Posts Tagged ‘budget deficit’
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
May 21, 2013
By Katy Grimes
SACRAMENTO -- Some California educators want to educate your children "cradle-to-career."
In support of President Obama's proposal to significantly increase federal spending on early childhood education and care, Assembly Concurrent Resolution 45 is by Ass...
Monday, May 20th, 2013
May 20, 2013
By Katy Grimes
During his press briefing last week while discussing the state’s lack of budgeting flexibility, Gov. Jerry Brown said, "Anyone who thinks there's spare change around here, they haven’t read the budget."
Brown released his May Budget Revision l...
Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
May 15, 2013
By Katy Grimes
Government employees' salaries and benefits, and in particular, pensions, are financially unsustainable in California. It is clear that collective bargaining reform is needed. But in a state run by politicians elected largely with the financial support of labor and ...
Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
May 14, 2013
By Katy Grimes
SACRAMENTO -- Balancing the economic realities of the state budget with political influences surely is a challenging task. Unfortunately, in California it is a task which few administrations have managed in recent state history.
Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown an...
Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
May 14, 2013
By Katy Grimes
SACRAMENTO -- Another secretive budget is in the near future as Democrats passed 37 empty budget "spot bills" Monday. It was business as usual in the Assembly.
Assemblyman Bob Blumenfield, D-Los Angeles, the author of AB 74, the budget bills, and Chairman of the...
Thursday, May 9th, 2013
May 9, 2013
By Katy Grimes
It's always good to see the California Legislature proposing more vindictive bills aimed at penalizing employers.
The new "Walmart loophole" bill, AB 880, would require large employers to "pay their fair share when they dump workers onto Medi-Cal by cutting ho...
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
May 8, 2013
By Katy Grimes
SACRAMENTO -- In 2006, a major rewrite of the federal bankruptcy law allowed for federal student loans to be dischargeable. Prior to 2006, student loans, along with taxes, were always required to be paid back in bankruptcy court.
Now, Assemblyman Bob Wieckowski, D...
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
May 8, 2013
By Katy Grimes
SACRAMENTO -- As the self-help movements say, taking responsibility is crucial to recovery. That's why Assemblywoman Shannon Grove, R-Bakersfield, wants California to take responsibility for its pension addiction.
Her bill, Assembly Joint Resolution 10, called o...
Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
May 7, 2013
By Katy Grimes
As more regulations are discovered in the 2010 Affordable Care Act, more people are realizing the impact of the legislation. And California looks as if the law could hit it hard.
CA medical claims will jump 62 percent
According to the Society of Actuaries, fi...
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