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JAN. 20, 2011 By STAN BRIN My alma mater, San Francisco State University, celebrates Nov. 6, 1967 as the birth of a movement to create the first department and college of Ethnic Studies. I remember Nov. 6, 1967 very differently,
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Wayne Lusvardi: In California, polls show that new Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposal to extend $5.9 billion in “temporary” income, sales, vehicular license fees, and tobacco taxes instead of letting them expire has an unlikely chance of passage in June 2011. The
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JAN. 20, 2011 By KATY GRIMES During Tuesday’s hearing to discuss education cuts in the light of tough budget times, Assembly members failed to analyze the cost of compensation and benefits of teachers and administrators in California’s higher education system,
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John Seiler: Most Californians have become insular. Our state’s problems have made them fail to look beyond our borders. Maybe Chinese President Hu’s visit with President Obama will wake people up. During Gov. Jerry Brown’s first term in office, beginning
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John Seiler: Calbuzz has been maintaining a line that “democracy” demands that a tax-increase election must be held in June, as called for by Gov. Brown. The latest: “Calbuzz Democracy vs. Flashpoint Feudalism.” Actually, it’s the current system — high
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