Tuesday, January 31, 2012
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OUR LAWLESS SUPREME COURT
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SanGabTrib:California Assembly approves Mendoza bill making it easier for school districts to deny charter schools
- SacBee: Assembly OKs bill to weigh charter schools' impact
- SacBee:Legislation to amend three-strikes law gets KOd by Assembly
- SacBee: Assembly rejects 3-tier plan for sex offenders
- CalCap: Apparently Nothing Is Sacred
- OakTrib: California Assembly considers softening Three Strikes law
- SacBee:Assembly OKs bill to give local courts more power over spending
- LAT: California's chief justice loses round over Judicial Council power
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SDUT: Budget jeopardizes kindergarten program
- VCS:Cal Grants may be tougher to get under governor's proposed budget
- LAT: Judge blocks cut to healthcare for poor Californians
- SacBee:Los Angeles judge blocks state budget cut to Medi-Cal providers
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CalWatchdog: NEW: Bills Address High-Speed Gravy Train
- OCReg:Gov. Brown: Cap-and-trade could pay for high-speed rail
- CalWatch: Explainer: The end of redevelopment agencies
- CCT Political Blotter: CA redevelopment agencies take plea to governor
- VCS:Redevelopment suit fails as shutdown looms
- OCReg:Unmasked: $101.8 billion mystery redevelopment debt
- SanGabTrib:Confusion reigns as cities, county phase out redevelopment agencies
- SacBee:California has spent $277,000 fighting prison officers' union
- SacBee: 545 in Corrections ranks get layoff warning notices
- LAT: Robert Hertzberg opts out of state Senate race
- SacBee:Bob Hertzberg won't challenge Fran Pavley for state Senate
- LADN: Bob Hertzberg halts bid for state Senate
- VCS:Hertzberg won't run in east county's 27th Senate District
- CalCap: Statement from Former Assembly Speaker Bob Hertzberg
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The Hill:GOP weighs contempt charges against White House on Solyndra
- CCT Political Blotter: California, meet Propositions 28 and 29
- The Hill:CBO: Federal workers better compensated than in private sector
- SFChron: It's official: federal workers are paid more
- SFChron: Federal work pays better, government study finds
- FresBee: With earmarks gone, California must work for transportation dollars
- HumEvnts:Senate says it has power to circumvent Obama on Keystone pipeline
- CapWkly: Discipline changes eyed for first-time alcohol offenses among teachers
- CCTimes: After opponent's taunt, Feinstein takes to Twitter
- LAT: Supervisors' private session with Brown violated law, D.A. says
- LAT: Two L.A. mayoral candidates surpass $1-million mark in fundraising
- LAT: Broken sidewalks could cost L.A. dearly
- LAT: California Assembly votes to outlaw smoking on hospital campuses
- LADN: Orange Line busway extension leaves Metro with $180 million left over
- LADN: Confusion is word of the day in L.A. City Council remapping
- OCReg:Public administrator chose retirement date to boost pension, county says
- OCReg:Public administrator's request for reinstatement denied
- OCReg:Public administrator chose retirement date to boost pension, county...
