Schrag Sees Racism In Tea Parties

Laura Sucheski: I attended the California Latino Legislative Caucus’s speaker series in the Capitol this afternoon for a talk by famed Californian political columnist Peter Schrag on his new book Not Fit for Our Society: Immigration and Nativism in America.

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Prop 8 Stay Lifted!

Anthony Pignataro: Well, it’s been sort of lifted. Though last week Judge Vaughn Walker ruled that Prop 8 was unconstitutional, and around noon today lifted the stay on gay marriages, allowing that the State of California will once again issue

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Relief for government, not taxpayers

Commentary By STEVEN GREENHUT A state appeals court this afternoon upheld Alameda Superior Court Judge Steven Brick’s halting of the governor’s furlough program for state employees. The state has a massive budget problem, yet apparently it’s just too awful to

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Correa introduces pay disclosure act

AUGUST 12, 2010 By STEVEN GREENHUT State Sen. Lou Correa, D-Santa Ana, released language today from his Taxpayer Right to Know Act — aimed at improving public access to information about the salaries and perks enjoyed by the state’s government

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Will California repudiate its debt?

AUGUST 12, 2010 By JOHN SEILER California’s government soon could be paying its bills with IOUs, Controller John Chang announced this week. And a new report found that Californians’ personal income dropped 2.5 percent in 2009, the first decline since World

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Sacto's grimy light rail system

Steven Greenhut: I had to leave a car in the shop this week, so I got initiated into Sacramento’s light-rail experience on the Regional Transit line from Folsom to downtown. No doubt, it was useful to have an alternative means

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