“Instead of shaming disabled consumers who rely on straws, let’s hold producers of plastic financially responsible for their waste.”
Read more: https://psmag.com/environment/banning-straws-wont-save-the-oceans
“The ultimate goal is to make conservation a way of life in California. Outdoor water use is also covered by the new laws.”
Read more: http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2018/06/08/new-california-water-law-restrictions-shower-laundry/
“California governor Jerry Brown wants to impose the state’s first-ever tax on drinking water, tacked onto monthly bills.”
Read more: http://blog.independent.org/2018/06/07/drinking-water-tax-the-last-straw-for-californians/
“The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved the regulation with little public debate or discussion, prompting criticism from one of the state’s top energy economists.”
“Grey and black market consumers don’t get hit with stiff sales and excise taxes, and if they can still get it from the guy down the street, why pay those high, state-legal prices?”
Read more: https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2018/may/30/why_are_californias_legal
“All over the United States, law-enforcement agencies quietly adopt technology that would spark intense debate if they first asked permission. They treat the public they are meant to serve as if its views don’t matter.”
Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/05/the-undemocratic-spread-of-big-brother/560999/
“Fontana is the third California desert town now known to have used this firm to prosecute nuisance cases and code violations, then turn around and demand thousands of dollars from citizens months—even years—after they settle.”
Read more: http://reason.com/blog/2018/05/01/california-town-hired-private-law-firm-t
“If Prop 66 had been in place when Mr. Benavides was convicted, he’d almost certainly be dead. He’d never have lived to see his exoneration.”
“After four decades of frustration for detectives, it turned out the suspect had been living under their noses all along.”
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43899483
“Who’d a-thunk it? Americans vote with their feet because they value jobs, economic freedom and prosperity, entrepreneurship, lower taxes, and less government over the opposite?”
Read more: https://fee.org/articles/americans-are-voting-with-their-feet-for-economic-freedom/