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JULY 26, 2011
The California dream of an affordable, top-notch state-sponsored education for all is nothing to dream about for legal California students.
Just signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown was AB 130, the “California Dream Act of 2011,” authored by Assemblyman Gil Cedillo, D-Los Ange...
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JULY 18, 2011
With many public schools now feeding children breakfast and lunch, and even forbidding parents to send homemade lunches to school for their children, it is obvious that the state has decided that it is a better parent.
Many school principals say they are encouraging “health...
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JULY 7, 2011
It's not over.
Even though Gov. Jerry Brown signed the budget on June 30, lawmakers are churning out more legislation. And Capitol legislative committees are currently hearing hundreds of new spending and regulation bills.
Facing a $26 billion budget shortfall, Brown appeared m...
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JUNE 27, 2011
The latest budget drama shows how California needs a part-time Legislature. It hasn't had one since the late 1960s. Since then, few budgets have been balanced while meeting the June 15 constitutional deadline. In the past 24 years, only one budget met both criteria, the 1999-2000 bu...
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JUNE 17, 2011
The California Legislature just passed a budget. Less than 24 hours later, the governor vetoed it, leaving many political wonks scratching their heads in wonderment at why Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a budget from his own party.
Could this have been the plan all along, so that legisl...
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