Thursday, January 12, 2012
- LEFT WING PROFESSORS "OUTED" AT SDSU
- HIGH-SPEED RAIL NOT JUST A BOONDOGGLE, IT'S A BIG LABOR BOONDOGGLE
- Governor And Leg Analyst Disagree On Revenue Assumptions - Chiang In Catbird's Seat
- CapWkly: Risky revenues cloud state’s budget plans
- OCReg: Gov's revenue projections too high, analyst says
- LAT: Top budget analyst skeptical of Gov. Jerry Brown's budget plan
- LAT: Tax hikes won't stop school cuts, budget analyst says
- SJMerc: California legislative analyst expects lower revenue than Gov. Brown, raising specter of more cuts
- SFChron: California revenue estimates differ by $5 billion
- SacBee: Calif. stands to reap windfall from Facebook IPO
- LAT: Brown tax hike plan may bring in less than estimated
- SacBee: Number of millionaires in state surged last year
- SacBee: Budget unknowns put school district planners in sticky spot
- VCS:Could state's budget outlook hinge on Facebook?
- CapWkly: California’s other deficit: At $10 billion, it’s big bucks
- IVDB: Dreier's next move closely watched
- WashTimes: California redistricting seen influencing five in House not to run
- LAT: Redistricting referendum signatures must be verified by Feb. 24
- CalWatchdog: NEW: Whistleblower Bill Advances in Leg
- CalWatch: Private company hoarding license-plate data on U.S. drivers
- SFChron: Cams log your car's locale
- ModBee: Full canals, dry lawns, brown ski slopes spell out how dry it is
- SDUT: Fire fee could cost county residents $10 million
- RivPE: FIRES: State board approves revised fees
- CCT Political Blotter: VP Joe Biden in San Francisco next week
- CapWkly: Ballot battle joined over tobacco tax
- LAT: Crime renews lawmaker's concerns about shifting felons to counties
- SacBee: Assembly records don't declare winner in Anthony Portantino's budget fight
- CCT Political Blotter: New chief for GOP's Latino outreach effort
- OCReg: New tax form may shock small firms
- SJMerc: UC system to ban smoking, chewing tobacco
- SFChron: UC system bans smoking, chewing of tobacco
- The Hill:California Democrats up pressure on Obama over home foreclosure relief
- SanGabTrib:L.A. County Sheriff's Department reports big drop in violent and property crime
- SanGabTrib:Azusa's affordable housing project at Atlantis Gardens falls victim to redevelopment fight
- LAT: Beverly Hills reins in demolition
- LADN: New LAFD chief shakes up members of command staff
- LADN: LAX, Ontario and Van Nuys airports get interim police chief
- LAT: L.A. council won't absorb redevelopment agency
- LAT: Longtime Coliseum finance director is off the payroll
- LAT: Lack of leadership cited in community college rebuilding
- LAT: Labor unions choose sides in Berman-Sherman congressional race
- LAT: Rivals Hahn, Richardson endorse same Assembly candidate
- OCReg: Laguna police to begin paying toward retirement
- OCReg: Moorlach named Board of Supervisors chairman
- OCReg:Prosecutor: Newport-Mesa chief gave $40,000 to favored employees
- OCReg: Residents, unions blast Costa Mesa charter plan
- LAT: OC judge who fixed traffic tickets ordered to resign
- OCReg: Newport planning commissioner resigns in protest
- RivPE: S.B. COUNTY: Benefits cuts to other officials proposed
- RivPE: HIGHLAND: Recycling center moratorium enacted
- RivPE: NORCO: City votes to oversee dismantling of agency
- SBSun: Business owners, officials discuss San Bernardino-area rapid-transportation project
- IVDB: Ontario makes first move to terminate its redevelopment agency
- IVDB: Etiwanda School District seeks applicants for board
- IVDB: Upland makes next legal move against marijuana cooperative
- RivPE: RIVERSIDE: Convention center designs panned
- DesSun:Palm Desert council to vote on rule waiver today
- RivPE: WILDOMAR: Council streamlines development review process
- RivPE: MENIFEE: Dismissed commissioner fights for seat
- SDUT: Mayor Sanders: City finance problems will end
- VOSD: Sanders' Final Speech Seals Shift from Caretaker to Dealmaker
- SDUT: Sweetwater says workers stole from cafeterias
- SDUT: Vista continues work on redevelopment project
- SDUT: Campaign limits proposed for Southwestern and San Diego schools
- SDUT: Supes vote to study 56 general plan change requests
- SDUT: England to run for 79th Assembly District
- NCTimes: SAN MARCOS: City unties redevelopment agency's purse strings
- NCTimes: ENCINITAS: City won't fight court order to pay out $56,000 in Public Records Act case
- NCTimes: CARLSBAD: CUSD to form school closure committee
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The Golden Pen
SanGabTrib:Our View: Stop pension abuse at the local level - AmerSpec: From the Ranch to the Vatican
- RivPE: STATE: School-funds folly
- OCReg: Editorial: Gov. Brown: ‘We’re broke but must spend more'
- Townhall: Defense Spending Is a Shovel Ready Investment
- Townhall: Univision Attempt to Blackmail Marco Rubio -- Hispanic Groups Yawn
- LVRJ: California Dreamin'
- SacBee: Editorial: School district must commit to a culture change
- CapWkly: Opinion: A resolution for 2012: Fixing California’s public pension problems
- SJMerc: EDITORIAL: That magical money machine, the redevelopment agency, is no more
- F&H Daily:Legislature Killed Two New Energy Taxes – And they Go Up Anyway
- F&H Daily:Can California Voters Recoup Excessive Pay, Benefits and Pensions from Current Public Employees?
