Friday, April 20, 2012
- ROYCE BILL KEY TO SMALL BUSINESS GROWTH, JOB CREATION
- BUILDING THE SAN FRANCISCO OAKLAND BAY BRIDGE WITH CHINESE PREFABRICATED STEEL MODULES IS WRONG
- SacBee:FPPC leader to seek blogger disclosure of campaign payments
- LATimes($): California ethics czar urges disclosure of payments to Web pundits
- OCReg: State political watchdog chair wants bloggers to reveal payments
- LATimes($): State ethics czar wants disclosure when campaigns pay bloggers
- CalWatch: Public disclosure is next frontier in campaign finance reform
- SDUT: ‘Stay the course’ a (rail) road to ruin
- SBSun: Don't sell bonds for high-speed rail
- RivPE: STATE: Rail rashness
- OCReg: Californians rank 11th in per capita taxes
- CalCap: April 19 Tax Collections: Mumm's But No Dom Perignon Yet
- OCReg: Senate leader: Change initiative process
- LATimes($): State Senate leader proposes more initiative power for lawmakers
- SacBee: Steinberg to push for California initiative changes
- SacBee: Social media password bill advances in California Senate
- LATimes($): Senate panel OKs social media protections for students, workers
- CCT Political Blotter: Romney names senior adviser for California
- CCT Political Blotter: Obama to raise funds next month in SF, LA
- LATimes($): Jerry Brown just joking about violating Brown Act, aide says
- LATimes($): Governor joked about violating open-meeting law in talk with supervisors
- OCReg:Opting out of electrical 'smart meters' approved by PUC
- SanGabTrib:State regulators allow customers to opt out of smart meter program
- BakCal: Regulators move forward with SmartMeters
- LADN: SoCal Edison customers can opt-out of smart meter plan
- SacBee: California Lottery swaps ad amid controversy over slap scene
- LATimes($): New lottery ad glamorizes violence, California legislators complain
- LATimes($): Independent candidates to highlight new top-two election system
- FresBee: Analysis says Calif. prison medical costs too high
- OCReg:Hundreds of public workers in $300K club
- OCReg: Dana Point boosts legal, insurance funds amid pot cases
- RivPE: S.B. COUNTY: Repair project moves forward
- RivPE: REDLANDS: New police headquarters could cost $37 million
- SBSun: DEVELOPING: Redlands council, labor groups, begin negotiations on compensation levels
- SBSun: Airport fuel dispute spills into San Bernardino bankruptcy case
- DesSun:Indian Wells OKs placing parcel tax on ballot
- DesSun:Indian Wells City Council puts compensation talk on hiatus
- RivPE: RIVERSIDE: Mayoral candidates tackle old, new issues
- RivPE: Marijuana collective raided by DEA
- RivPE: MURRIETA: City sued by marijuana collective
- RivPE: TEMECULA: Teachers agree to tentative deal on furloughs
- SDUT: PIO gets lifetime benefits from fire agency
- SDUT: DeMaio and Fletcher heat up mayoral debate
- VOSD: The Takeaways from the TV Mayoral Debate
- VOSD: Who Is Nathan Fletcher? San Diego Explained (1)
- VOSD: Who Is Carl DeMaio? San Diego Explained (0)
- VOSD: Who Is Bonnie Dumanis? San Diego Explained
- NCTimes: VISTA: Redevelopment projects still proceeding
- NCTimes: ESCONDIDO: Council spares rent subsidy program for poor seniors
- NCTimes: Water officials weigh Carlsbad desalination project's costs, benefits
- SDUT: Lacking Vargas, televised debate canceled
- SDUT: Vargas threatens to duck another debate
- SDUT: Retiree health care changes to save $802 million
- SDUT: Early OK for SD County redistricting reform
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The Golden Pen
Calwhine: Is San Diego ballot pension fight heir to Prop. 13? It could well be - CalWatchdog: Brown, Skelton should ‘man up’ on unions
- CtyWatchLA: California Recovery: No, It Is Not East vs. West
- F&H Daily: Darrell Steinberg’s Response to ADA Predatory Lawsuits…Yawn
- CalWatchdog: NEW: Ending Prop. 13 would slam small business
- CalWatchdog: Dem maneuver in Legislature could slam housing market
- SacBee: Mortgage proposals bypass California GOP
- F&H Daily: A Good Supreme Court Decision
- SacBee: Hearings on California's high-speed rail project are a study in contrasts
- SacBee:Dan Walters Daily: Will term-limits measure benefit politicians?
- CPR: National Education Association Greed Machine in Overdrive: more teacher union extortion
- SacBee: Embattled Plumas County education official resigns
- SacBee:Councilwoman Pannell says she will serve one more term if re-elected
- SacBee:NBA's Stern: 'Cooling off period' might be best in Sacramento arena effort
- SacBee: Maloofs doubted AEG revenue estimate in spurning Sacramento arena
- SacBee: Elk Grove listens to three firms pitch their sports expertise
- SacBee: New UC Davis Police Chief Matt Carmichael pledges personal approach
- SacBee:Councilman: Even with arena deal gone, Sacramento should still explore squeezing more out of downtown parking
- SFChron: Mirkarimi apparently fails to sway judge
- SFChron: Tentative ruling gives Ross Mirkarimi tough road to get job back
- CCTimes: Alameda County District 4 Supervisor candidate debate gets a tech touch
- OakTrib: Cal's Memorial Stadium financing faces challenge to meet lofty goals
- CCTimes: PG&E fined nearly $20 million for safety lapses in Contra Costa County
- SFChron: Term limits' main restraints are on voter options
- CCTimes: Mt. Diablo Health Care District presses on with grants
- SJMerc: 49ers' kick off move to South Bay
- FresBee: Fresno general plan vote focuses on housing infill
- FresBee: Political Notebook: Bigelow gets big donations for Assembly campaign
- FresBee: Ex-Fresno Co. DA Hunt in critical condition, wife says
- BakCal: County proposes split with city animal control, setting up new shelter
- BakCal: Kern County earns poor marks for infrastructure
- SCS:Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission looks at future of getting around town
- SCS:Regional Transportation Commission moves toward vehicle fee vote
- SLO Trib: Local farmers appeal new ag water quality regulations
- VCS:Morning Report: Traffic signals down throughout Oxnard after accident
- VCS:Moorpark College dedicates new health science building
- VCS: Democrat Hodge lands Republican Bradbury's endorsement
- VCS:County wins appeal of housing mandate
- VCS:Ventura's budget pushes for public safety, cleanliness
- SanGabTrib:Local leaders warm to Villaraigosa's transit tax extension idea - if area projects benefit
- SanGabTrib:Tax plan leads to heated exchange between Antonovich, Villaraigosa
- LADN: Mayor Villaraigosa storms out of MTA meeting after Antonovich refers to original law as 'gang rape'
- IVDB: Claremont oversight board for dissolved redevelopment agency selected
- LATimes($): Mayor to propose rollback in retirement benefits
- LADN: Police union suing to stop change in vehicle impound policy
- SanGabTrib:Two Diamond Bar parks completed at cost of near $1 million
- LATimes($): Secret sheriff's clique probed
- LADN: Rep. Brad Sherman reaches out to his Republican rival
- LATimes($): Ex-appraiser says he cut values in hopes of donations to assessor