March 8, 2019

Highlighting all of CALmatters' work over the past week

Ron Nichols, Southern California Edison president, Rosemead In his March 5 guest commentary, Brett Bouchy delivers several mischaracterizations about Southern California Edison’s time-of-use rates.  In truth, SCE’s time-of-use rates incentivize customers to use power when it is cleanest and available at the best prices, and conserve energy when it is less clean and more expensive. […]

The tobacco-tax hike passed in 2016, but it's still unclear whether more medical providers will accept Medi-Cal, the state's health plan for low-income Californians.

A collection of commentaries by Dan Walters over the past week.

Financial analysts eye PG&E bankruptcy, toxic bills come due for new CalEPA chief, plotting a Republican primary challenge to Donald Trump

Negative impacts of a business tax increase would be felt far and wide, because business taxes get passed on to consumers and shareholders, and have a negative impact on wages for jobs that are preserved. The last thing middle-class Californians need is an even higher cost of living, wage stagnation or more risk for their retirement investments.