Wednesday, May 9, 2012
- Asm. Roger Hernandez: Naive Meets Dumb With Self-Serving Legislation
- LESSONS FROM THE FIRE TAX AND LOOKING OUTWARD
- FRBlog: *FR Exclusive* List of Mitt Romney California Delegates
- OCReg: Romney's Orange County delegates unveiled
- SOS: Ron Paul Republican Delegate List
- LATimes($): Jerry Brown says tax petitions will be submitted this week
- SD31: Roth campaign releases campaign ad
- 2012 ELECTIONS: More SuperPac-tivity in CD31
- SacBee: California senators roll out proposal aimed at keeping state parks open
- LATimes($): Lawmakers tussle over resolutions honoring Boy Scouts
- SacBee: Boy Scouts' membership policy riles California lawmakers
- SacBee: The Buzz: Jerry Brown says he left California 'on R&R,' declines to say where
- CalCap: April Tax Collections Nearly $2.5 Billion Short, Controller Says
- LATimes($): Dreary April tax collections raise budget worries, controller says
- CalWatch: GOP senators call Wine Train project 'tax dollar sinkhole'
- LATimes($): California Republican plans new think tank
- CalPensions:CalPERS actuaries: state rate up $213M to $3.7B
- SacBee:AM Alert: Dianne Feinstein's challengers to mix it up online
- SBSun: CSU trustee subcommittee approves freeze on presidents' pay - with a catch
- LATimes($): Cal State panel OKs presidential pay freeze, letting groups chip in
- SJMerc: Ad for cigarette-tax initiative attacks tobacco industry
- LATimes($): LAUSD is raising the bar for its students
- LADN: Students graduating from LAUSD high schools must pass college-prep courses
- SanGabTrib:Monterey Park appoints members to county fire ad hoc committee
- LADN: Law would require some L.A. markets to keep shopping carts from leaving site
- LADN: LADWP: Water use is on the rise
- LADN: Businessman Austin Beutner drops bid for L.A. mayor
- LATimes($): Villaraigosa seeks another boost in parking ticket fines
- OCReg:Could your city police department cost less?
- OCReg:If you were a public worker, what would your pension be?
- OCReg: 4 candidates seek to unseat Rep. Loretta Sanchez
- OCReg: U.S. Rep. Campbell far ahead in 45th District fundraising
- RivPE: S.B. COUNTY: Ambulance service to be bid out
- SBSun: Fontana council approves joint powers agreement to help underwater mortgage holders
- SBSun: SBPEA announces supervisor endorsements
- IVDB: Upland to again enforce temporary sign ordinance, implement monument naming policy
- DesSun:Palm Desert to identify those who will examine pay rates
- DesSun:Indio dipping into fund to buy 2 new art pieces
- RivPE: JURUPA VALLEY: Teachers, school district at impasse
- RivPE: EASTVALE: Council considers public safety budgets
- RivPE: RIVERSIDE: Council doles out federal money
- RivPE: REGION: Recycled water projects get federal funding
- RivPE: Union begins organizing at Inland Regional Center
- RivPE: MORENO VALLEY: Trustee Rios leaves school board meeting
- SDUT: Schools benefit changes could take until 2014
- SDUT: DeMaio cites waste; critics rap his claims, spending
- SDUT: San Diego County proposes $4.77 billion budget
- SDUT: Port chairman accelerates review of travel policy
- SDUT: A political point about La Jolla's secession
- SDUT: Planning commissioner fined over undisclosed income
- SDUT: Supervisors approve fifth grant waiver
- NCTimes: POLITICS: Supervisors OK nearly $300K in discretionary grants
- NCTimes: Water bills already too high? They're about to soar
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The Golden Pen
RivPE: STATE: Scholarship bust - CalWatchdog: NEW: Killing off business for college students
- OCReg: Editorial: California business-tax hike moving on 2 fronts
- Townhall: The Moral Infrastructure
- OCReg: Double whammy tax bite set for November?
- SBSun: Bill would hike insurance costs
- OCReg: Speaking out against government controls on email, Internet
- One more idea on creating jobs in Fresno
- SacBee: Dan Walters: California government reformers face gut check on ballot proposal
- SacBee:Dan Walters Daily: California Forward has rough path ahead
- SacBee: Viewpoints: Legislation would restore water, balance to west-side Valley farmers
- WSJ: The Academic Mob Rules
- WSJ: America and the Value of 'Earned Success'
- Townhall: Why We Need to Terminate Big Wind Subsidies
- RCP:Obama's Ridiculous To-Do List
- HumEvnts:Raising the capital gains tax will not lead to 'fairness,' but only slam U.S. job creation
- RS: Vote Down the Export-Import Bank
- WklyStand: West Virginia Democrats: Obama 59.4%, Federal Inmate 40.6%
- NatlRev: Stealth Welfare Expansion
- NatlRev: Our Extractive Elites
- SacBee: Death didn't stop 1973 Roseville land dispute
- SacBee: Sacramento City Council veteran Pannell faces challenger backed by mayor
- SacBee: Twin Rivers Unified's legal tab nearly $1 million for 4 months; union seeks audit
- SacBee: Incumbent judge, deputy DA offer contrast of styles for Yolo County bench
- SFChron: George Lucas strikes back at neighbors?
- SFChron: Mirkarimi's lawyers call ouster action political
- CCTimes: State's lawyers call MTC's building purchase improper; opinion fuels regionalism reform
- OakTrib: Settlement reached in 2009 San Francisco Bay oil spill
- SFChron: S.F.'s rental market is red hot
- SFChron: Historic preservation rule changes OKd
- OakTrib: Moraga's Measure A short of passing
- OakTrib: Bullets, pot and other obstacles to school reform in East Oakland
- CCTimes: Concord council loath to shutter camp in effort to close budget gap
- SFChron: State bills Oakland for Henry J. Kaiser transfer
- SJMerc: Facebook's expansion plan clears first hurdle; Menlo Park City Council is next
- SJMerc: Sheriff retracts endorsement of incumbent San Jose Councilwoman Rose Herrera
- FresBee: Fresno County supervisors tone down criticism of high-speed rail
- FresBee: PG&E business-discount idea earns support
- FresBee: Actors union backs musicians in strike against Fresno opera
- FresBee: Tulare County backs Sierra permits for horse, mule packers
- BakCal: Supervisors punt solar development decision, increase top lawyer's vacation time
- ModBee: Harsh words, lawsuit threats greet MID plan to sell water to SF
- ModBee: MID raises farmers' water rates 10 percent
- ModBee: Turlock stands to lose 4 police, 2 firefighter positions
- ModBee: Modesto City Council seeks change in LAFCo's sewer policy
- SCS:Judge tells Fort Ord Reuse Authority to turn over records or explain why not
- LATimes($): Julia Brownley backed by national Democrats
- VCS:Thousand Oaks Council OKs reduced impound fee
- VCS:Oxnard Council votes to kill retirement perk for top staffers
- VCS:Romney tops Ventura County race for presidential campaign dollars
- VCS:Status quo budget forecast for county
- VCS:Merger of Santa Paula school districts to be heard by state board