Kerry Jackson
Commentary
Learn more about California's water wars
Trump Victory Will Lead to New Battles in California’s ‘Water Wars’
California has been lately in the business of blowing up dams. So a decision to actually raise one is big news. In a deal approved by eight water agencies as well as the federal government, the San Luis Reservoir between Gilroy and Los Banos, the fifth-largest reservoir in the state, will ...
Blog
Read about the latest victory in the war on cars
A Great Highway . . . But Not for Driving
Prop. K will permanently close a two-mile stretch – more than half its length – of the four-lane highway along Ocean Beach between Lincoln Way and Sloat Boulevard. It will become a public recreation space. The idea goes back to the early days of the COVID-19 panic. “In response to ...
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Despite latest defense, zoning is just government coercion
Despite latest defense, zoning is just government coercion By Kerry Jackson | November 22, 2024 Central planning never goes out of style on the political left. On occasion, though, it gets special attention. That’s the case with a new book written by, according to Governing magazine, “an architect and zoning ...
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Gas Warfare in California
It took only a few hours after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a regulatory bill for Phillips 66 to announce that it is closing its Los Angeles refinery complex. Without actually using the words, the company is saying there’s no reason to stick around and be abused. In a ceremony designed ...
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When Ambition And Ideology Outpace Reality And Prudent Policymaking
Turns out the electric trucks aren’t selling well, so manufacturers will be able to build more diesel trucks than regulations were allowing them to. Yet again, the state tacitly acknowledges that its net-zero ambitions are unrealistic. It was a lesson learned late, though. Several states that followed the California model ...
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Desert Push for New Solar Farm Threatens Worker Health, Local Water Supply
In California’s never-ending effort to retain its self-awarded climate MVP trophy, thousands of acres near Desert Center, east of Palm Springs in Riverside County, will be “cultivated” to accommodate a solar farm. The Intersect Power project, centered on a 390-megawatt solar array with an adjacent battery storage site, was unanimously ...
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Learn more about voters' frustration with crime
Law-and-order voters in America’s second largest city finally fire their radical DA
Los Angeles County voters fired their district attorney, George Gascón, on Tuesday – with prejudice. As of Thursday morning he was down more than 20 percentage points to challenger Nathan Hochman, a Republican running as an independent who served as assistant attorney general under George W. Bush. As it turns ...
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CAPITAL IDEAS: More Rent Control Won’t Reverse San Francisco’s Downward Spiral
How is it that, in 2024, elected officials still resort to rent-control laws as a pathway toward affordable housing? Are they low-information policymakers wholly ignorant of rent control’s negative impacts? Or ideologues who know better but nevertheless stick to their agenda? In San Francisco, where the cost of housing is ...
Business & Economics
Learn more about how taxes harm economic activity
Does San Diego County’s Measure G measure up?
There’s no denying that the crumbling section of the coastal bluff near Del Mar that holds up the only rail line linking San Diego to the rest of California needs to be shored up. But is a tax hike necessary to get the job done? No, but that’s never stopped ...
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Should Climate Change Be a Graduation Requirement?
“UCSD’s new course requirement;” she says, “is intended to prepare students for the future.” There’s nothing wrong with teaching climate science. It is a legitimate discipline, just as physics, meteorology, geology, oceanography and astronomy are academically valid sciences. But there’s no reason to require every candidate “for a bachelor’s degree” ...
Learn more about California's water wars
Trump Victory Will Lead to New Battles in California’s ‘Water Wars’
California has been lately in the business of blowing up dams. So a decision to actually raise one is big news. In a deal approved by eight water agencies as well as the federal government, the San Luis Reservoir between Gilroy and Los Banos, the fifth-largest reservoir in the state, will ...
Read about the latest victory in the war on cars
A Great Highway . . . But Not for Driving
Prop. K will permanently close a two-mile stretch – more than half its length – of the four-lane highway along Ocean Beach between Lincoln Way and Sloat Boulevard. It will become a public recreation space. The idea goes back to the early days of the COVID-19 panic. “In response to ...
Despite latest defense, zoning is just government coercion
Despite latest defense, zoning is just government coercion By Kerry Jackson | November 22, 2024 Central planning never goes out of style on the political left. On occasion, though, it gets special attention. That’s the case with a new book written by, according to Governing magazine, “an architect and zoning ...
Gas Warfare in California
It took only a few hours after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a regulatory bill for Phillips 66 to announce that it is closing its Los Angeles refinery complex. Without actually using the words, the company is saying there’s no reason to stick around and be abused. In a ceremony designed ...
When Ambition And Ideology Outpace Reality And Prudent Policymaking
Turns out the electric trucks aren’t selling well, so manufacturers will be able to build more diesel trucks than regulations were allowing them to. Yet again, the state tacitly acknowledges that its net-zero ambitions are unrealistic. It was a lesson learned late, though. Several states that followed the California model ...
Desert Push for New Solar Farm Threatens Worker Health, Local Water Supply
In California’s never-ending effort to retain its self-awarded climate MVP trophy, thousands of acres near Desert Center, east of Palm Springs in Riverside County, will be “cultivated” to accommodate a solar farm. The Intersect Power project, centered on a 390-megawatt solar array with an adjacent battery storage site, was unanimously ...
Learn more about voters' frustration with crime
Law-and-order voters in America’s second largest city finally fire their radical DA
Los Angeles County voters fired their district attorney, George Gascón, on Tuesday – with prejudice. As of Thursday morning he was down more than 20 percentage points to challenger Nathan Hochman, a Republican running as an independent who served as assistant attorney general under George W. Bush. As it turns ...
CAPITAL IDEAS: More Rent Control Won’t Reverse San Francisco’s Downward Spiral
How is it that, in 2024, elected officials still resort to rent-control laws as a pathway toward affordable housing? Are they low-information policymakers wholly ignorant of rent control’s negative impacts? Or ideologues who know better but nevertheless stick to their agenda? In San Francisco, where the cost of housing is ...
Learn more about how taxes harm economic activity
Does San Diego County’s Measure G measure up?
There’s no denying that the crumbling section of the coastal bluff near Del Mar that holds up the only rail line linking San Diego to the rest of California needs to be shored up. But is a tax hike necessary to get the job done? No, but that’s never stopped ...
Should Climate Change Be a Graduation Requirement?
“UCSD’s new course requirement;” she says, “is intended to prepare students for the future.” There’s nothing wrong with teaching climate science. It is a legitimate discipline, just as physics, meteorology, geology, oceanography and astronomy are academically valid sciences. But there’s no reason to require every candidate “for a bachelor’s degree” ...
