by Katy Grimes As Appearing in the California Globe Most food items will face higher property taxes several times, as they travel from the farm to processing, packaging, distribution, and grocery store Agriculture was always considered sacred in the eyes of California’s property taxing agencies, and especially under Proposition 13. But that could change with [...]
by Katy Grimes As Appearing in the California Globe The real goal appears to be controlling the state’s energy and renewable energy mandates “Exactly one year after PG&E Corp. filed for bankruptcy, Gov. Gavin Newsom said PG&E ‘no longer exists’ and doubled down on a state takeover if the utility doesn’t shape up by June [...]
by Katy Grimes As Appearing in the California Globe Bicycle proponents blame large SUVs and more autos on the road, instead of fewer auto lanes Sacramento, La Quinta and San Luis Obispo are among the cities that have been awarded gas tax dollars to create protected bike lanes by eliminating or reducing the size of [...]
by Katy Grimes As Appearing in the California Globe Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. 1797–98 Despite higher water flows, biologists are reporting some of the worst spawning numbers in [...]
by Katy Grimes As Appearing in the California Globe ‘Expensive but necessary’ according to lawmakers “We have tried spending money. We are spending more than we have ever spent before and it does not work.” ~Henry Morgenthau Jr., Secretary of the Treasury and close friend to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and architect of the New [...]
by Katy Grimes As Appearing in the California Globe Right now there is no way to monitor individual indoor usage, nor is there a way to separate indoor watering from outdoor watering What is the real story behind California’s 55 gallons of water per day, per person? California Globe recently summarized some of the state [...]
by Katy Grimes As Appearing in the California Globe In 2019 California, the home of Silicon Valley, blackouts became the norm Fifty years ago in 1969, more than 30 million people in theNortheast suffered one of the largest power outages in U.S. history. Everything went dark. The blackout lasted 13 hours for many. The blackout [...]
by Katy Grimes As Appearing in the California Globe What about the bondholders’ $35 billion offer? California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday he is rejecting a $13.5 billion settlement that Pacific Gas & Electric made just last week with wildfires victims from 2017 and 2018. Thousands of people lost homes and businesses in the Camp [...]
by Katy Grimes As Appearing in the California Globe Future debt expected for infrastructure, on top of settlements, so power outages and blackouts do not become the new normal PG&E Corporation announced late Friday a proposed agreement to resolve all claims and pay wildfire victims of the 2018 Camp Fire in Paradise, and the October [...]
by Katy Grimes As Appearing in the California Globe ‘The Governor is creating more greenhouse gas emissions with idling cars stuck in traffic’ Recently California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an Executive Order authorizing the looting of voter-approved gas tax funding for road repairs and highway expansions to be used to fight “climate change” via the [...]
