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Back to homepageCA Enviro Plan Channels Pol Pot
JUNE 8, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Remember Pol Pot, the Cambodian dictator and head of the Khmer Rouge? According to Wikipedia, “During his time in power, Pol Pot imposed a version of agrarian socialism, forcing urban dwellers to relocate to
Read MoreCorrections Realignment Without Vote
Commentary JUNE 7, 2011 By KATY GRIMES State Corrections Secretary Matthew Cate announced at a news conference earlier today that the corrections department will begin moving on realignment plans, even without voter or legislative approval on Gov. Jerry Brown’s realignment
Read MoreCA Internet Tax Would Hit Small Business
JUNE 7, 2011 By KATY GRIMES Instead of working on making cuts to a growing state government, California lawmakers have been dreaming up new ways to get the state’s residents to pony up more tax money, or “revenue,” as it
Read MoreBrown Cut Only 1% of School “Earmarks”
JUNE 7, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI The word “mandate” sounds like something absolutely essential and mandatory. However, when it comes to school funding “mandates” in California, it is no guarantee that what is being described is an essential job or
Read MoreJail For UC Davis Embezzler
JUNE 6, 2011 By K. LLOYD BILLINGSLEY Former UC Davis official Jennifer Beeman was sentenced on Thursday to 180 days in jail and five years probation. Beeman must also pay back $10,525 she embezzled from a campus program she headed,
Read MoreSacramento Is What's Wrong
Katy Grimes: When analyzing the issues of the cities and counties in this state, the city of Sacramento stands out as a textbook example of what not to do, and what’s wrong with local government. Our current city council is
Read MoreBureaucrats Don't Come to the Rescue
JUNE 6, 2011 As a tragic San Francisco fire that claimed the life of at least one firefighter Thursday has shown, public safety jobs at times can be very dangerous. But an incident from earlier in the week across the
Read MoreState May Blow up Human Resources Box
JUNE 6, 2011 By DAVE ROBERTS Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger infamously promised to “blow up the boxes” of state government when he took office — only to leave them mostly intact and bigger and badder than ever when he exited.
Read MoreBill Puts CA Med Insurance in ER
JUNE 6, 2011 By KATY GRIMES Tough new state medical insurance regulations could pull the plug on the plans held by many California families. On Thursday, without the help of Assembly Republicans, Democrats in the Assembly passed AB 52, which
Read MoreRedevelopment 'Exception' Proves Rule
JUNE 3, 2011 This article was first published in City Journal California. By STEVEN GREENHUT Doug Tessitor is the mayor of Glendora, a city in Los Angeles County. He’s a self-described conservative and dead certain that preserving California’s redevelopment agencies
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