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Anthony Pignataro: We’re kinda torn on whether to celebrate this one: “The California Parole Apprehension Team (CPAT) — created as part of the Governor’s parole reforms — in less than 8 months has arrested or located 2,598 parolees-at-large, a record
Read MoreRedevelopment giveaway for Oakley?
AUG. 31, 2010 By KATY GRIMES A small Contra Costa city appears to have an unusual amount of pull in the Capitol. A bill working through the Legislature would designate property tax revenues from a proposed power plant in the
Read MoreUnions' war on accountability
Steven Greenhut: The LA teachers’ union is livid over a Los Angeles Times series and database that enables readers and parents to look up the ratings of district teachers. The unions have made it impossible to fire even abusive or
Read MoreSenate Staff Salaries Online!
Anthony Pignataro: Exciting, isn’t it? Well, to us wonkish, nerdish reporters, it is. Yes, folks, Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg has agreed to post a 22-page PDF spreadsheet listing the salaries of all Senate staffers, right there real prominent-like
Read MoreMake a Difference Day
Katy Grimes: It should warm everyone’s heart that the Senate today approved “Make a Difference Day,” a power-packed Assembly resolution that designates October 23, 2010, and every fourth Saturday of October thereafter, as “Make a Difference Day.” The author, Assemblyman
Read MoreDo high taxes cost state jobs?
AUGUST 30, 2010 By JOHN SEILER It’s become a commonplace among many Republicans, conservatives and libertarians that California’s high-tax climate kills jobs. The jobs are either destroyed, driven to other states, or not created here in the first place. A
Read MoreArnold should stay in Asia
John Seiler: Arnold’s on a six-day junket to Asia. He should stay there. He’s done enough damage to California. His absence delays a deal on the budget — which already is 10 weeks late — but so what. We’re better
Read MoreBankruptcy Bill Violates Rule
Katy Grimes: News comes from the Senate today that AB 155, the union-backed bill preventing cities and municipalities from filing for bankruptcy protection – has been held in Senate Appropriations after Vice Chairman Sen. Roy Ashburn called the Democrats out on
Read MoreBudget Vote Imminent?
Katy Grimes and Anthony Pignataro: Yeah, right. Though you wouldn’t believe how tense the Capitol is right now. Both parties in the Assembly went into caucus today, only to emerge more than an hour later looking grave. Tempers are short,
Read MoreState Paying for Bullet Train Station
AUG. 27, 2010 By KATY GRIMES A bill designed to formally authorize the proposed bullet train system expenditures is only now working through the legislature even though the project has been rolling ahead at full throttle. Though a glance at the
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