- CalWatchdog: NEW: Brown Proposes New Anti-Business Super-Agency
- CalWatchdog: NEW: Brown Pushes Cap & Trade Pension Grab
- LAT: California GOP needs more like Rep. Kevin McCarthy
- CPR: CA Needs Better Budgeting, Not New Taxes
- BakCal: OUR VIEW: Rebooting of 2-year colleges makes sense
- LADN: Editorial: Democracy rules -- Supervisors should beware dangers of putting restrictions on free speech at board meetings
- BigGov't:: AEI's Arthur Brooks: Make the Moral Case for Freedom
- CT: Uncle Sam and Ethanol
- HumEvnts:Populism and the denial of the invisible
- MSN: Fed's Talk of QE3 Is Dangerous
- SacBee:Dan Logue on the move again as re-election plans change
- SacBee:City manager: Half of Sacramento's deficit could be wiped out by pension reform
- SacBee: Sacramento looks to cut its payment for employee pensions
- SacBee: New Sacramento City College facility debuts at UC Davis
- SacBee: Rancho Cordova, Elk Grove looking to recruit volunteers for municipal services
- SacBee: Natomas trustees move to cut staff, restructure departments, jobs
- SacBee: Funds earmarked for new Sac City high school may be reallocated
- SFChron: Mirkarimi mishandles reaction to investigation
- OakTrib: Officers disciplined in nameplate flap during Occupy protests
- LAT: 2 Oakland police officers disciplined for Occupy actions
- CCTimes: Contra Costa regulators vote to dissolve Mt. Diablo Health Care District
- CCT Political Blotter: Union City mayor ditched Dems for Assembly bid
- SJMerc: Roadshow: BART to San Jose draws cheers, and a few jeers
- SacBee: BART set to award $1B contract for new train cars
- SFChron: BART plans to order test batch of new cars in May
- SFChron: County finance director held for embezzlement
- SJMerc: Spitaleri to serve as Sunnyvale Mayor
- SJMerc: Thieves dim Sunnyvale street lights by stealing copper
- SJMerc: Milpitas: Special council meeting to discuss referendum, public records request
- FresBee: Fresno to ask homeowners to tax themselves for neighborhood park
- FresBee: State budget: Is a shorter school year in store for Fresno Unified School District?
- FresBee: Welty: Fresno State could face $11 million cut if Gov. Brown's tax plan fails
- FresBee: Undocumented immigrant's year-long stay in Fresno hospital cost $1m
- FresBee: Like him or not, lawyer prompts police changes in Valley
- ModBee: Ballots on the way for all-mail election
- SacBee: Farm Bureau urges animal rights activists to help identify arsonists
- ModBee: Good news on pensions; StanCERA will see lower contribution rate
- SCS:Former Watsonville mayor Antonio Rivas to run for county Board of Supervisors
- SLO Trib: Plastic bags are banned in county
- SLO Trib: Redevelopment agency ruling tests cities' funds
- SLO Trib: Dunes enthusiasts sue air board on dust rule
- SLO Trib: Paso likely to target teacher salaries
- VCS:Nonprofit chief placed on leave after alleging possible conflicts of interest
- VCS:Moorpark residents meet to discuss council vacancy process
- VCS:Fillmore council appoints member, plans redevelopment fate
- VCS:Ojai council moves to eliminate lifetime health benefits in future
- VCS:Ojai councilwoman's repeated absences spark questions
- VCS:Council taps city as successor to Thousand Oaks Redevelopment Agency