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MAY 4, 2011 California’s Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 is in every sense of the word a landmark piece of legislation. Known by its legislative moniker AB 32, the law is, by far, the most sweeping and hard-hitting experiment
Read MoreKings Wars Could Slam CA Taxpayers
MAY 4, 2011 By JOHN SEILER For now it looks like the Kings professional basketball team will keep dribbling in Sacramento. Just as the team seemed ready to decamp to Anaheim, Sacramento threw a three-pointer and kept the team. The
Read MoreAnother L.A. Unified Boondoggle
John Seiler: Gov. Jerry Brown and the teachers unions (but I repeat myself) are lobbying for $12 billion in tax increases “for the children.” The kids will suffer, supposedly, if massive cuts are made to their schools. (Never mind that
Read MoreDems Defend Crooked Employees
John Seiler: Sen. Tony Strickland’s bill to strip pensions from public employees who commit financial felonies on the job failed yesterday in committee. All of the majority Democrats opposed SB 115 in the Senate Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and
Read MoreWill School Block Grants Replace Earmarks?
MAY 3, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI In a February report, the Legislative Analyst’s Office charged that “virtually every aspect of K-14 (public school) mandate finance system is broken.” The report was titled, “Education Mandates: Overhauling a Broken System.” The LAO report
Read MoreAir Quality Bill Stinks Up Capitol Hearing
MAY 3, 2011 By KATY GRIMES Get ready for some really costly and restrictive environmental bills being passed through the Legislature with an anti-business-as-usual attitude, despite the foul economy in the state. Shooting out of the Senate Environmental Quality committee
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