Thursday, March 17, 2011
- REDISTRICTING UPDATE: SPIN & REALITY
- LEGISLATION THAT DOESN'T MAKE THE GRADE (BUT DOES DEGRADE YOUR INITIATIVE RIGHTS)
- AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM FORMER CRP CHAIRMEN
- LAT: Capitol Journal: GOP activists are thwarting the democratic process, Jerry Brown says
- CA Labor Unions: We're 'At Governor's Service' To Fight For Tax Increases
- SFChron: California Legislature OKs deep budget cuts
- CCTimes: Legislature gets started with $9 billion in cuts
- CapNotes: Brown Cajoles, GOP Demurs
- DesSun:California lawmakers make headway on budget
- LAT: State lawmakers OK billions of cuts
- LAT: California budget: Assembly votes to cut welfare, spending on the disabled
- SacBee:AM Alert: If at first you don't succeed...
- SacBee: The State Worker: 'Deadline' means contract talks get serious
- CalWatch: 'GOP 5' make strange bedfellows in budget fight
- CapWkly: Cuts take center stage in budget floor votes
- CalCap: Legislature Starts to Begin to Commence to Approve a Budget
- SacBee: Brown's Countdown, Day 67: Legislators cut $7.4 billion, stall on redevelopment funds
- NCTimes: Calif lawmakers forge ahead with budget package
- CCTimes: UC warning: Annual tuition hikes could be unavoidable
- SFChron: Poll: Public-worker benefits 'too generous'
- SacBee: Field Poll: Californians OK with unions but support public pension rollback
- NYTimes: New Armed Services Chairman Is Ready to Be Heard
- WashPost: Democrat makes up jobs statistic
- OakTrib: CalPERS leaves key assumption unchanged, avoiding rate hike
- SacBee: CalPERS board holds line on return forecast
- CalWatchdog: NEW: Financial Aid for Illegal Students OK'd
- CapWkly: Pension reform is lucrative for former Capitol insiders
- CapWkly: Leak of the Week: California is in a drought - no kidding
- RivPE: TEMECULA: State wants out of city's Pechanga lawsuit
- RivPE: More people in places with high fire risk, state responsibility
- DesSun:Palm Springs moves to protect redevelopment funds
- SDUT: Top Unified administrators get pink slips
- SDUT: County supes delay land-use vote -- again
- NCTimes: ESCONDIDO: Council approves $92K ballpark payment despite ethics concern
- NCTimes: WATER: Desal plant deal close, say Carlsbad, water authority
- SDUT: Health CEO is No. 2 on statewide pay list
- SDUT: Solana Beach proposal could remove sea walls in coming decades
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The Golden Pen
SacBee: Viewpoints: 'Realignment' to local prisoner control carries a high safety risk - RivPE: Retiree health crush
- SFChron: Grover Norquist, Washington voice in state budget
- BakCal: EDITORIAL: Keeping access to public records an ongoing task
- FresBee: EDITORIAL: State ed board ruling gives 'parent trigger' act new life
- SLO Trib: Editorial: Trash can regulation goes too far
- HumEvnts:Head Start Racked by Failure and Fraud
- SFChron: Lee should pass on picking S.F. police chief
- SDUT: End public broadcasting subsidies: They're no longer justified or feasible
- SacBee:Democrat Ami Bera plans 2012 rematch against Dan Lungren
- SFChron: Nathaniel Ford facing uncertain future with Muni
- OakTrib: Oakland parents, teachers, students organize walk for peace and safety
- CCTimes: Budget cuts to result in closure of Pinole fire station
- SJMerc: Santa Clara County, city of San Jose end long-standing feud
- FresBee: Fresno County pension plan called 'unsustainable'
- ModBee: Modesto City Schools headed for red
- ModBee: Atwater welcomes Wal-Mart Supercenter
- BakCal: KHSD board appoints two to leadership posts
- SLO Trib: County to give extra $100,000 to labor firm
- SLO Trib: Approved ag plan raises concerns
- VCS:School district may sell land to city of Thousand Oaks
- VCS:Rumsfeld signs books, chats in local visit
- SanGabTrib:L.A. County supervisor and West Covina Councilman oppose governor's plan to turn parolees over to county probation officers
- LADN: Judge gets scolded for KKK remark
- LADN: Councilwoman Jan Perry to run for LA mayor
- LAT: L.A. school board to decide who will run new schools
- OCReg: Spitzer won't run against T-Rack
- OCReg: Sheriff's union donates $10,300 for Rossmoor poll
- OCReg: Local elected official rating website adds redvelopment to the mix
- OCReg: Smoking banned on home patios in Laguna Woods
- OCReg: Capistrano trustees fix open-meeting law gaffe
- RivPE: S.B. COUNTY: DA accuser provides more details
- SBSun: Crime down in most Sheriff's jurisdictions
- RivPE: COLTON: Police Chief Bob Miller to retire
- SBSun: Item to zap summer school pulled from Fontana school board agenda
- SBSun: San Bernardino County employees could wind up paying more of their retirement costs
- SBSun: San Bernardino County should take over mountain road, says Supervisor Derry
- IVDB: Upland city manager drawing big salary while away from job
- SBSun: Special election called to fill vacant Upland City Council seat