Anthony Pignataro: According to this press release just sent out by the Office of Governor Jerry Brown, the budget Brown will propose today will include $12.5 billion in spending cuts, an "eight to 10 percent cut in take-home pay for most state employees" as well as "an election this coming June ...

John Seiler: You know it would happen. They're coming for Prop. 13, the 1978 tax-cut measure. Having overspent for decades, the California government of parasites has run up a $28 billion deficit. Jerry Brown's new budget is expected to include inadequate cuts and tax increases. But it still w...

John Seiler: I've known Rob Stutzman about 15 years, since he was press secretary to Attorney General Dan Lungren back in the 1990s. He's one of the most knowledgeable people about California politics. He was with Arnold in the early days, before Arnold shifted Left and Stutzman went elsewhere, a...

Katy Grimes: Friday, The Sacramento Bee went out on a limb lauding Gov. Jerry Brown's recent political appointments, specifically patting Brown on the back for naming Democrat John Laird , amongst others, as Natural Resources Secretary. Laird, was just rejected by voters in a Senate race for the 15t...

Steven Greenhut: The new governor will introduce his budget at 11 am on Monday. Expect it to be austere and used as an argument for higher taxes.

Anthony Pignataro: You don't have to watch politics very long before you see that top people move more or less freely from the public sector -- where they develop much expertise at taxpayer expense -- to the private sector -- whey they cash in on that service, then turn around and start grabbing ...