Posts Tagged ‘Sacramento’
Thursday, May 16th, 2013
May 16, 2013
By Katy Grimes
SACRAMENTO -- A corruption exemption remains in Assembly Bill 173, by Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, D-San Diego. But calls I made to all the members of the Accountability and Administrative Review committee, which had reviewed the bill, indicated resistance by...
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...
Friday, May 10th, 2013
May 10, 2013
By Katy Grimes
SACRAMENTO -- During two hours of expert testimony Wednesday, California Assembly members learned future commercial and housing developments should not be built on prime agricultural land, which should continue to be used for farming. The committee acted as if ...
Thursday, May 9th, 2013
May 9, 2013
By Katy Grimes
You've heard of the Millionaire Next Door? Now meet the Criminal Next Door.
In what appears to be a nod to the powerful prison guards union, California is shunning sending prison inmates to lower cost, out-of-state prisons to reduce the overcrowded prison populati...
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...
Friday, May 3rd, 2013
Part One of a series
May 3, 2013
By Katy Grimes
One of the original pioneers of the Obamacare patient networks, HealthCare Partners, has been operating in California without the required state license. But according to health care experts and a new lawsuit, the California Departme...
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