August, 2012Chamber launches ‘California Comeback’Friday, August 31st, 2012 Aug. 31, 2012 By Joseph Perkins Here's an ad: “California is struggling … badly. Two million people out of work… Huge deficits… High taxes… Over-regulation…" "Instead of creating jobs, politicians increased spending $30 billion since 2008. And bureaucrats put $37 billion in ... Unions target nannies and farm workersFriday, August 31st, 2012Aug. 31, 2012 By Katy Grimes Farm workers and nannies have a couple of glaring things in common--they are jobs predominantly held by Hispanic men and women, currently exempted from overtime laws, and are being targeted by labor unions for takeover. Democrats and labor unions are pushin... AB 296 could make Gov. Brown a global warming ‘denier’Friday, August 31st, 2012 Aug. 31, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi A piece of legislation may end up putting Gov. Jerry Brown on the global warming "denier" hot seat. It's AB 296, the Cool Pavements Research and Implementation Act, sponsored by Assembly Member Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley. That is because if Brown signs t... Politics pollutes ‘water rights’ billThursday, August 30th, 2012Aug. 30, 2012 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO -- An interesting debate took place Wednesday in the Assembly over a bill granting California residents the "right" to clean drinking water. Is clean drinking water a right? Can the state grant rights to its citizens? California Democrats believe t... Prop. 31 would regionalize state revenue sharingThursday, August 30th, 2012Aug. 30, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi Despite regionalization failing miserably in the European Union, California is proposing to adopt it as a tax-sharing policy for distributing state funds to local governments if voters approve Proposition 31 on the November ballot. Prop. 31 is a combined new ... Crazifornia: Dramatic car fleet cuts aren’t dramatic enoughThursday, August 30th, 2012Aug. 30, 2012 By Laer Pearce Gov. Jerry Brown didn’t cut any beat up old Plymouths from the state’s car fleet this Tuesday, but that enduring symbol of his Moonbeam years aside, he did give the fleet a bit of a trim, issuing an executive order requiring the state to dump 7,112 vehicles. ... Controller Chiang pounds California municipalitiesWednesday, August 29th, 2012Aug. 29, 2012 By Chriss Street California State Controller John Chiang announced that the cities of Milpitas and Morgan Hill illegally tried to convert hundreds of millions of dollars of real estate, cash and investments that were required to be turned over to the State of California after G... Legislature doubles public safety death benefitWednesday, August 29th, 2012Aug. 29, 2012 By Katy Grimes Don't let all of the media coverage of the Legislature's promise of pension reform fool you for one minute into thinking that they are serious. If serious "reform" was really on the table, Assembly Speaker John Perez would not have created a new unfunded mandate fo... Redevelopment: It’s aliiiiiiiive!Wednesday, August 29th, 2012 Aug. 29, 2012 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO -- The California Redevelopment Agency was given the ax in February by Gov. Jerry Brown. Since then, lawmakers have been working as diligently as Dr. Frankenstein to breathe new life back into the monster. Many Californians said good riddance to the a... Brown, Legislature advance phony pension ‘reform’Wednesday, August 29th, 2012Aug. 29, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi There are many books that have sprung up with titles such as “The 2 Percent Solution,” “The Four Percent Solution,” “The Five Percent” solution, “The One Percent Solution,” the 999 Plan, all offering simplistic solutions to stubborn problems. ... |