Posts Tagged ‘waste’Assembly bill would extend ‘cradle-to-career’ state educationTuesday, 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... Caltrans Bay Bridge delays shun private solutionsMonday, May 20th, 2013 May 20, 2013 By Katy Grimes The Caltrans Bay Bridge debacle is worse than just a case of embarrassment for government infrastructure projects. The bridge is unsafe, according to engineering experts across the country, after the discovery that a third of the of the 96 massive, high-strength... Assembly members objecting to corruption exemption in AB 173Thursday, 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... Assembly budget secrecy ahead; 37 empty budget bills passedTuesday, May 14th, 2013May 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... Bill would strip corruption protections from university employeesMonday, May 13th, 2013 May 13, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO -- Public contracts should always be subjected to stiff scrutiny. Without public scrutiny and oversight, spending other people's money is too easy. But a new Assembly bill would not only increase the amount of money California's public universities... On gun shows and leisure suits…Thursday, May 2nd, 2013 May 2, 2013 By Katy Grimes What do leisure suits and gun shows have in common? More than you might think. It turns out that some members of the California Senate don't particularly like either. But I'll bet in this Legislature, gun shows are despised more. But this is about constitution... Legislature guts another transparency billThursday, May 2nd, 2013May 2, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO -- In a move which disregarded the very issue in the bill, Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 6 killed an important transparency bill Tuesday before it was even heard. Assemblywoman Kristin Olsen, R- Modesto, hadn’t even testified on ACA 4, which... Pattern developing in reform bill killingsThursday, May 2nd, 2013May 2, 2013 By Katy Grimes It's the first day of May. If you haven't noticed, the California Democratic Supermajority is killing all reform efforts. And the targets are not just Republican bills. Just yesterday, the Senate Committee on Environmental Quality killed a bill which would have ... Sacto Bee targets McClintock over Yosemite issueSaturday, April 27th, 2013 April 27, 2013 By Katy Grimes Instead of criticizing the environmentalists who want the riff-raff out of Yosemite National Park, to be returned to its "wilderness state" so visitors can enjoy "tranquility and introspection," the Sacramento Bee has taken up a fight with Rep. Tom McClintock... |