Recently, Senator Alex Padilla,D San Fernando introduction or revival of SB407 Point of Sale retrofit requirement that all sellers of residential real estate would be burden with a cost that has far reaching affects that many homeowners can ill afford.  This is not the time when homeowners have been facing a deep resission, high unemployment, and for what, another backdoor buracractic department to collect fees for the state.  Perhaps Senator Padilla doesn't reconize the real problems of the state, it's called living within your means.  Cut back on salarlies and those expensive trips he's been taking, perhaphs if stayed a home, maybe he'd realize his low flow toilet requires him to flush it 2 and 3 times to make it go down, what ever the case, maybe he's in bed with those energy retrofi... 05/27/2009

The problem of waiting, is one of the reasons why the real estate and mortgage industry is such a shambles.  If you know what the problems are, take decisive action to fix the problem. Unfortunately, too many people in government, analyst, politicians, (and news media included which exacerbate the problem and prolong the agony without rationalizing what are all the components of the problem.  There are too many people in the leadership position, that sometimes second guess, procrastinate or are opportunist for self purposes, until the problems are so out of control, that eventually everything's comes to a halt, making it worst for everyone.Like in the case of the Federal Reserve, for an example, they always take a wait and see attitude, which is one of the components that was partially ... 01/24/2008