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DeMaio/Reed pension reform initiative may be pushed back to 2018 ballot

Over the weekend, two sources indicated to me that the Chuck Reed/Carl DeMaio pension reform initiative would be pulled, re-written, and re-submitted to the attorney general for a new title and summary. If it is to be re-filed, it is

Is Jerry Brown interested in presidential bid? Or just trolling Clintons?

Chris Reed September 20, 2015

In the hours leading up to the second round of Republican debates on Wednesday at the Reagan library in Simi Valley, the Drudge Report gave prominent play to vague hints of interest in a presidential run dropped by Jerry Brown

Brown gets bipartisan rebuke on drought policies

Chris Reed September 16, 2015

The reporters who cover state government have paid plenty of attention to Gov. Jerry Brown’s failures on big initiatives in the Legislature this month, in which the governor got nowhere with his agenda in special sessions on health funding and

S.F. politician aims to make city more felon-friendly

Chris Reed September 13, 2015

San Francisco Supervisor Jane Kim is continuing her push to eliminate some of the life obstacles that people with criminal records face. Her latest proposal, to come before the Board of Supervisors in coming weeks, is to drop the requirement

3 CA MBA entrepreneur programs among world’s best

Chris Reed September 12, 2015

The Financial Times of London, one of the most influential global business publications, recently assessed all the MBA programs in the world for their record in developing successful entrepreneurs. Three private California schools — Stanford, the University of San Diego

Politics of CA solar power getting messier

Chris Reed September 9, 2015

The standard narrative of solar power in California has long been that it’s a wonderful idea that everyone should embrace, a view touted by Democratic governors and Republican governors alike for nearly a quarter-century. But as CalWatchdog reported last week,

Study: 28% of CA elderly impoverished

Chris Reed September 7, 2015

In 2012, after many years of being urged to develop more sophisticated measures of wealth and prosperity, the U.S. Census Bureau began issuing an annual 50-state review of poverty that incorporated cost of living. California shot from the middle of

Sen. Feinstein remarks on Iran deal, CA drought

Joel Fox September 5, 2015

Anyone wonder if U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein has the same feeling expressed by Gov. Jerry Brown about a presidential run — if she were a decade or so younger would she consider running for president? I pondered this when in

SB350 support hinges on cost vs. environmental protections

Joel Fox September 1, 2015

Looking at the results of the California Business Roundtable/California Manufacturing & Technology Association poll on Senate Bill 350, the new climate change policy being considered in the CA Legislature, you can almost see how campaign arguments would be formulated if

AG questions San Diego school board chief

Chris Reed August 31, 2015

For the second time in recent months, San Diego Unified School Board President Marne Foster is facing official scrutiny over her conduct. The California Attorney General’s Office has questioned the legality of a raffle held at an unusual July 25