Wednesday, May 4, 2011
- Wednesday Random Thoughts
- HAS THE ORANGE COUNTY HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION GONE ROGUE?
- SacBee: Republican Beth Gaines wins California Assembly contest
- SacBee: California legislative lawyers say redevelopment plan illegal
- LAT: Senator demands apology for Assemblyman's comments on the chief justice
- SacBee: Bill to ban tanning beds for minors advances in Senate
- LAT: Gift ban advances in Legislature despite grumbling
- CalWatch: Lawmakers advance health reform bills
- OCReg: Lawmakers reject 'air tax' bill
- NCTimes: Kehoe bill [on 5 Fwy] moves toward compromise
- RivPE: Senate committee rejects bill to create Inland court district
- IVDB: Senate committee discusses ONT authority bill
- SacBee: California weighs shorter school year as budgets wane
- LAT: California won't resume executions this year
- LAT: California backs off on plan to resume executions this year
- Judge: Pledge of retiree health care can be broken
- Nat'lJournal: Issa Wants to Know: What Did White House Tweet and When?
- Politico: Huntsman takes step toward 2012 bid
- SacBee: Sacramento begins the real work to keep the Kings
- SacBee:KCRA's Kevin Riggs leaving station for public affairs firm
- SacBee: Sacramento County park district proposed, to be funded by sales tax
- SacBee:Supervisor announces likely CD 3 bid at Lungren's town hall
- SFChron: Mayor Ed Lee expects cops to take a pay cut : City Insider
- SFChron: S.F. mayor says $487 million in projects mean jobs
- SFChron: PG&E worries about its San Bruno-related costs
- SFChron: Bridge bond deal gone bad costs MTC $120 million
- SFChron: Dave Pine voted San Mateo supe; school taxes pass
- SJMerc: San Bruno issues first fire rebuild permit; work to start in June
- CCTimes: Pleasanton school tax narrowly defeated
- CCTimes: Lafayette voters pass Measure B school tax
- OakTrib: Benicia braces for possible park closures under state budget cuts
- OakTrib: Travis Air Force Base ups security
- SJMerc: Most school districts passing parcel taxes
- StockRec: Ex-president of Mexico to visit Pacific
- ModBee: Modesto will try eminent domain
- FresBee: Fresno high-speed rail routes might change
- FresBee: PG&E will replace 700 faulty SmartMeters in Valley
- FresBee: Fresno Co. revenues weak, adding to budget gap
- FresBee: Plenty of sweet news for California's honey business
- BakCal: Two new appointees join Kern Health Systems board
- BakCal: PG&E acknowledges SmartMeter defect
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The Golden Pen
SacBee: Republicans show courage in opposing Brown's tax extension - F&Hounds: California's Captain Kirk Tax Code
- CalWatchdog: Kings Wars Could Slam CA Taxpayers
- CalWatchdog: Dems Defend Crooked Employees
- F&Hounds: Main Street Menace of the Week: Senate Bill 653 (Steinberg)
- SacBee: Judges' civil war flares up over court administration
- OCReg: When unions flex, taxpayers feel
- OCReg: Guarding the Guard for taxpayers
- WSJ: From Guantanamo to Abbottabad
- Townhall: Let's Blame Speculators
- CalBuzz: Secret Calbuzz Memo: Quayle is Key to the Budget
- VCS:Political parties targeted in campaign finance law
- VCS:State schools chief gets first-hand look at schools hit by budget crisis
- VCS:Colleges cut budgets, save programs
- LAT: City Council OKs tax-hike plan for Olvera Street
- LADN: Metro proposes budget increase
- LADN: Council votes to cut city retiree costs
- LAT: Downtown hotels keep millions in taxes
- LADN: Area officials meeting in Washington
- OCVoice: No Kings Means No Bond Deal For Samueli
- OCVoice: Ending Homelessness is 'Complicated' for OC Officials
- OCVoice: Fair Board Takes Councilman's Advice and 'Hires Local'
- RivPE: Derry to abstain on votes due to charges
- IVDB: Derry to recuse himself
- IVDB: County CEO weighs in on budget crisis
- DesSun:Supervisors call for spending cuts
- DesSun:County supervisors favor regional jail expansion over new mid-county hub
- RivPE: Riverside County budget shortfall declines
- RivPE: State redistricting panel holds Inland hearing this week
- VOSD: Redistricting Commission's Contracting Practices Scrutinized
- SDUT: Former SEDC officials charged with embezzling
- VOSD: 'We're Going to Get Our Money'
- VOSD: Fact Checking the City's Budget
- SDUT: Mayor, council suspend public art projects