Dec. 29, 2012 By Joseph Perkins Most lawmakers in Sacramento have no idea who Robert K. Merton was. But they almost certainly are familiar with terms the late great American social scientist introduced into the popular lexicon, including “unintended consequences.” An apt example of ...
Posts Tagged ‘Little Hoover Commission’Solar power fries ratepayersSaturday, December 29th, 2012California needs $765 billion in new roadsTuesday, December 4th, 2012 Dec. 4, 2012 By Dave Roberts California’s infrastructure -- once the envy of the nation in the 1950s and 60s -- has not kept up with growth and has been allowed to deteriorate. Out of $142 billion in total state funding in the current budget, only 5 percent ($7.6 billion) goes to the Departm... Little Hoover: More CA city bankruptcies loomWednesday, November 14th, 2012Nov. 14, 2012 By Dave Roberts “Are your cities going to make it for five years?” asked Little Hoover Commission Chairman Daniel Hancock at the recent commission hearing on pension and infrastructure financing. “That’s a good question,” responded Dwight Stenbakken, deputy executiv... Special Series: Local Governments Face Bankruptcy QuandaryFriday, March 16th, 2012Editor’s Note: This is the third in a CalWatchDog.com Special Series of 12 in-depth articles on municipal bankruptcy. MARCH 16, 2012 By JOHN SEILER Bankruptcy is the boogeyman haunting governments across America. It’s not a question of if more cities will file for bankruptcy, but how ma... Brown’s Tax Election StallingTuesday, March 8th, 2011 MARCH 8, 2011 BY JOHN SEILER A couple of days ago it seemed as though Gov. Jerry Brown had the needed GOP votes to slate a Special Election for June on increasing taxes. Now it seems he doesn't. His deadline for a deal is Thursday. Later than that, and an election might have to be scheduled... ‘Calpetbaggers’ Still Spiking PensionsWednesday, March 2nd, 2011 MARCH 2, 2011 BY WAYNE LUSVARDI Call them "Calpetbaggers." They're the 200 local governmental entities fingered in last week's Little Hoover Commission's pension report that have defiantly increased public pension benefits since 2008 -- in the face of a $240 billion shortfall in the 85 public... Little Hoover: Cut Current PensionsThursday, February 24th, 2011 John Seiler: It's not Wisconsin -- yet. But today the Little Hoover Commission released a new report on California pensions that pushed forward the serious cutting of government-worker costs on the state budget. "Public Pensions for Retirement Security" is 106 pages of well-reasoned analysis o... |