Thursday, November 17, 2011
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HOWARD JARVIS TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION RELEASES 2011 LEGISLATIVE REPORT CARD
- Warning: Tsunami About to Hit California
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SDUT: Budget forecast poor for schools, services
- RivPE: Analyst: Budget revenue is $3.7 billion short
- CCT Political Blotter: What they're saying about the budget forecast
- OCReg: Report: State must cut budget now
- SanGabTrib:More bad news for state's economy
- LAT: State budget cuts could shorten school year
- SBSun: Analyst: State revenue shortfall to trigger cuts
- LAT: California school year might be trimmed by a week, report warns
- BakCal: State budget crisis may grow; schools threatened
- SacBee:California finance director says mid-year budget cuts likely
- CalCap: Budget Hole of $13 Billion, Mid-Year Cuts to Public Schools Required, Legislative Analyst Predicts
- CalWatchdog: NEW: LAO: Deficit Back Up to $13 billion
- NYTimes: Sharp Decline in Revenue Is Forecast for California
- SacBee:New California budget report triggers old partisan arguments
- SacBee: Grim California budget forecast means more cuts to schools, social services
- News10/KXTV: Bleeding Green: California losing green businesses
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NCTimes: REGION: CSU trustees approve tuition hike amid protest
- BakCal: CSU trustees approve tuition hike amid protest
- LADN: Bitter tuition clash as CSU trustees approve tuition hike
- CCTimes: Faculty strike at Cal State East Bay expected to draw outside support
- SacBee: CSU trustees retreat behind closed doors, raise tuition amid protests
- SacBee:VIDEO: University of California students protest tuition hikes
- NBCLA: ...Cal State Students Riot over $500 Tuition Hike
- LADN: CSUN students protest cost hike, fewer classes
- SBSun: CSU hikes yearly tution to nearly $6,000
- LAT: Students protest at several California universities
- EDUCATION: Protesters arrested prior to Cal State tuition hike
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KQED: Don't Cut Higher Ed. And Don't Ask Me to Pay More!
- SDUT: Poll: Californians concerned about higher education
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SDUT: Bullet train plan needs more work, hearing attendees say
- CalWatch: Bill would let Holocaust victims sue French high-speed rail company
- Townhall: Worthless High-Speed Train Program Might Die in Congress
- OCVoice: OCTA Considering No-Confidence Vote on High-Speed Rail
- SacBee: House bill would subject California high-speed rail bidder to Holocaust lawsuits
- SBSun: Supreme Court set to issue standing opinion in Prop 8 case
- CCT Political Blotter: State Supreme Court to rule on Prop. 8 standing
- SacBee:AM Alert: Can ProtectMarriage defend Proposition 8 in court?
- NCTimes: Pivotal CA gay marriage ban decision due Thursday
- CCTimes: California Supreme Court to decide Proposition 8 issue Thursday
- CCT Political Blotter: Backers say insurance ballot measure will qualify
- Herman Cain: Let states decide on medical marijuana
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BigGov't:House Bill Banning Congressional Insider Trading Gathering Steam-From 4 Cosponsors to 35 in Two Days
- BB: Rick Perry Hammers Congress On Insider Trading
- CalWatch: Insider trading, politics a familiar combination for Californians
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WashPost: Tax debate prompts GOP identity crisis
- The Hill:Hensarling says GOP is willing to consider new Dem tax proposals
- WashTimes: Hopes dim for amendment to balance budget
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NYTimes: Energy Secretary to Defend Solyndra Loan to Congress
- The Hill:Chu: Final Solyndra decisions were mine
- SFChron: Energy Dept. releases excerpts of Steven Chu's testimony
- SacBee: Caltrans controversy rekindles public vs. private debate
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NCTimes: Police: Man shot at UC Berkeley acted strangely
- CCT Political Blotter: Law profs blast Birgeneau's Occupy Cal response
- SFChron: Mayor wants big changes at Occupy SF
- CCTimes: Police dismantle Occupy Cal tents, camps elsewhere remain quiet
- LAT: Berkeley police break up Occupy Cal; tents removed, 2 arrested
- SFChron: Police raid Occupy Cal
- SacBee: Sacramento drops 31 Occupy Sacramento cases
- NCTimes: Occupy encampment at UC Berkeley torn down
- BB: Calif. Occupy protests focus on cuts to education...
- CCTimes: Herhold: It's time for the Occupy movement to change tactics
- CCTimes: Occupy movement takes its message to the financial district of San Francisco
- SDUT: Businesses fight 'abusive' lawsuits
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SacBee: Senate staff raises small compared with budget, but timing questioned
- CalWatch: Cities consider legal intervention for blighted homes
- LAT: California attorney general's office subpoenas Fannie, Freddie
- SanGabTrib:Tough start for parolee transfers
- FresBee: Fresno County Jail crowded; early releases likely
- LAT: California jails receiving more state prisoners than expected
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LAT: California Republicans favor Mitt Romney, poll finds
- CapWkly: Economy off, jobs scarce, but lobbying booms
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OCReg: Obama leads all in California money race
- CapWkly: Health Benefit Exchange plans major outreach effort
- LAT: Group challenging new Senate maps gets warning on disclosure
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SDUT: Lawmakers gather in Maui for education
- SDUT: Aguirre back in a familiar role
- SDUT: No delay of crackdown on medpot dispensaries
- SDUT: New main library is a creation in concrete
- NCTimes: ENCINITAS: Council postpones vote on proposed sidewalk dining regulations
- VOSD: One Step Closer to Schools' Budget Doomsday
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OCReg: What?! California's budget is in the red!!! Who wudda guessed?
