Governor Brown has traveled the world speaking out against climate change. But an exhaustive review of his Administration's actions shows they've often helped oil, gas and utility companies at the expense of the environment and the consumer, and that contributions from the companies often followed.

In 2002 I stood up in front of the U.S. Senate Energy Committee and presented reasons why Enron had caused the so called “California Energy Crisis.”  I was alone that day on a panel of senior regulators and energy officials.  My picture in the New York Times the next day captured the puzzled looks of my more important panelists as I failed to support the consensus that nothing was wrong.  

A major reform bill to prevent opioid addiction took a big step forward today with a 20-0 bipartisan vote in the Assembly Appropriations committee. Under SB 482, doctors in California would be required to use a life-saving medical tool to help them prescribe painkillers safely. The bill heads to the Assembly Floor later this month.