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Something sinister in Warsaw?
Peevey received his B.A. in economics from Berkeley in 1959. He completed his Masters work in 1961. I don't know that someone finishing a Masters Economics program would have been in the same circles as a senior finishing his Bachelors program in Classics.— April 13, 2015 8:04 a.m.
Something sinister in Warsaw?
anon92107 According to his official bio. Brown spent a year at the University of Santa Clara, left to attend Sacred Heart Novitiate, a Jesuit seminary and in1960,left there and enrolled at UC Berkeley for his senior year. That was my only point, that he spent only 1 yr at Berkeley. I suspect that with him being at Berkeley for only one year, it had more of an effect on him rather than the other way around, which is what you seem to suggest.— April 12, 2015 8:35 a.m.
Something sinister in Warsaw?
don bauder I don't know about Peevey, but I am pretty certain that Brown only did his senior year at Berkeley— April 11, 2015 1:40 p.m.
Wah. What about last year’s water savings?
Raising water rates because of lost revenues due to water conservation may not be that simple. In1996, California voters approved Prop 218 which require local governments to obtain the approval of property owners in a local ballot measure before levying a new or increased tax assessment on those property owners. In 2006, the California Supreme Court ruled that the provisions of Proposition 218 apply to local water, refuse and sewer charges. IT basically said that water utilities can not charge not for water than than it costs to produce it. In August of 2013, an OC Superior Court judge rules that San Juan Capistrano's tiered model, which charges heavier water users up to four times more than the base water rate, violates Proposition 218. That decision was appealed in by the city January. After the the city’s lawyer predicted that he may lose the case. If the ruling is upheld, it could be a problem, not just for cities that currently use tiered rate structures, but for water utilities that want to "induce" water conservation by charging people who don't cut back a higher rate.— April 11, 2015 7:43 a.m.
Reduce water…and continue building? Huh?
don bauder, I don't know about your time, but trust me when I say that back in my time, teenage girls had every bit the raging hormones that we guys did. That was especially true for the one I ended up marrying.— April 10, 2015 9:21 a.m.
But will there be enough water for One Paseo?
Something I'm curious about is how much of the city landscaping in San Diego is irrigated using recycled water. Last September in San Clemente an expansion of the city’s recycled water plant went online that more than doubles the amount of recycled water produced, about 5 million gpd and will be used primarily to replace the use of potable water in irrigating landscaping, both public and private and for cooling some buildings. The City of Irvine has long been using recycled water. The Irvine Ranch Water District started to build a reclaimed water system the 60's. Way back then Irvine hadn't even been incorporated and it was almost all agriculture, but they decided it would be cheaper to build a sewage treatment plant and use the water on the agricultural fields than to pipe the sewage to a neighboring sanitation district. The Irvine Co. wanted to protect itself from reliance on imported water and then obviously when Irvine incorporated and grew to what it is today, they had a huge advantage. Now the builders are required to use it to water all common-area landscaping and community parks and the developers have build all the necessary piping inside their projects. I think the last figure I read a couple of years ago was that 80 percent of all business and community landscaping is irrigated with recycled water and 23 percent of all water used is recycled. Just curious if anyone knows how San Diego stacks up.— April 10, 2015 9:18 a.m.
Reduce water…and continue building? Huh?
Grilled brussels sprouts. Grill them with your bison patties.— April 9, 2015 12:27 p.m.
Reduce water…and continue building? Huh?
The earliest substantive evidence for cattle domestication anywhere in the world is the Pre-Pottery Neolithic cultures in the Taurus Mountains in what is now southern Turkey, circa 10,500 BP. The bull was the symbol of one of their gods, the storm god. It's thought to be how part of the constellation Taurus got it's name.— April 9, 2015 12:24 p.m.
But will there be enough water for One Paseo?
don bauder, I've seen this comment from you many times and thus far resisted. but this time I feel compelled to reply. That said, I know that on this position you are completely obdurate, so I am not going to go back and forth trying to prove my point. I will state MY opinion this one and the move along because there's nothing else to say. Rooftop solar is NOT the answer. There is no single answer, no silver bullet. The answer is a combination of sources. All of the world's foremost experts agree on that. One only need to look at Germany. Germany's renewable energy sector is among the most innovative and successful worldwide. Germany has recognized that it will take a combination of solar p.v. AND wind power, geothermal, hydroelectric and biomass fuels to accomplish their goals of bringing renewable national electricity to 80%, a 60 % renewable national energy system by 2050, not to mention reducing the total energy consumption levels in 2008 by 50% and reducing total electricity consumption from 2008 levels by 20% also by 2050. Again not one single tool, but rather a tool belt full of resources to use. THAT is the way to go.— April 9, 2015 12:13 p.m.
Chargers in Inglewood? Looks like it
Problem is, it was too good. I actually had to read it a couple of times before I got that it was a joke.— April 9, 2015 11:52 a.m.