Friday, October 7, 2011
- AFPCA: Profiteering From Medical Research at Taxpayer Expense
- In the Sacramento Area - This Monday Join Us: Happy 100th Birthday to California's Initiative & Referendum!
- CalWatchdog: NEW: San Diego Spearheads Pension Reform
- SDUT Editorial: County must end pension anachronisms
- RivPE Editorial: Pension equity
- VOSD: Pension Reform's Safety Net Comes With its Own Risk
- NCTimes: PENSION: Study says Oceanside leads cities in underpaying for retiree health care
- SanGabTrib:Glendora police union agrees to pay full share of pension costs by 2013
- SanGabTrib:Assembly spending misleads the public
- SacBee:AM Alert: True Assembly spending varies widely by member
- CalWatchdog: NEW: Assembly Still Fibbing On Salaries
- LAT: The man with his hand on California's spigot
- FresBee: Settlement reached in Valley water fight
- FresBee: High-speed rail route near Hanford reconsidered
- BakCal: High-speed rail officials plan to reissue environmental review
- OCReg: Sales tax on services could net $8.7 billion
- CalWatchdog: NEW: Brown Saves Nannies, Boosts Nanny State
- LAT: Gov. Jerry Brown toughens sanctions for cellphones in prison
- SacBee: Jerry Brown toughens law on cellphones in prison
- CalWatchdog: NEW: Brown's Prison Fix Downplays Union Role
- OakTrib: Brown signs bill banning cell phones in prisons
- SDUT: Governor OKs bill saving time in county CalWorks program
- LAT: Gov. Jerry Brown ends fingerprinting for food stamp recipients
- Reuters: California to make food stamps easier to obtain
- CCTimes: Gov. Brown signs bill eliminating fingerprinting requirements for food stamp recipients
- SacBee:Utilities commission to work on extending public goods charge
- SacBee:Jerry Brown signs bill requiring insurers to cover maternity care
- SFChron: Maternity care a must in health plans
- LAT: Berman-Sherman battle is one Democrats would rather not have
- SBSun: Redistricting maps find bipartisan challenge
- SacBee: The Buzz: Sen. Joe Simitian not losing sleep over blacklisting
- SDUT: Feds seek closure of medical marijuana dispensaries
- LAT: Feds escalate efforts to close California pot shops
- DesSun:Judge rules for pot dispensaries as feds threaten major crackdown
- SCS:Feds target California pot dispensaries for closure: Santa Cruz dispensaries watch and wait
- RivPE: MURRIETA: Marijuana dispensary back open, facing scrutiny
- OCReg: Feds target California pot dispensaries
- SacBee: Feds move to rein in medical marijuana shops in California
- AP: Feds target Calif. pot dispensaries for closure
- SacBee: California state insurance fund moves to lay off a quarter of its workers
- LAT: State-run workers' compensation insurer to lay off 1,800
- RivPE: Airport contracts to be reviewed
- RivPE: RIVERSIDE COUNTY: Vote-by-mail ballots en route on Oct. 11
- DesSun:Indian Wells City Manager Greg Johnson quits under scrutiny
- RivPE: MENIFEE: Kuenzi to host campaign fundraiser
- RivPE: EASTVALE: Work to begin on city's general plan
- RivPE: RIVERSIDE COUNTY: Building ban in Santa Rosa escarpment extended
- DesSun:Study: Tourists ease tax burden
- DesSun:Impromptu Palm Springs mayoral candidate forum Friday
- SDUT: School closure plan trickling out
- SDUT: Five more years: Ace Parking hangs on to airport contract
- SDUT: Tri-City sidelines 2 board members during closed meetings
- NCTimes: VISTA: School trustees vote to proceed with voting changes
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The Golden Pen
FresBee:Abusive ADA lawsuits must be stopped - Townhall: Threat of Lawsuits Will Make Unemployment Worse
- Townhall: Rep. Howard 'Buck' McKeon, Keeper of the Flame
- WSJ: Cain's Tax Mutiny
- WSJ: Jobs and Jobs
- NatlJrnl: The Cook Report: It’s Perry’s to Win
- F&HDaily: Initiative Power to Make Laws is Equal to Legislative Power
- WSJ: Noonan: 'They Won't Care Till They're Affected'
- Townhall: Don't Get Rid of the Electoral College
- DenPost: A Million Reasons to Trash This Tax
- F&H Daily: SB 931 eliminates payroll choice for workers
- F&H Daily: AB 32 Five Years Later
- SFChron: Bills to restore confidence in state pension funds
- CalWatchdog: NEW: Undiluted Perchlorate Regs a Scam
- LAT: Public School Choice: right the first time
- SacBee: Dan Walters: California's realignment finances very shaky
- SacBee: Sacramento airport's new terminal complex takes off with only a few bumps
- SacBee: Sacramento County panel deadlocks on jail realignment plan
- SacBee:'Occupy Sacramento' protesters gathering after a night of arrests
- SacBee: Cosumnes services district workers make pension concessions
- CCTimes: National Park Service steps in to keep Muir Woods and Tomales Bay parks open
- SFChron: Ed Lee returns suspicious funds from van service
- BayCitizen: Shuttle Drivers: Boss Made Us Donate to Lee
- SFChron: Free Muni for youths a step closer
- OakTrib: Oakland voters may get to decide on three-term limit for City Council seats
- SJMerc: San Jose council committee rejects Councilman's Sam Liccardo's request for audit of business incubators
- OakTrib: Protesters camping out at San Jose City Hall may face arrest Friday
- FresBee: Fresno Council to pay for budget consultation
- ModBee: Modesto council candidates face off at forum
- ModBee: SJ supervisors support air bill
- BakCal: Arvin air monitor move could jeopardize fine's removal
- VCS:County to spend $32 million on electronic health records system
- VCS:Fillmore City Council presents information session on sales tax measure.
- LAT: L.A. County deputy says he was forced to beat mentally ill inmate
- LA Mayor Hands Out Rain Ponchos To Protesters
- SanGabTrib:State: Baldwin Park schools misspent nearly$1.5 million, federal funding suspended
- SanGabTrib:Suburban Water customers won't get hearing before bills increase as much as 39 percent
- IVDB: Committee reviewing change to Upland bingo ordinance
- LAT: L.A. Unified to retake the reins at Manual Arts High
- IVDB: County prosecutors union wins round in battle with Cooley
- SBSun: Colton delays vote on transportation cuts, looks to union for concessions
- OCReg: O.C. manufacturing outpaces state
- OCReg: H.B. to formally welcome Sunset Beach tonight
- OCReg: Exec hanging on after $273K blunder at Leisure World
- OCReg: Anaheim Union kills color-coded ID program
- RivPE: CORRUPTION PROBE: Burum testimony describes gifts as reward
- IVDB: Timeline set to find new interim director of San Bernardino International Airport
- SBSun: Assistant AG Schons to retire, take new job
- RivPE: SAN BERNARDINO: Mayor receiving treatment for skin cancer
- SBSun: Sharron Angle speaks at Chino Tea Party event
- RivPE: SAN BERNARDINO: Trustee offers plan to solve impasse
- SBSun: New police chief calls Redlands' job 'breath of fresh air'