Wednesday, June 29, 2011
- BROWN SHOULD SIGN BILLS THAT GUT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES
- LAWeekly: California Redevelopment Agencies' Demise
- CalWatchdog: Redevelopment is Prop. 13 in Reverse
- SCS:For county redevelopment agency, a final twist before curtain falls
- Farmworkers Chant "Yes We Can" House Before Brown says "No You Can't"
- SacBee:Emotions run high as Jerry Brown vetoes farmworker bill
- SFChron: Brown vetoes card-check legislation for farmworkers
- LAT: Gov. Jerry Brown vetoes farmworkers' bill
- SFChron: Budget quickly clears Legislature
- CCTimes: Legislature approves budget
- SacBee: Dems go it alone, approve a budget
- SFChron: Brace for more UC, CSU tuition hikes
- SacBee: California tuition increases likely under budget deal
- SFChron: AG, UC slam budget
- SJMerc: Some questions and answers about taxes
- SacBee:Lockyer gives thumbs up to Democrats' budget deal
- WSJ: California Budget Deal Shows GOP's Waning Clout
- LAT: Democrats pass austerity budget for California
- OCReg: Teachers union keeps pushing for tax increases in CA
- SBSun: Lawmakers pass budget
- CalWatchdog: NEW: Brown, Leg Conjure Up Phantom Budget
- OCReg: State budget OK'd; $48M O.C. tax grab likely
- AP: Lawmakers close deficit on rosy projections
- CalBuzz: How Jerry the Wizard Conjured a "Balanced" Budget
- RivPE: Tavaglione: Today's budget vote "a first step"
- CalWatch: Counting on $4B in extra revenue, Legislature approves state budget (again)
- CalWatch: Brown's appointees reflect partisan approach
- SFChron: Most Brown appointees older, male Dems
- NCTimes: REGION: Joel Anderson vying to become Senate Minority Leader
- SDUT: Will Anderson lead GOP caucus?
- Bloomberg: Banks Questioned for Selling California Swaps Help Lockyer Craft Minibonds
- VOSD: A Battle Over Charter School Freedoms
- RivPE: Morrell talks up veteran-firefighter bill
- OCReg: O.C. manufacturer to move, create 270 jobs in D.C.
- SacBee: Five Assembly Republicans ask Kamala Harris for legal opinion on legislative pay
- GOP lawmakers seek opinion on docking legislative pay
- CCTimes: California declares quarantine for grapevine moth in large area of Santa Clara, Santa Cruz counties
- SJMerc: California redistricting could imperil GOP House seats
- SacBee:Good news for David Dreier from redistricting panel? Perhaps
- OCReg; Irvine has highest-paid city clerk in O.C.
- LADN: Calif. lifeguards get pension cut after pay outcry
- OCReg: Lifeguards feel pinch in Newport budget
- LAT: Garden Grove gives Vietnamese coffeehouses a one-week grace period to comply with law
- OCReg: Presidential possibilities Perry, Gingrich headed to O.C.
- OCReg: $5.6 billion county budget avoids layoffs, cuts
- OCReg: Which city has best-paid finance director?
- OCReg: Agencies forfeit millions to county
- RivPE: S.B. COUNTY: Fired HR director to get $200,000
- RivPE: S.B. COUNTY: Spending plan includes layoffs, service cuts
- SBSun: Supes extend military leave benefits
- SBSun: Superintendent search planned
- SBSun: 300 Rialto residents speak out on proposed water plan
- RivPE: Riverside County: More study of solar fee ordered
- DesSun:Supervisors put off solar fee vote
- RivPE: City hires ex-Riverside official
- RivPE: QUARRY MEETING JULY 18
- RivPE: RIVERSIDE: City manager's new job brings a pay cut
- RivPE: RIVERSIDE: City releases final report on contract-steering probe
- DesSun:County supervisors reject $50 hourly fee for public records
- RivPE: RIVERSIDE COUNTY: Supervisors reject public records fee
- DesSun:County registrar pitches purchase of ballot scanners
- DesSun:Even he agrees: Hanson shaking up Indian Wells
- DesSun:Water district, workers at odds
- RivPE: Lake Elsinore set to spend $24.7M
- RivPE: RIVERSIDE COUNTY: Eastsiders want to stay with District 1 supervisor
- RivPE: Residents react to the possibility of a new supervisor
- NCTimes: REGION: County OKs $4.86B budget
- SDUT: County adopts budget with no sizable cuts
- SDUT: County moves toward E-Verify system
- SDUT: Minority groups oppose redrawn county districts
- SDUT: City school board cuts budget, lays off hundreds
- SDUT: Judge: City can end private-street trash pickup
- SDUT: San Diego OKs inspection, permit fee increases
- VOSD: Dem Mayor to Dem Leader: Who Are You Again?
