Investigation-Inside Government
Monday, April 15th, 2013
April 15, 2013
By John Hrabe
California Democrats kicked off their annual state party convention on Friday night with dinners, parties and hospitality suites to celebrate last November’s historic victories. Riding President Obama’s coattails, California Democrats added six freshmen to the ...
Tuesday, April 9th, 2013
April 9, 2013
By John Hrabe and Katy Grimes
After Friday’s report on CalWatchdog.com that at least two state legislators traveled to Cuba with a powerful Sacramento lobbyist, you’d think the state’s political watchdog might be launching a formal investigation. After all, the trip was h...
Thursday, January 17th, 2013
Jan. 17, 2013
By Todd C. Ringstad
The threat of bankruptcy still haunts California. State and municipal finances have been improving, yet last year three cities filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy: Stockton, San Bernardino and Mammoth Lakes.
Around the country, Jefferson County, Ala. went belly ...
Monday, October 29th, 2012
Oct. 29, 2012
By Dave Roberts
If Proposition 36 passes, about 2,800 inmates who have committed multiple felonies and are serving sentences of 25 years to life could be released from prison or re-sentenced to lesser terms. Those criminals were sentenced under California’s “three strikes and...
Monday, October 24th, 2011
OCT. 24, 2011
By TORI RICHARDS
A mentally ill homeless man was beaten into a coma that proved fatal by six Fullerton police officers as he screamed, “Help, dad!”
Fresno police repeatedly punched a homeless man in the head while he was face down with his arms behind his back.
Three BA...
Monday, September 26th, 2011
SEPT. 26, 2011
By KATY GRIMES
Many in the state say that Gov. Jerry Brown has demonstrated a propensity for doing things his way, even if it means bucking his own party. But what Brown really has shown a gift for is expanding government.
Faced with 600 potential new laws sent to him in ...
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
SEPT. 6, 2011
By JOHN SEILER
Key California legislators passing an anti-parent bill grabbed campaign financing from the gigantic Merck conglomerate, a CalWatchDog.com investigation revealed. The legislation is AB 499 by Assemblywoman Toni Atkins, D-San Diego. In the bill's language, it "autho...
Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
JULY 5, 2011
By RICHARD TRAINOR
When I met Richard Fine in the summer of 2001, he was riding high. Shortly after that he was rotting in jail.
A prominent attorney with a thriving practice in Beverly Hills, in the sunny days of 2001 Fine was a political insider with powerful connections to U...
Monday, June 27th, 2011
JUNE 27, 2011
By RICHARD TRAINOR
The California State Victims of Crime Program (VCP) is a neat little boutique agency designed to assist crime victims. It’s officially known as the Victims Compensation and Government Claims Board, or colloquially as the CalVCP.
Formed in 1965, CalVCP is t...
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
MARCH 22, 2011
By STAN BRIN
California’s Small Claims Courts are in trouble. Every year, fewer people take their cases before the local Judge Judy. But no one seems to know why this is happening, or even that the problem exists -- or even if it is a problem at all.
In 20 years, annual Sma...
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