Government pensions, including CalPERS and the other public pension plans in California, are permitted to use far laxer accounting standards than private pension plans. This allows them to greatly overstate
This week, the Global Commission on Drug Policy released a 24-page paper arguing that the "global war on drugs has failed, with devastating consequences for individuals and societies
An amendment to the Homeland Security Appropriations bill offered by Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) that would have banned funds from being "used in contravention of war powers resolution&
On the heels of Gov. Jerry Brown releasing his revised budget in May, a recent poll conducted by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) found that opposition to his
We've all heard about how the Declaration of Independence was penned on hemp paper and how our founding fathers grew the stuff like it was, well, a weed.
The California Energy Commission has a useful website called Clean Energy Workforce Training with information and links for those who want to get jobs in clean energy or further their
The biomass plant being proposed for the small North Lake Tahoe community of Kings Beach looks more and more like a disaster in the making rather than a smart environmental
This month, California’s Citizens Redistricting Commission will release its first draft maps of the boundaries for the state’s Assembly, Senate, Board of Equalization and Congressional districts.
On June
To help school districts deal with years of massive spending cuts in education, in 2009, the state legislature temporarily de-regulated $4.5 billion in funds formerly earmarked for 40
When the Sonoma County board of supervisors fired Agricultural Commissioner Cathy Neville in March, she filed a lawsuit challenging the legality of the move. Neville argues in her lawsuit that
Many members of the rapidly growing and increasingly discontented Independent voter bloc might be libertarians, voters who describe themselves as "fiscally conservative" and "socially liberal" (or
Although the latest piece from the Associated Press attempts to throw at least a bone of coverage to Independent voters with the 2012 election coming up, it is riddled with