A policy report on Mayor Kevin Johnson’s 2010 environmental initiative, known as “Greenwise,” is scheduled to be released on Jan. 20 at the annual State of the City address. The Greenwise report will consist of an action plan and goals, according to a Dec. 15 e-mail from the Greenwise project coordinator Lauren Altdoerffer. Johnson will speak at the State of the City address, which will be held at the Sacramento Convention Center. The report will be the product of months of meetings and brainstorming sessions on environmental sustainability in the Sacramento region. Johnson has repeatedly stressed that the focus on environmental progress should be regional. “If we look at just one poli

As Greenwise Sacramento continues to formulate a strategy for making Sacramento into Mayor Kevin Johnson’s vision of the “Emerald Valley,” San Francisco Mayor and candidate for Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom came to Tuesday’s monthly meeting to offer inspiration and guidance. “Global consumption is nothing more than the sum of all local consumption,” Newsom said, adding that movements like Greenwise Sacramento are the key to moving forward when progress is stalled at the federal level. The meeting was held at California State University, Sacramento, and the several-hundred-strong audience consisted of regional business owners, politicians, students and others interested in energy effic

Let’s not mince words: political conventions are boring and a party convention is an oxymoron plain and simple. If you’ve been to one then you know. Sure, the Democrats throw better parties than the Republicans. Hell, the new chairman of the Democratic Party, John Burton, is an admitted cocaine addict and known womanizer. But I digress. For anybody who's been to a party convention, whether as a delegate, officer or volunteer, it's a fact that the highlight of a convention weekend is the dozen or so "hospitality suites" wherein various caucuses host parties inside the hotel. Usually the best party is hosted by the California Young Democrats who rent out a large hall and host a DJ, full bar