Comments on: Arnold Tries Again on T-Ridge & Rumors of the Week http://www.calbuzz.com/2010/01/arnold-tries-again-on-t-ridge-rumors-of-the-week/ Political news, analysis, cheap shots, commentary and more about California and beyond Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:10:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: pedronava http://www.calbuzz.com/2010/01/arnold-tries-again-on-t-ridge-rumors-of-the-week/comment-page-1/#comment-1775 pedronava Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:13:07 +0000 http://www.calbuzz.com/?p=5016#comment-1775 In case people don't think there are real world consequences to the EDC/PXP proposal, take a look at what happened to funding for African-American babies when the Governor didn't get his way last time. This from Sunday's LATimes: Schwarzenegger eviscerated funding for the Black Infant Health Program, one...important to Assembly Speaker Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles), after Bass failed to deliver approval of new offshore oil drilling as they'd agreed. One correction, Bass never agreed to deliver approval of the EDC/PXP deal. I was allowed to mount the opposition that killed it the last time. So for those who express appreciation to the Governor for bringing this mess forward yet again-don't be so fast to congratulate yourselves. In case people don’t think there are real world consequences to the EDC/PXP proposal, take a look at what happened to funding for African-American babies when the Governor didn’t get his way last time. This from Sunday’s LATimes:

Schwarzenegger eviscerated funding for the Black Infant Health Program, one…important to Assembly Speaker Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles), after Bass failed to deliver approval of new offshore oil drilling as they’d agreed.

One correction, Bass never agreed to deliver approval of the EDC/PXP deal. I was allowed to mount the opposition that killed it the last time. So for those who express appreciation to the Governor for bringing this mess forward yet again-don’t be so fast to congratulate yourselves.

]]> By: shewaa1 http://www.calbuzz.com/2010/01/arnold-tries-again-on-t-ridge-rumors-of-the-week/comment-page-1/#comment-1771 shewaa1 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:55:47 +0000 http://www.calbuzz.com/?p=5016#comment-1771 Why do all the enviro's act like this is the first drilling offshore California in 40 years? In California waters yes, but just outside the 3 mile line Oil Companies have been drilling for years and are right now. The Feds are just sucking up there share of the $$$. Now here is a deal that will bring $$$ to California and put an end to those Platforms. So not to rain on your parade , but drilling is going on right now , closer to Santa Barbara than the T- Ridge Project is... Why do all the enviro’s act like this is the first drilling offshore California in 40 years? In California waters yes, but just outside the 3 mile line Oil Companies have been drilling for years and are right now. The Feds are just sucking up there share of the $$$. Now here is a deal that will bring $$$ to California and put an end to those Platforms.
So not to rain on your parade , but drilling is going on right now , closer to Santa Barbara than the T- Ridge Project is…

]]> By: paul http://www.calbuzz.com/2010/01/arnold-tries-again-on-t-ridge-rumors-of-the-week/comment-page-1/#comment-1746 paul Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:18:27 +0000 http://www.calbuzz.com/?p=5016#comment-1746 It's frustrating and hard to believe that some of the enviros in Santa Barbara are willing to jeapordize coastal protection statewide in order to get PXP to buy them some busses, some land, and promise to shut down the oil drilling sometime next decade. Taken in a vacumn, those things all sound pretty good. But once you pimp-out the coast once, in the future you're just negotiating the cost - everyone already knows you'll give it up for the right price. Perhaps next year is becomes "oil drilling off the North Coast to fund Education", or something totally sweeping like the DeVore bill. Once you let the camel's nose into the tent, you know how it's going to end... Anyone who thinks you really can have a "unique" circumstance in a situation like this should look at the exemptions to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in the Governor's budget. Last year there was "unique" exemption from CEQA to build an NFL stadium in SoCal: this year the Governor is proposing that dozens of CEQA projects be exempt from legal challenge. There is a big ugly camel in here, and it's going to be real hard to get it back out. The fact that local Assembly candidate Das Williams is backing this expanded drilling for PXP indicates either a staggering naïveté of state politics, or an incredible political opportunism in trying to ride this issue to Sacramento. Either way, he should stay in Santa Barbara where he can't inflict damage on the rest of California. It’s frustrating and hard to believe that some of the enviros in Santa Barbara are willing to jeapordize coastal protection statewide in order to get PXP to buy them some busses, some land, and promise to shut down the oil drilling sometime next decade. Taken in a vacumn, those things all sound pretty good. But once you pimp-out the coast once, in the future you’re just negotiating the cost – everyone already knows you’ll give it up for the right price.

Perhaps next year is becomes “oil drilling off the North Coast to fund Education”, or something totally sweeping like the DeVore bill. Once you let the camel’s nose into the tent, you know how it’s going to end…

Anyone who thinks you really can have a “unique” circumstance in a situation like this should look at the exemptions to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in the Governor’s budget. Last year there was “unique” exemption from CEQA to build an NFL stadium in SoCal: this year the Governor is proposing that dozens of CEQA projects be exempt from legal challenge. There is a big ugly camel in here, and it’s going to be real hard to get it back out.

The fact that local Assembly candidate Das Williams is backing this expanded drilling for PXP indicates either a staggering naïveté of state politics, or an incredible political opportunism in trying to ride this issue to Sacramento. Either way, he should stay in Santa Barbara where he can’t inflict damage on the rest of California.

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