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Brown's Budget Shifts Much To Localities

JAN. 10, 2010 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget fix is a topic of statewide social conversation but often misreported in the media. Re: Jerry Brown Wants to Tame Budget with Tax Extensions, Deep Cuts, LA Times Anatomy of

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Perdition is our condition

JAN. 10, 2010 As a new governor takes over amid a flurry of promises and activity, and the tired, boring old governor exits the scene, it’s easy to forget that the old guy also came in amid a torrent of

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Pulling Back CalPERS' Ethics Curtain

JAN. 7, 2010 By WAYNE LUSVARDI The Securities and Exchange Commission has exposed the self-righteous CalPERS, the California Public Employees Retirement System, as no longer the self-anointed ethical wizards of pension funds. L. Frank Baum wrote that when he started

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Waiting To See Agenda 2011

JAN. 7, 2011 Tucked away under the authority of the California State Library, the California Research Bureau “provides nonpartisan research services to the Governor and his staff, to both houses of the legislature, and to other state elected officials.” In

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Brown Sets State Up For Tax Vote

JAN. 4, 2011 By JOHN SEILER In his inaugural address Monday, new (and past) Gov. Jerry Brown spoke eloquently of past Californians, including his great-grandparents, who overcame tremendous obstacles to build our state: The people of California have not lost

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