- OCReg:Hearing on public administrator pushed back
- OCReg: Anaheim could nix tax incentives for Disney-area hotels
- OCReg: Judge: Crystal Cathedral sale will go through
- OCReg: City leaders offer to increase pension contributions
- OCReg: Costa Mesa outsourcing legal costs: $400,000 and rising
- SBSun: Interim president appointed at San Bernardino Valley College
- SAN MANUEL Tribe hires back former lobbyist
- IVDB: Ontario chief faces discrimination lawsuit
- IVDB: San Bernardino County working with hospitals to reduce number of elective deliveries
- DesSun:Opposition to quarry project vocal at hearing
- LAT: Battle intensifies over proposed Temecula rock quarry
- RivPE: LIBERTY QUARRY: Concerns over jobs dominate hearing
- DesSun:Judge: Some health workers can't strike
- RivPE: Court bans some health-care workers from one-day strike
- DesSun:Bono Mack leads Ruiz in fundraising
- SDUT: Sweetwater legal fees effort fizzles
- SDUT: Consultant says port inflated terminal figures
- SDUT: Pension initiative headed for June ballot
- SDUT: Citizen's arrest of Sanders fails
- SDUT: Report questions district P.R. aimed at election
- SDUT: SD school board takes up budget
- NCTimes: REGION: Scaled-down Merriam Mountains project may be on horizon
- NCTimes: OCEANSIDE: Revenue on target to meet budget projections
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The Golden Pen
SJMerc: George Runner: Californians reject higher taxes for a reason
- NCTimes: EDITORIAL: More nonsense from Sacramento
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HumEvnts:Why Obama's envy campaign will not work
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CalWatchdog: NEW: Dogfight Growls in 26th District House Race
- RivPE: STATE: Overtime indulgence
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OCReg: Thomas Sowell: Bullet train going nowhere, very fast
- OCReg: Editorial: Californians not willing to tax themselves
- LAT: Sensible CEQA reform
- RS: Federal Workers Earning More Than Those Paying Their Salaries
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CalWatchdog: NEW: Petty Lawsuit Shows Leaders' Motive
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SFChron: Let Oakland protesters occupy a county jail cell
- NatlRev: CBO: Federal Workers Overcompensated
- CCTimes: Contra Costa Times editorial: Violence, destruction by Occupy Oakland must be stopped
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Calwhine: Steinberg: Only ‘far right’ wants big pension changes. PPIC: 68% back shift to 401(k)-type accounts
- Calwhine: Is California cap-and-trade dead? What it looks like to someone paying close attention
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F&H Daily:Court Decision Changes Dynamic of State Senate Races
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SacBee: Think Long committee falls short of ballot goal
- Townhall: Social Pressure to Marry Is Dead
- Townhall: Labor Dept. Targets the Family Farm
- NatlRev: A Tale of Two Seizures
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NatlRev: Obama's Silly Buffett Rule
- NatlRev: Are Students Drowning in Debt?
- F&H Daily:Proof That A Bigger Legislature Saves Money
- CPR: Crumbling Infrastructure? Rebuilding Roads the Right Way in California
- SacBee: CalSTRS may cut investment forecast again
- SacBee:City of Sacramento website still down after weekend hacking
- SacBee:Mayor's State of the City focuses on arena, education, green jobs
- CalWatch: SF official wants to restrict police role in terrorism probes
- CCTimes: San Francisco city attorney sues Tenderloin markets he says are havens for drug sales, fencing stolen merchandise
- SFChron: Prosecutor: Mirkarimi kept wife 'isolated'
- SFChron: S.F. meter plan put in park
- CCTimes: Bay Area Air board hits the road to see business pollution up close
- CCTimes: Kaiser workers striking Tuesday throughout Northern California
- CCTimes: Contra Costa College investigating possible fraud
- CCTimes: Walnut Creek will beef up weekend patrols downtown
- OakTrib: Oakland tries new tactics against Occupy
- Townhall: Oakland Mayor to Ask Occcupiers to Tell Other Occupiers That Violence is Bad
- SFChron: Split in Occupy movement
- SJMerc: San Jose courts feds in quest to snag regional U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- SFChron: Santa Clara says voters can't rescind 49ers deal
- CCTimes: Middle-class 49ers fans feel priced out of Santa Clara stadium
- BakCal: Oil-ag fight back on after court rejects local ruling
- FresBee: Purpose of Fresno Co. workers strike is left unmet
- ModBee: Are Modesto-area sewer projects down drain?
- ModBee: Kaiser Permanente staff to picket Modesto hospital today
- LAT: Friends mourn Santa Maria police officer killed during his arrest
- SLO Trib: State wavers on future of closed Paso Robles correctional facility
- SCS:Marani declines run for county supervisor, citing family obligations
- VCS: What to make of leaked campaign polls?