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Katy Grimes: Earlier this week, Assembly sergeants-at-arms began notifying women that a new policy now requires them to wear a jacket or sweater to enter the chamber. Apparently not all of the gals around the Capitol have been adhering to decent
Read MoreHow Severe is U.S. pension debt?
AUGUST 27, 2010 By STEVEN GREENHUT This piece was originally published on the Nieman Watchdog site. As the economy boomed, few people worried much about the debt that local and state governments were amassing to pay for increasingly generous pension
Read MoreWaters' 'unseemly' slate-mail game
AUGUST 26, 2010 By BRADLEY BENBROOK Progressive Connections: Rep. Maxine Waters’ Voter Guide Operation Connects California Politicians To Her Daughter’s Bank Account U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Los Angeles, will soon stand trial before the Office of Congressional Ethics over charges
Read MoreIs Steinberg Calling Oropeza, Wiggins Back?
AUG. 26, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO With the end of the California legislative session looming (it was supposed to be this Friday, but has been pushed back to Tuesday, Aug. 30), all sorts of questions are flying around the state
Read MoreIs Holocaust Rail Bill Protectionism?
AUGUST 26, 2010 By KATY GRIMES Legislators want to require companies competing for contracts to build California’s new high-speed rail system, to disclose involvement in deportations to concentration camps during World War II, as well as disclose any restitution made
Read MoreTrouble at Developmental Services
AUGUST 25, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO This should sound familiar to many people. “(T)here is not really any communication between staff and upper management,” one employee said. “A lot of us are angry and hurt about the way the management
Read MoreUnion Anti-Bankruptcy Bill Rises Again
AUGUST 24, 2010 By KATY GRIMES Instead of allowing cities or municipalities to make the difficult decision whether to file for bankruptcy, a bill is being heard again in the Senate that would provide that a local public entity may
Read MoreArnold should blame himself
John Seiler: Reports Capitol Alert: Speaking today at the Goleta Valley Chamber of Commerce, the Republican governor had no qualms about attacking public employee unions, whom he blamed for high costs everywhere in government. On pension costs: “All of a sudden you
Read MoreBill Gives Students Extra Time to Vote
AUGUST 24, 2010 By KATY GRIMES College kids are stressed out and have so little time because of exams and college life, they should be allowed an extra five days to vote on campus, according to legislators in the Senate
Read MoreMore Government Health Care?
AUG. 23, 2010 By KATY GRIMES “Consumer friendly, seamless enrollment, affordable health coverage is on the way in California,” says Sen. Elaine Alquist, D-Santa Clara. What’s more, “an independent public entity not affiliated with an agency or department” will bring
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