Monthly Archives: October 2022

With homeless policy—as reported in this article from the California Globe— matching its failure over decades with Parkway policy. An excerpt. “Sacramento County’s 2022 homeless count reported a 67 percent rise in the unsheltered population since 2020. The numbers, not … Continue reading →

An oldie but goodie from 2018, City Journal. An excerpt. “During his time in the White House, Barack Obama, along with Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State John Kerry, and other administration officials, asserted that man-made climate change was … Continue reading →

Leadership may mean well, but gosh, what’s going on here? Story from the Sacramento Bee. An excerpt. “Mayor Darrell Steinberg promised something big when he called reporters to City Hall a little more than a year ago — a comprehensive … Continue reading →

All in California, as this story from the New York Times reports. An excerpt. “BISHOP, Calif. — Perhaps you’ve heard this piece of state lore: California is home to the tallest, largest and oldest trees in the world. “Well, it … Continue reading →

From KCRA 3. An excerpt. “An effort to remove a nearly century-old barrier to salmon spawning, while still meeting the needs of competing water interests, is nearing completion within the Auburn Ravine near the city of Lincoln. “It’s been amazing … Continue reading →

A bracing report on what is happening from California Globe. The conclusions the author reaches are controversial, but hard to argue with given the continued rise in homeless even after millions of dollars has been provided, An excerpt. “How is … Continue reading →

A bracing look at such from City Journal. An excerpt. “California has banned the sale of internal combustion cars and light trucks beginning in 2035, natural-gas furnaces from 2030, and small gas engines starting in 2024. The state’s newest green … Continue reading →

A bracing column about it from The American Mind. An excerpt. “To any sensible person, contemporary environmentalism is so off-putting, misanthropic, left-ideological, know-nothing, anti-scientific, economically ignorant, and fiscally wasteful that any proposal for a “conservative environmentalism” sounds beyond oxymoronic. But … Continue reading →

Not bad from the Sacramento Bee. An excerpt. “The deepening homelessness crisis in Sacramento and the mounting frustration over elected leaders’ failure to address it have resulted in an irresponsible city ballot measure that encourages the public to take matters … Continue reading →