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Assembly Budget Advice To Congress

Katy Grimes: In what should have been an thoroughly embarrassing move on Monday, California's Assembly voted and passed a resolution to tell Congress to raise the national debt ceiling. Really. Even with my writer's imagination, I could not make this up. AJR 14, authored by Democratic Assembly...

Brown slams CSU on pay packages

Steven Greenhut: Here is a letter Gov. Jerry Brown sent to Herbert Carter, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the California State University: Dear Mr. Carter, As this Board well knows, California is still struggling to overcome the effects of the great recession which forced tens of billio...

California Tax Receipts Crashing

John Seiler: As I reported last week, there was little likelihood that California would get $4 billion in extra tax receipts the rest of the year. Yet two weeks ago the Democratic Legislature passed a "balanced" budget which included that assumption, and Gov. Jerry Brown signed it into law. Co...

Assembly Crime and Punishment

Katy Grimes: It’s never surprising when the wrath of the Speaker of the Assembly comes down on a member for failing to support the party in power on a crucial vote. That's the way of Capitol politics. What is surprising, is the forms the wrath takes. In 2008, Assemblywoman Nichole Para, a De...

Tax-Funded Handout: Free WiFi

Ali Meyer: Looks like California taxpayers may have one more thing to pay for on their list.  State Sen. Alan Lowenthal, D-Long Beach, is attempting to pass SCR 6, which will provide free Internet service for at least 10 years to those living in state affordable housing.  The concurrent resol...

Nunez: Open Mouth, Insert Foot

Katy Grimes: On the first day of the hearing in a lawsuit against the State of California and former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for commuting the sentence of Esteban Nunez, son of former Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez, the elder Nunez clearly demonstrated that he has no shame. "Former California ...

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