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Prop. 53 could have far-reaching consequences for state project financing – or not
SACRAMENTO – Most California voters are unfamiliar with the inner workings of the municipal-bond process. Many are likewise unfamiliar with the differences between, say, “general obligation” bonds and “revenue” bonds. Nevertheless, they will be asked Nov. 8 whether to require
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Gov. Brown signs controversial farmworker overtime bill
By 2022, California’s agriculture workers will have the same overtime pay structure as most other employees in the state after Gov. Jerry Brown signed the measure into law on Monday. The bill’s sponsor, Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, took to Twitter to
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CalWatchdog Morning Read – September 12
What happened to CA oil exploration? Did governor’s veto threat sink CPUC reform? Out-of-state financial support for pot legalization causing controversy Darrell Issa and Loretta Sanchez make strange bedfellows Anti-Vax doctor under fire Good morning. Hopefully everyone enjoyed the return of NFL
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Why hope for CA oil boom is fading fast
It took some time, but a 2011 report by the Federal Energy Information Administration that estimated that California’s Monterey shale underground land mass formation had 15.4 billion barrels of accessible oil and a follow-up study that put the figure at
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CalWatchdog Morning Read – September 9
Law curbing labor abuses abroad not working well How the state plans to reduce GHG emission levels by another 40 percent How the state defines disadvantaged communities Senate candidate goes on the attack San Diego congressman wants free tobacco for
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New report alleges work abuses by Apple’s Chinese suppliers
A statute passed by California lawmakers in 2010 to stem labor abuses abroad has been of meager help in policing tech giant Apple, a group that studies labor abuses in China claims. The California Transparency in Supply Chains Act, heralded
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CalWatchdog Morning Read – September 8
Assemblywoman Garcia is a rising powerbroker and queenmaker New education assessment system coming soon State split on views of policing Coastal Commission opposes large SoCal development U.S. Senate candidates (finally) agree to a debate Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia is mere months
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CalWatchdog Morning Read – September 7
Tobacco tax one of the most heated ballot measures Santa Ana declares homeless crisis Death row residents conflicted over competing death penalty ballot measures First Los Angeles County city approves marijuana cultivation Environmental group wants to reintroduce grizzly bears to the
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Two bills targeting rape pass Legislature, head to Gov. Brown’s desk
A series of high profile rape accusations led California lawmakers to pass new legislation designed to remove a judge’s discretion in certain cases and to lift the burden on victims to bring suit before the law allows the validity of their claims
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AP story hammers home Brock Turner-Prop. 57 link
They’ve been two of California’s biggest stories for months: the simmering anger over the light sentence given in early June to Brock Turner, a former Stanford swimmer, for sexually assaulting an unconscious fellow student in early 2015, and Gov. Jerry
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