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Will Brown Mess With Anti-Quota Law?
DEC. 10, 2010 K. LLOYD BILLINGSLEY A federal judge has upheld Proposition 209, the California law that bars racial, ethnic and gender preferences in state employment, education and contracting. The voter-approved measure has met legal challenges before but remains under
Read MoreProp 23 Makes TIME Top 10 List
Katy Grimes: Being listed in the TIME Magazine Top 10 Of Everything has a certain prestige to it – even if they are celebrating the failure of a an important ballot initiative in the last election. In the “Top 10
Read MorePPIC Poll's Loaded Pro-Tax Questions
DEC. 10, 2010 By WAYNE LUSVARDI The first rule of opinion polling is that if you are allowed to frame the questions, the results are just a predictable conclusion. Such is the case with a new poll by the Public
Read MoreThe Entitlement Legislator
Katy Grimes: Hearing the news earlier this week that newly elected Los Angeles Assemblyman Gil Cedillo is now loudly complaining about the 2009 paycut to legislators, reminded me of why California is in the horrific financial state – and it
Read MoreThe Fed Giveth, Taketh Away
Anthony Pignataro: It’s another day of good news and bad news for the California High Speed Rail Authority, that tiny but plucky state, um, entity charged with building an 800-mile network of bullet trains across California. First the good news:
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