posted on June 27, 2017 by David H Lukenbill

Due to the failure of local leadership to remove illegal campers from the Parkway’s Skid Row—Discovery Park to Cal Expo—the Parkway is burning again, as this June 22nd article from the Sacramento Bee reports. An excerpt. A grass fire burned … Continue reading →

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A Sacramento Bee Home Run

Posted on June 26, 2017 by David H Lukenbill

In one magnificent page—the back page of the Sunday Forum section, the Sacramento Bee nailed it; pointing out in Jack Ohman’s cartoon, the absurdly dangerous aspects of riding a bike in the Parkway’s Skid Row—Discovery Park to Cal Expo—and in … Continue reading →

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Dog Whistle?

Posted on June 23, 2017 by David H Lukenbill

A political dog whistle is, according to Wikipedia: “Dog-whistle politics is political messaging employing coded language that appears to mean one thing to the general population but has an additional, different or more specific resonance for a targeted subgroup.” Is … Continue reading →

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Letter Published in Bee

Posted on June 22, 2017 by David H Lukenbill

River parkway Re “Will cleaning up the American River Parkway send more homeless people into the suburbs?” (sacbee.com, June 17): There is general agreement that solving the illegal camping in the American River Parkway requires vigorous enforcement of existing law. … Continue reading →

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Cleaning up the Parkway

Posted on June 19, 2017 by David H Lukenbill

The title of this article in the Sacramento Bee is Will cleaning up the American River Parkway send more homeless people into the suburbs?  Of course it will, and that is why the city/county needs to adopt a model that … Continue reading →

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Delta as National Heritage Area?

Posted on June 15, 2017 by David H Lukenbill

A process we have long called for the American River Watershed—see our report (p. 30 on)—appears to be well underway for the Delta, according to this story from News Deeply. An excerpt. California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is a unique landscape: … Continue reading →

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California Becoming Socialist?

Posted on June 14, 2017 by David H Lukenbill

Perhaps, but you decide, after reading this provocative article from New Geography. Personally, I think the pendulum will swing back fairly soon. An excerpt. California is widely celebrated as the fount of technical, cultural and political innovation. Now we seem … Continue reading →

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