May, 2012Cities seek to freeze state’s ‘claw-back’ of millionsThursday, May 31st, 2012Pay panel cuts salaries for governor, lawmakersThursday, May 31st, 2012Five candidates for California State University ChancellorThursday, May 31st, 2012May 31, 2012 By John Hrabe After fourteen years as head of the nation’s largest higher education system, Cal State University Chancellor Charles Reed is calling it quits. Reed’s tenure has been praised by the insular higher education community. He’s been one of the most vocal protectors ... Nanny Mayor orders supersize downsizeThursday, May 31st, 2012 May 31, 2012 Katy Grimes: In the land of nanny governments, contradictions abound. In California, lawmakers have banned and taxed smoking, tried to ban plastic bags and polystyrene food containers, regulated the Happy Meal, mandated breaks and vacation time for babysitters, and even ordered fitte... Fuel stations for nonexistent carsThursday, May 31st, 2012May 31, 2012 By Joseph Perkins If you build it, they will come. That was the cockeyed reasoning behind a state grant program to encourage construction of hydrogen fueling stations long before hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are actually motoring along the Golden State’s freeways and roads. ... Cap & Trade parasite bill signals civil war on businessThursday, May 31st, 2012May 31, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi Speaker John A. Perez’s push of Assembly Bill 1532 through the State Assembly on Tuesday, May 29, signals a shift from regulation of air pollution to an outright civil war on business and industry in California. AB 1532 is not content with just using polluti... Will pension reform make leg deadline?Thursday, May 31st, 2012May 31, 2012 Katy Grimes: With the budget deadline looming, the Legislature is also facing a June 1 deadline for bills to be passed out of the house of which they originate. In the Senate yesterday during floor debate over a bill to create a private sector pension program, Sen. Sam Blakeslee,... Bankruptcy bill stuck in AssemblyThursday, May 31st, 2012May 30, 2012 By Katy Grimes Californians can heave a sigh of relief for the moment; the Assembly did not pass the latest bill preventing cities and municipalities from filing for bankruptcy. But don't think that this bill is dead and buried. AB 1692 by by Assemblyman Bob Wieckowski, D-Fr... State raids tobacco tax moneyThursday, May 31st, 2012May 31, 2012 Katy Grimes: A newly released federal study reports that California has not only used very little of the billions of dollars in tobacco tax and tobacco settlement money it receives, the state has raided the tobacco fund to plug budget holes. The Centers for Disease Control and... PPIC poll ignores big drop in support for Brown’s taxWednesday, May 30th, 2012May 30, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi A recent California opinion poll selectively reports data only in favor of Gov. Brown’s tax increase proposal on the November 2012 ballot. Conversely, it ignores data indicating growing opposition to Brown’s package of income and sales tax increases. The M... |
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