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Nice perspective and attitude. Makes me proud!  more...

Burt's right - First, the tunnels will not stop the reverse flows in the Delta. In fact, the United States National Marine FisheriesService says that the tunnels will cause Georgiana Slough and the SacramentoRiver to reverse flow at times and may cause extinction of Salmon in theSacramento River. ...  more...

Can you say, Lawsuit?Does the proposed budget specify exactly where the money will come from to pay it back with interest? If not, it's just a money grab and empty promise.  more...

Will Mary Nichols, John Wallauch, Kamala Harris, and Governor Brown support the UN, Bill Clinton, Gary Condit, Al Gore, Pete Wilson, Gray Davis, Dianne Feinstein Barbara Boxer and the World Bank (GMO fuel) waiver? Can CO2, ozone and pm (asthma) be reduced with a GMO fuel waiver?  more...

Can CALIFORNIA CHeCK our water tap for GMO fuel alcohol?  more...

The building of twin tunnels will NOT stop the reverse flows in the Delta due to pumping from the Harvey O. Banks pumping plant. And the new, so-called "designer" fish screens have not been designed or built yet.  more...

What bunk. This was a cash grab, pure and simple. The Brown administration could have directed these funds to the California Department of Community Services, the California Energy Commission or the CPUC to support existing energy conservation programs already being operated by local DCS...  more...

So, what's the point of your column then?  more...

Licensed professionals certainly can provide behavioral therapy for children with autism that are on medi cal managed plans.  more...

Correction from the author: Medi-Cal managed care is governed by Knox Keene and DOES have a legal obligation to provide medically necessary basic health care services. Several years ago, the DMHC asked multiple Independent Medical Review Committees if ABA was a health care service, they...  more...

I totally agree with this legislation. Jailing and citing people for being homeless is the most absurd thing I've ever heard. Time for us to go back to being a free country. People like Mr. Lewis can go back to doing their masters studies while the rest of us live in reality.  more...

wtf  more...

As a former homeless services provider I believe this is a feel good measure that fails to address the reality of homelessness and actualy harms those it thinks it helps. Read "When Helping Hurts", "Toxic Charity", and "CompassionN Justice, and the Christian Life: Rethinking Ministry to the Poor"....  more...

I agree lets hear what the scientists, the EPA, the government scientists and those exposed to fracking up close and personal have to say about fracking. Activists must be 'fringe' because Jerry Brown has always been so liberal? Who wrote this article? Fracking has been done safely for 60 yrs?...  more...

Hydraulic fracturing techniques have not, as you say in the second paragraph, "been around for decades." They have been in the development phase for decades, yes, but they have only been perfected and adopted by industry within the last decade. Hence the very recent shale gas boom/drop in...  more...

Do you have any credible sources for the claims about "a variety of deadly chemical spills that have poisoned entire communities, whole crops dying out, sickened and injured livestock, and have been the catalyst to many other ongoing environmental..."  more...

Thank you so much, Ms. Nelson and Life Support Alliance for your courage and insight! With the level of incarceration in our country today, and especially in California, almost everyone, in every walk of life, knows or is related to someone touched by incarceration. Let's stop the shaming, and...  more...

Thank you Vanessa for this thoughtful and insiteful piece. As you well know, those of us with loved-ones inside this crazy maze of a system constantly find ourselves defending not only our loved-ones but ourselves. There are endless opportunities to educate those who do not have insite into the...  more...

i think us should follow california lead in immigration. http://www.celebrityo-1visalaw...  more...

your wite "The U.S. immigration system should reflect U.S. values. Lawmakers in Washington can learn a lot from California’s experience. " Our values are to obey all laws including out immigrations laws and our lawmakers should enforce our laws, not reward law breakers, instead they should be...  more...

Editor: I appreciate the generous article by Jim Cameron but wanted to make one slight correction: the final quotation in the article was not mine, but taken from James Q. Wilson's excellent book: Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It. As for Mort Saltzman's comment on my...  more...

Will GMO fuel affect the beef and or the water?  more...

BDCP = Boondoggle and scam on the highest order. Same as CA's High Speed Rail.  more...

A lot of companies like timeshare ones thwart local intents and ordinances. Diamond Resorts International is one of the violators at least when I worked for them.  more...

Nothing new under the sun. Not just in Cal Trans but in many units of government shows the lack of morals. A look at history discloses lack of duty/ethics in civil service and contracted work bases. Look at 20-20, Data Line, Eye Witness media TV news shows the DMV in the 90's with ID thefts,...  more...