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Roads, highways, bridges, power plants, waterways, and buildings need to be significantly upgraded. However, the financial reality dictates that such ambitious infrastructure projects must be properly prioritized and funded within the bounds of a budget. Critical upgrades must be undertaken with transparency, accountability, and frugality at a time when the state is facing years of enormous deficits. Independent voters will be looking to balance economic feasibility with much-needed infrastructure enhancement over the next few years.

prison health care
By | 05/09/2013 | California, Health Care, Infrastructure, Issues, Safety, States | 1 Comment

Brown has been on the defensive about the state’s inmate healthcare for the past several months, claiming that the care inmate’s receive is constitutional.

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cyber security
By | 04/17/2013 | Infrastructure, Safety, Technology | 7 Comments

As the United States and the world have a collective focus on Kim Jung-un, North Korea ,and a potential war breaking out in the Korean peninsula, there is another critical issue that has affected the United States and other countries around the globe: cyber security.

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public worker unions
By | 02/21/2013 | Budget, California, Infrastructure, Issues, News, Taxes | 3 Comments

Though California politics has been plagued with corporate and union misdealings, representing state workers is a priority for elected officials. Governor Jerry Brown recently reached out to a handful of.

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fcc broadband
By | 02/20/2013 | Economy, Infrastructure, Issues, Technology | 2 Comments

Last month, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski double-downed on the National Broadband Plan, a plan unveiled in 2010 to improve broadband Internet…

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The Boon of Private Prisons 30 Years Later
By | 02/02/2013 | Headline, Infrastructure, Issues, Safety | 30 Comments

Corrections Corporation of America began for-profit private prisons 30 years ago. Almost all states do business with them, but these ties could end soon.

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assembly bill 60
By | 01/16/2013 | California, Infrastructure, Legislation, News Ticker, Safety | 7 Comments

AB 60 was introduced by Luis Alejo (D-Salinas) and would allow driver licenses for illegal immigrants who can provide proof of tax payment or insurance.

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china_us_currency
By | 01/15/2013 | Economy, Energy and Water, Headline, In-Depth, Infrastructure, Technology, War and Foreign Policy | 22 Comments

America’s greatest economic rival in the foreseeable future is the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Since entering the global economy in 1978, China’s economy…

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