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Steven Greenhut: Republican legislators gathered on the north steps of the state Capitol today to pitch AB26, which would clamp down on illegal immigration. Modeled after Arizona’s controversial anti-illegal-immigration law, the bill would “beef up enforcement of immigration laws against
Read MoreGrowing Government, Not Crops
Katy Grimes: Under the cover of California’s global warming act, legislators want to create another quasi-state agency to assist with implementing AB 32, but this time, imposing the restrictions on the agriculture industry. At a time when California should be
Read MoreCard Check Would End Secret Union Ballot
APRIL 4, 2011 By KATY GRIMES On March 31, Cesar Chavez Day, the California Senate passed SB 104 to eliminate secret ballot elections for farm workers voting on unionization. After a 24-14 party-line vote, Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg,
Read MoreSky Not 'Falling' on School Budgets
APRIL 4, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI If you listen to anyone up and down the food chain of public-school funding in California, Gov. Jerry Brown’s failure to negotiate a budget deal with Republicans means that the sky is falling on
Read MoreBrown's Pension Reform A Yawner
APRIL 1, 2011 By STEVEN GREENHUT It’s hard to know whether to be relieved that Gov. Jerry Brown has finally recognized the state’s massive pension problem or to be appalled at how long it took for him to address and
Read MoreTraffic Citations and Overtime Up?
Katy Grimes: Traffic citations issued by the California Highway Patrol and other police departments in California are on the rise, reports The Sacramento Bee today. But the reasoning, while not surprising, is suspect: Revenue. However, this isn’t being done without a
Read MoreLast Line of Defense Before Taxes
Katy Grimes: Despite Democrats saying Thursday that “GOP influence is fading” now that budget talks have blown up between Gov. Jerry Brown and Republican legislators, Republicans said that Brown called off the talks just as they were getting close. And,
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