JULY 29, 2010 A CalWatchdog Retrospective: 20 years after the California Task Force to Promote Self-esteem and Personal and Social Responsibility. By K. LLOYD BILLINGSLEY California state documents do not generally fly off the shelves but 20 years ago the Golden State had a hot seller. Towa...
July, 2010Retrospective: A state of esteem?Thursday, July 29th, 2010More furloughs, but no budgetThursday, July 29th, 2010JULY 29, 2010 By KATY GRIMES Faced with a $19.1 billion state deficit and no acceptable budget in the works, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger reinstated furloughs for state workers on Wednesday. In an executive order declaring a fiscal emergency, the governor called for state employees to take three... Court upholds contingency feesWednesday, July 28th, 2010JULY 27, 2010 By LAURA SUCHESKI The California Supreme Court released a controversial decision Monday in County of Santa Clara v. Superior Court (Atlanta Richfield Co.) that may worsen the state’s already dismal lawsuit climate for businesses. The court ruled that municipalities can hire ... Bee stokes phony crime waveMonday, July 26th, 2010JULY 26, 2010 By STEVEN GREENHUT In what can only be viewed as an attempt to build public support for the hiring of more park rangers, the Sacramento Bee on July 25 published an overwrought front-page story – complete with two inside-the-A-section jump pages – warning about a crime wave th... City muddles tax cut verbiageMonday, July 26th, 2010JULY 26, 2010 By KATY GRIMES Ballot language for a Sacramento city utilities initiative that would rollback rates -- proposed by the city attorney and approved by the City Council last week -- is so confusing and unreadable that even the measure's sponsor says he doesn't understand it. He worr... 36,000 Entertainment Jobs Leave StateFriday, July 23rd, 2010 JULY 23, 2010 By LAURA SUCHESKI While some have admitted to themselves that companies are actually leaving the state and not coming back, few are convinced that California’s famous entertainment industry, too, is vulnerable. After all, Los Angeles is the world leader in films and television ... Pasadena seeks sanctuaryFriday, July 23rd, 2010JULY 23, 2010 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Judicial Watch, a non-profit public interest legal foundation, filed a complaint July 10 in Los Angeles County Superior Court alleging the Pasadena Police Department (PPD) has been non-responsive for over 30 days to its June 4 request for public records co... Another Taxing Tax LevyThursday, July 22nd, 2010JULY 22, 2010 By KATY GRIMES Senator Gloria Romero, D-Los Angeles, is sponsoring a tax bill that the California Chamber of Commerce calls a “Job Killer.” The tax levy bill has already passed the Senate Revenue and Tax Committee as well as the Senate Appropriations Committee, and is headed ... The greening of the stateWednesday, July 21st, 2010 JULY 21, 2010 By KATY GRIMES Sacramento’s Mayor Kevin Johnson hopes that the controversial former “Green Czar” Van Jones can bring a different sort of green with him to the Sacramento region. As part of a statewide push on climate change, global warming and alternative energy creation... Cracks in the ‘Tea’ potTuesday, July 20th, 2010JULY 20, 2010 By KATY GRIMES As a largely leaderless organization, the anti-tax Tea Party movement experienced a brouhaha this week from within, demonstrating there are struggles and turf battles between competing Tea Party groups. Billed as a “vile, disgusting racist" by one critic, Mark... |