- SDUT: Court says pension data must be released
- SDUT: County rejects added disclosure for grants
- SDUT: Bill to block Gregory Canyon landfill moves forward
- SDUT: Cash-tight city considers selling ads on beaches
- NCTimes: REGION: County workers complain about contract proposal
- SDUT: No Mayor Kehoe: State senator decides not to run
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The Golden Pen
DesSun:Higher taxes rarely lead to efficiency - NCTimes: EDITORIAL: More nanny state for you
- SacBee: Dan Walters: California's new budget relies on shaky assumptions
- SacBee: Editorial: Union contract costs city a parks catalyst
- CCTimes: Contra Costa Times editorial: New state budget a return to fantasyland
- NatlRev: Fairness Exposed
- WSJ: Campaign Speech and Gay Marriage
- OCReg: Editorial: Budget balanced with dubious fees, hope
- RivPE: 'Vision' folly
- SacBee: Sacramento cops' refusal to compromise shows need for pension reform
- WashPost: New Hope in Revived School Voucher Program
- AmerSpec: Block Grant Welfare to the States
- HumEvnts:Say Goodbye to Los Angeles
- AmerSpec: Teacher of the Year
- SJMerc: Woolsey makes it official: she will retire from Congress next year
- SacBee: Mayor Johnson urges pension talks to save Sacramento police jobs
- Townhall: AmeriCorps' Favorite Scandal-Plagued Mayor
- SacBee:Pension reform is part of new Folsom firefighter labor contract
- SacBee: Sacramento County CPS director takes indefinite leave
- SacBee: Property dispute divides Delta town of Locke
- SacBee: NBA lockout could be bad bounce for surging Sacramento Kings ticket sales
- SacBee: Rainfall records set throughout Sacramento region
- SFChron: Tentative police, fire deal on pay Tentative police, fire deal on pay
- SFChron: School broke, books tossed
- SFChron: PG&E cuts pressure to line north of San Bruno
- SFChron: S.F. arts director under fire for Rio trip
- SFChron: BART, Oscar Grant's mother settle: $1.3 million
- LAT: BART will pay $1.3 million to shooting victim's mother
- SFChron: Oakland City Council's budget pressure intensifies
- CCTimes: Contra Costa supervisors narrow choices of new district maps
- SJMerc: Grand Jury criticizes East Side Union school district for lax financial controls
- CCTimes: Richmond City Council passes budget
- CCTimes: Brentwood pushing ahead with plans to sever ties with East County fire district
- CCTimes: Newark pot dispensary, Fremont businesses raided
- FresBee: Fresno Police Chief Dyer announces retirement
- ModBee: Modesto Irrigation District considers trying time-of-use billing for homes
- BakCal: Company pulls plans for massive wind project
- BakCal: County property values up $2 billion
- ModBee: Stanislaus County assessment roll drops
- VCS:GOP group takes aim at Lois Capps congressional seat with TV ad attacking Medicare vote
- Fox&Hounds: The Fight for Jobs in Salinas
- FresBee: Central coast fireworks shows will go on
- SCS:Santa Cruz Council debates social services cuts
- SLO Trib: Arroyo Grande employees will pay more to cover the city's shortfall
- SLO Trib: Emails back supervisor's critical words
- VCS:Filming dispute leaves Supervisor Kathy Long and community group at odds
- VCS:Simi creates merged redevelopment zone over county objections
- VCS:Edison sues Oxnard for blocking a peaker power plant
- VCS:County board OKs living-wage increase; Foy dissents
- LADN: Building and Safety chief outlines probe, calling bribe revelations 'violations of the public trust'
- SanGabTrib:Hundreds of grocery workers rally, contract negotiations intensify
- LAT: Bankruptcy judge clears way for $150-million loan to Dodgers
- LAT: Westside and Valley businesses are preparing for Carmageddon