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Steven Greenhut: The deadline for introducing new legislation is tomorrow at 5 pm. By Monday, we should have a good luck at all the insanity coming forth from the great statesmen and stateswomen in the Legislature. We will bring you
Read MoreBill To Streamline CA Regulations
Katy Grimes: Sounding more like their Republican counterparts, Democratic Senators Fran Pavley, Ron Calderon, and Senate President Darrell Steinberg introduced a bill this week to implement regulatory reform, as well as streamline regulations in the state. SB 366 would require
Read MoreMore At Stake Than Budget Realignment
FEB. 17, 2011 By KATY GRIMES Some county officials are balking at Gov. Jerry Browns proposal, in his January budget, to ”realign” state services to counties to save money. Brown’s proposal was prompted by a summer 2010 proposal by Senate
Read MoreDisarming the Parent Trigger
FEB. 16, 2011 Last week Gov. Jerry Brown’s new appointments to the state Board of Education disarmed the “parent trigger” law that went into effect only in January 2010. The parent trigger gives a majority of parents at a public
Read MoreThe Cost Of Fighting Bullet Trains
FEB. 16, 2011 Sixty-five billion dollars. That’s the newest estimate of how much money it will take to run bullet trains across California. Though not an official figure – the California High-Speed Rail Authority still insists that they can pay
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