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Crunch time: Chargers staying, Raiders Vegas-bound?

The fate of two of California’s four NFL teams should become much clearer this week. The Chargers have to decide by Sunday, Jan. 15, whether to exercise their option to share a $1.7 billion stadium being built in Inglewood by

Concerns remain after hack of San Francisco rail system

Chris Reed January 9, 2017

Six weeks after some 900 computers used by the San Francisco Municipal Railroad were hacked with ransomware, many concerns remain about the incident — especially as coverage of U.S. cyber vulnerabilities has become more extensive than ever. San Francisco’s light-rail

CalWatchdog Morning Read – January 3

CalWatchdog Staff January 3, 2017

Proposed ballot measure asks if state should take action it already took Kern County law enforcement under fire Did California legalize child prostitution? Making sense of Trump Kamala Harris’ coronation? Good morning. Happy New Year! We start this year with

Kern County law enforcement in cross-hairs

Chris Reed December 30, 2016

A year after being branded by a London newspaper as America’s most lethal police force, the Bakersfield Police Department and the Kern County Sheriff’s Office are now the subjects of civil rights investigations by the state Attorney General’s Office. Attorney

CalWatchdog Morning Read – December 30

CalWatchdog Staff December 30, 2016

Brown struggles to get support for twin tunnels water project More than 800,000 undocumented immigrants issued CA driver’s licenses in last two years New no-cellphone-usage-while-driving law goes into effect Sunday When city retirement pays better than the job Senate leader’s political

Gov. Brown struggles to build support for water project

Chris Reed December 29, 2016

Gov. Jerry Brown’s aides treated the release last week of a massive environmental review that marshaled evidence in support of his $15.7 billion plan to build two 35-mile-long tunnels in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta as an exciting step toward construction

CalWatchdog Morning Read – December 29

CalWatchdog Staff December 29, 2016

Short-term pain with ACA repeal CA wall of debt Brown taps two top advisors for CPUC posts Former Lt. Gov. for Trump’s agriculture secretary? New disclosure rules show greater detail of lobbyists’ influence Good morning! TGIT. Republicans in Washington appear

Bad news for U.S. is good news for CalPERS, CalSTRS

Chris Reed December 27, 2016

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System has not had a good 2016. Its investment returns were microscopic, it faced sharp criticism from a prominent financial website for alleged unethical behavior and Gov. Jerry Brown had to intervene to prevent the nation’s largest

CA water policy: Will House GOP demand more change?

Chris Reed December 20, 2016

The California water compromise reached by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-San Francisco, and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Bakersfield, and inserted into the massive infrastructure bill that was signed into law last week was trumpeted as a hard-fought victory for Central

CalWatchdog Morning Read – December 15

CalWatchdog Staff December 15, 2016

Court OKs constitutional challenge to new law affecting farm industry CA Democrats want higher taxes and fees to fund infrastructure Assembly Republican leader: No widespread voter fraud Trump complicates Brown’s regional power grid plans Democratic Assemblyman fighting federal water bill