NOV. 10, 2011 By JOHN HRABE It’s official. San Diego’s Comprehensive Pension Reform measure has qualified for the June 2012 ballot. It's dubbed “CPR” from the initials of the measure, but also from the CPR medical procedure for reviving a nearly dead patient. The ballot CPR would br...

NOV. 10, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Following the recent news that the price of municipal bonds is imploding and the stock market bubble is no longer sustainable, CalPERS and other public pension funds are expanding their investments in hedge funds. An emerging problem is that public-sector hed...

NOV. 9, 2011 By CHRIS REED In the past three weeks, The Los Angeles Times has lived up to its journalistic responsibilities on three occasions in its coverage of the California High-Speed Rail project. On Oct. 23, reporter Ralph Vartabedian wrote a deeply troubling article that sported the ...

NOV. 8, 2011 By KATY GRIMES There are 64 ballot proposals already filed with Attorney General Kamala Harris for the November 2012 ballot. While signatures are gathered by the proponents for these initiatives to qualify for the ballot, campaigns are already gaining a head of steam. But one o...