Budget and Finance
Back to homepageRedevelopment 2.0 keeps flaws of the old redevelopment
This is Part Two of a two-part series. Part One is here. March 29, 2013 By Wayne Lusvardi Los Angeles-based redevelopment expert Larry Kosmont is marketing his Redevelopment 2.0 idea as a way to compete with other states that currently are
Read MoreRedevelopment 2.0 won’t rejuvenate ‘old factory belts’
This is Part One of a two-part series. Part Two is here. March 28, 2013 By Wayne Lusvardi Redevelopment 1.0 died statewide in 2011 when Gov. Jerry Brown phased it out, mainly because it was robbing local school districts of
Read MoreIt’s alive: Anti-tax cut bill returns
March 28, 2013 By Dave Roberts It’s alive. Similar to a bill narrowly defeated last year, SCA 6 is by Sen. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord. Taxpayer advocates fear the bill could make it difficult, perhaps impossible, to cut or limit taxes through the initiative process.
Read MoreClass warfare hits CA K-12 education
March 27, 2013 By Joseph Perkins “Class warfare applied to schools.” That’s how pollster Dave Kanevsky describes the plan by Gov. Jerry Brown to change the way public school funding is allocated to divert money from the state’s middle-class and
Read MoreAttack of the artificial crises
March 25, 2013 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO — Not many of my friends or neighbors are sitting on pins and needles, worrying that the world as we know it will end as the federal government “slashes” spending as part of the
Read MoreWatch for weak final version of teacher predator bill
March 23, 2013 By Chris Reed The California Teachers Association’s decision to quickly endorse a bill that would make it easier to fire depraved teachers was depicted in initial accounts as reflecting the CTA’s understanding that its image took a
Read MoreThe radical roots of Jerry Brown’s school finance reform plan
March 22, 2013 By Wayne Lusvardi California Gov. Jerry Brown’s recently proposed radical public school financing reform –- the so-called “Local Control Funding Formula” –- reflects the Catholic Jesuit social doctrine of 1968 called “the preferential option for the poor.”
Read MoreOceanside pol to Steinberg: Fix your own mess and leave us alone
March 22, 2013 By Chris Reed Veteran Sacramento watchers are so used to Democratic state lawmakers contorting themselves to please unions that almost nothing comes as a surprise any more. It’s what they do. It’s a puppet/puppet master relationship. Some
Read MoreState may seek parenting role with youngest kids
March 21, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — In his February State of the Union speech, President Barack Obama asserted there was a vast need for universal preschool and said he would find the funding to send to state programs.
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