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Back to homepageInitiative targets cap-and-trade
March 5, 2010 By KATY GRIMES California’s version of “cap-and-trade” is under attack – again. But this time, it’s in the form of a ballot initiative, and not proposed legislation that has thus far, been easily killed. Cap-and-trade, measures created
Read MoreGOP sharks circle McNerney
March 5, 2010 By DAVE ROBERTS If Republicans take back the U.S. House of Representatives in November it will be because they win seats like the one held by Jerry McNerney – a two-term moderate-liberal in the moderately conservative 11th
Read MoreCertainty Shmertainty
Just to recap a bit for those following at home: the state is currently running a $20 billion or so budget deficit. What to do about it has paralyzed Sacramento for, well, years, virtually guaranteeing that it will get worse. Notice
Read MoreAIDS rules raise privacy questions
March 4, 2010 By ELISE VIEBECK The state’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office urged lawmakers last week to generate amore stringent reporting protocol for HIV/AIDs cases, according to a report issued by that office. A new reporting system, the LAO said, would
Read MoreLegislators Consider Merits of Williamson Act
Mar. 3, 2010 By KATY GRIMES For more than 45 years, California farmers, ranchers and land owners have voluntarily participated in the Williamson Act, which restricted the use of their land to agriculture but gave property tax breaks for the
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Calls For Senator's Resignation
What a sad and awkward day it is when newspapers call for the resignation of a Senator, and it’s not even surrounding a sex scandal or serious political mishap. Two newspapers in Senator Patricia Wiggins’ district have called for her
Read MorePublic Versus Private: Different Sets of Rules
Mar. 2, 2010 The recent stories of state workers abusing vacation policies and comp-time serves as another reminder that there are two sets of rules and laws in California — one for private sector employers and one for the state
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