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Skaidra Smith-Heisters
Skaidra Smith-Heisters
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Skaidra Smith-Heisters is a policy analyst at Reason Foundation, a nonprofit think tank advancing free minds and free markets.
Her research is part of Reason's New Environmentalism program, launched by Lynn Scarlett, which develops innovative solutions to environmental problems and emphasizes the benefits of local decisions over Washington's command-and-control regulations.
Smith-Heisters is a graduate of the University of California at Davis program in Nature and Culture. Prior to joining Reason, she worked in habitat restoration, endangered species management and natural resources planning with the California State Parks system.
She has been extensively involved in grassroots journalism and political organizing in San Francisco's North Bay area, where she currently lives.
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- How big is a landslide?
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December 14, 2008, 12:00am - Good cheer and libation on this Repeal Day!
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December 4, 2008, 9:17am - Pocketbook policy: SFpark
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November 18, 2008, 10:10pm - Governors' Global Climate Summit makes case for baskets
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November 17, 2008, 3:03pm - FLOW: For Love of Water...as long as it's not bottled, processed or delivered by a for-profit company
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November 16, 2008, 5:21pm - Farmers vs. Feds
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November 12, 2008, 6:00pm - Good showing for decriminalization measures
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November 4, 2008, 3:25pm - CA Prop. 8 distorts voters' opinions on marriage
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October 30, 2008, 3:51pm - CA: moratorium on bad news until after the election
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October 30, 2008, 11:32am - Prop. 5 and the Bill of Rights
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October 26, 2008, 5:13pm - Top three lies about CA Props. 5, 6 and 9
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October 22, 2008, 1:35pm - CA local ballot measures: trains, prostitution and plastic bags
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October 19, 2008, 10:27am - UCLA data uphold California drug treatment successes
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October 14, 2008, 6:22pm - Can a small stone make a big ripple as it rolls forth?
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October 8, 2008, 7:00pm - Polar Pawn
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September 1, 2008, 1:58pm - CA poll: government not in public interest
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August 27, 2008, 9:15am - Paper or plastic--or else!
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August 25, 2008, 11:05am - Tax your television
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June 1, 2008, 7:44pm - How to shrink your carbon footprint without changing a light bulb
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May 29, 2008, 9:55am - Macaroni cantaloupe knows the future
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May 25, 2008, 10:49am - The future is here: smart metering in CA
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May 21, 2008, 6:19pm - The next bad alternative fuel concept: beef-a-hol
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May 6, 2008, 1:39pm - Redistribution of water
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April 13, 2008, 2:19pm - Societal fabric up in smoke
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April 10, 2008, 7:36pm - Paper v. plastic: the interactive version!
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March 12, 2008, 6:52pm - Drug policy FAQs for the day
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March 3, 2008, 12:07pm - Dangerous, dirty ad from "safe, clean" water advocates
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February 28, 2008, 4:40pm - DWR: ProgressÖ pending
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February 21, 2008, 7:16pm - DEA raids, what do we get? Another day older and...
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February 14, 2008, 5:58pm - Where were Californiaís independents?
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February 5, 2008, 10:47am - Time for changing politicians (marijuana edition)
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February 4, 2008, 3:03pm - Paper v. plastic debate finally has its day in court
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January 29, 2008, 9:06pm - Go, go, "Google" government!
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December 13, 2007, 11:35am - DEA raids California tax coffers
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December 12, 2007, 6:08pm - China wants LA's waste paper?
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December 11, 2007, 4:48pm - Fiber farmers DEA-nied
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November 29, 2007, 2:13pm - Oregon tax debate: beyond good and evil and TV ads
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November 6, 2007, 11:02am - Smoke (another) one for the kids
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October 11, 2007, 1:02pm - No false sense of security here
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October 11, 2007, 10:10am - "As long as you grow your own birch trees..."
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September 10, 2007, 3:07pm - Jerry Brown, planning commissioner
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August 21, 2007, 3:19pm - Another good reason to drink fine wine
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August 5, 2007, 12:49pm - Anti-Nanny Nanny Laws
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August 2, 2007, 3:45pm - California's Global Warming Budget Crisis
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August 2, 2007, 1:59pm - Tap vs. bottle: Battle continues
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July 19, 2007, 1:37pm - Map identifies new California terrorist hotspots
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July 12, 2007, 1:54pm - Dreamliner a nightmare?
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July 9, 2007, 3:20pm - Bald eagle, phone home!
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June 27, 2007, 10:03am - Let them drink cake!
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June 24, 2007, 2:36pm - Disconnect down on the hog farm
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June 17, 2007, 10:57am