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California’s Beltway delegation double-dips on pensions
They’re called double-dippers: those who take a pension payout from one government job while earning a salary doing another. Last year 19 of California’s 55 members of the U.S. Congress drew pensions from a state-backed public retirement plan, according to a CalWatchdog.com
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Video: Scott Walker on Iran, Russia and Keystone XL
CalWatchdog.com Editor-in-Chief Brian Calle recently interviewed Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. This is Part 2, on Iran, Russia and Keystone XL. Walker is a leading potential Republican candidate for president. Part 1 is here.
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Threat to vulnerable CA House Democrat comes, seemingly goes
Rep. Scott Peters, D-La Jolla, represents a wealthy district ranging from Coronado to Carmel Valley to rural estates in Rancho Bernardo and Poway. The Duke and New York University law school graduate narrowly beat San Diego Councilman Carl DeMaio, a
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VIDEO: Scott Walker on right-to-work and Obama criticism
CalWatchdog.com Editor-in-Chief Brian Calle recently interviewed Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. This is Part 1, on right-to-work and Obama’s criticism. Walker is a leading potential Republican candidate for president. More videos from Calle’s interview with Walker will be released soon.
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CA college costs pinch budgets
With the University of California system in the midst of a tense tuition standoff, budgets have come under renewed pressure in recent weeks. Not only schools, but students and parents, have felt the pain. As CalWatchdog.com has been reporting, the UC system
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Assembly Republican leader tries to streamline the Legislature
Otto von Bismarck, the German chancellor in the 19th Century, never visited California. But he could have had the state Legislature in mind when he said, “Laws are like sausages — it is best not to see them being made.”
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Drive to remove red-light cameras speeds up in CA
Californians soon may put in the rear-view mirror the gaze of red-light cameras. In the wake of an appeals court ruling that defended the constitutionality of tickets issued to motorists caught running red lights, Assemblyman Matthew Harper, R-Huntington Beach, introduced Assembly
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FPPC staff backs decreased disclosure
The Internet has made quick, easy disclosure of information the norm in news and social media. This has led reformers to call for a new era in campaign finance in which all political donations are disclosed in almost real time.
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Electric cars most popular in CA
They’re still only a fraction of car sales. But all those Teslas and Leafs you see on the road are not an illusion. According to ChargePoint.com, of the top four cities in the country for electric cars, three are in California: The
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