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...black bus rivals a greyhound in size but has an interior like a limo--and it gets a few curious looks as we wander into the dense neighborhoods of Elk Grove, Calif., a quiet suburb 15 minutes south of Sacramento. Five of us--a mortgage counselor, three investors and I--are looking at 10 recently foreclosed homes dubbed "excellent deals" by the O'Brien Co., the agency that set up the trip...
...Grove's government is getting in on the act too, attempting to attract new businesses to the town, notably large health-care providers. "In five to 10 years," says Cody Tubbs, Elk Grove's interim city manager, "we think we will be the medical hub of South Sacramento County." Those efforts, plus the sharp reduction in housing prices, have created a new surge of interest in Elk Grove. The last residence we see on our tour is a 2,067-sq.-ft. (192 sq m) A-frame with four bedrooms and three baths for $282,000, down from...
...edge - get too close and you might be a victim of the car bomb in front of you. And 2.2 million Iraqi civilians have fled their homes and are living as refugees, one of the largest mass migrations in recent human history. Now the city is more Somalia than Sacramento...
...contend that their rules would require at least 36 mpg by 2016, with room to grow. The idea that there would suddenly be a "patchwork" of state CO2 regulations seems unlikely as well, since only California has put forward its own standards, with 16 other states ready to adopt Sacramento's rules, in line with California's role as a national leader on environmental regulation. And several recent court cases have recognized the right of states to regulate CO2 as a pollutant like any other. The fact that at international climate meetings the White House has actually advertised state efforts...
...political action committees or campaigns, are not required to publicly disclose their donors, who are permitted to make unlimited donations. And nonprofits are under little obligation to open up their books to show where those cash streams are used. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, for example, regularly relies on a Sacramento-based nonprofit, the California State Protocol Foundation, to pay for his overseas travel, including private jets. Other charities foot the bill for the $65,000-a-year hotel suite Schwarzenegger stays at when in Sacramento. And, of course, these donations are tax deductible...