- OCReg: Continuing pressure for big government to pay for everything
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Townhall: Larry Kudlow: A Super Tax Hike Spells Disaster
- NCTimes: EDITORIAL: Open that oil pipeline
- LADN: Daily News Editorial: Tough times -- CSU faculty demands for salary equality overlook students' plight
- RivPE: STATE: Budget bane
- SBSun: Trim spending, spare students
- OCReg: Editorial: California catches up to can kicked down road
- OCReg: Editorial: Why local tax increases pass
- OCReg: Why small businesses aren't hiring
- LAT: Teachers and test scores
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OCReg: Column: Schuller makes bishop look humble
- NCTimes: FORUM: Marketplace model for libraries deeply flawed
- Politico: For fiscal sanity: Tea party budget
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FresBee: As everyone but head-in-sand lawmakers predicted, state revenues lower than budgeted
- SacBee: Editorial: Redevelopment borrowing binge is reckless folly
- SacBee: Viewpoints: Sacramento County general plan rethinks historical planning model
- WSJ: The Balanced-Budget Backfire
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Townhall: Poverty in America?
- ChiTrib: Solyndra Scandal: Obama's Energy Crisis
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F&H Daily:Small Business Gears Up to Participate in Legislative Races
- Time: Go Occupy the Teachers' Union Headquarters
- AmerSpec: Chu Him Out
- SCS:As We See It: No more excuses: Fluoride prevents tooth decay, yet still absent in Santa Cruz County
- AmerSpec: The New Welfare Swindle
- AmerSpec: Who's Lazy?
- NatlRev: Questions for Chu
- NatlRev: DeMint Offers Welfare Reform Plan
- NatlRev: What a Downer
- CalWatchdog: NEW: Punch Hits CA Water Softening Industry
- F&H Daily:Public Pension Tsunami Demands Action Now!
- CapWkly: California in flux: Politically, culturally, ethnically, the Golden State undergoes a sea change
- BigGov't: 80% of "Green Energy" Loans Went to Top Obama Donors
- BigGov't: California Union Wants Money Earmarked for Students
- SacBee: Audits support Sacramento County's budget-based changes in mental health services
- SacBee:Riding redistricting success, LGBT club endorses Hansen in Sacramento City Council race
- SacBee: Bay Area panel critical of Caltrans amid bridge structure questions
- SFChron: Millbrae votes to dissolve police, turn to sheriff
- CCTimes: Oakland will have to look elsewhere to restore services after defeat of parcel tax
- SJMerc: San Jose to shelve airport police outsourcing
- SJMerc: Redwood City chooses San Jose captain to be new police chief
- FresBee: Jerry Dyer staying on as Fresno's police chief
- FresBee: Proposed Fresno County health program too costly
- FresBee: Fresno Unified could be getting more teachers
- BakCal: Composting plant's closure sets off actions by county, private sector
- SCS:Desal task force OKs nearly $600K in spending: Opponents want consultant funding stopped
- SLO Trib: SLO City Council narrowly passes downtown upgrade
- SLO Trib: SLO County gets a second medical marijuana dispensary proposal
- SLO Trib: County board approves air quality fines on Nipomo Mesa
- VCS:Thousand Oaks council gives final OK to reduced health benefits for future members
- VCS:All ayes for Cowboys in Oxnard, but in-lieu fees soundly rejected
- LAT: Ventura County supervisor to run for Congress
- LAT: City settles suit over tainted soil under new L.A. Unified school
- LAT: Former Bell council members seek dismissal of corruption charges
- LAT: Former Gov. Deukmejian endorses in South Bay Assembly race
- LAT: Highly paid Vernon consultant to step down
- LADN: Reporting road repairs, graffiti going high-tech
- LADN: Mayor sets pocket park plan rolling
- CalWatchdog: NEW: Chino Hills Fights Monster Electric Towers
- OCReg: Chapman increases offer for Crystal Cathedral
- OCReg:One-third of Moulton Niguel water workers crack $100K club
- LAT: Chapman University ups its bid for the Crystal Cathedral
- SBSun: Ladder truck will not include pump
- SBSun: Colton OKs anti-Occupy ordinance
- RivPE: REDLANDS: Local businesses get preference from city
- RivPE: RIVERSIDE COUNTY: Negotiators declare impasse in SEIU talks
- RivPE: RIVERSIDE: Council mulls funding for assistants
- RivPE: RIVERSIDE COUNTY: Supervisors finalize jail fee
- RivPE: MURRIETA: Stalled Target center gets 10 year extension
- DesSun:Registrar certifies election results
- DesSun:Indian Wells may rotate its mayors
- DesSun:Councilman Stan Sniff honored for 25 years of service
- DesSun:Palm Springs council hears jet noise complaints, vows action