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AUG. 23, 2010 By KATY GRIMES “Consumer friendly, seamless enrollment, affordable health coverage is on the way in California,” says Sen. Elaine Alquist, D-Santa Clara. What’s more, “an independent public entity not affiliated with an agency or department” will bring
Read MoreReturn-To-Work Rights Coming Soon?
AUG. 20, 2010 By KATY GRIMES Should permanent employees of school districts and community colleges who are elected to the Legislature be entitled to a leave of absence while serving their term of office and get to return to their
Read MoreLAUSD spends $30K per student
AUGUST 20, 2010 By JOHN SEILER The research by Adam Schaeffer of the Cato Institute’s Center for Education Freedom seemed shocking: The Los Angeles Unified School District spent $29,780 per student in fiscal year 2007-08. That’s way above the $10,000
Read MoreWill SB 1474 Kill Farmworkers' Secret Ballot?
AUGUST 18, 2010 By KATY GRIMES Editors Note: This is a revised version of a story published Tuesday and later removed a few hours after Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg’s office contacted us. They disputed the basis of our
Read MoreUC still funds pro-union think tank
AUGUST 16, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO Despite well-publicized tuition hikes and other various increases in student fees, the University of California somehow still manages to fund the Miguel Contreras Labor Program, a pro-union think tank with offices at the Los
Read MoreRelief for government, not taxpayers
Commentary By STEVEN GREENHUT A state appeals court this afternoon upheld Alameda Superior Court Judge Steven Brick’s halting of the governor’s furlough program for state employees. The state has a massive budget problem, yet apparently it’s just too awful to
Read MoreCorrea introduces pay disclosure act
AUGUST 12, 2010 By STEVEN GREENHUT State Sen. Lou Correa, D-Santa Ana, released language today from his Taxpayer Right to Know Act — aimed at improving public access to information about the salaries and perks enjoyed by the state’s government
Read MoreSunshine would prevent more Bells
AUGUST 11, 2010 By MICHAEL BARNHART Bell is one of the poorest cities in Los Angeles County, pays its top officials some of the highest salaries in the nation, including nearly $800,000 annually to the city manager. When citizens do
Read MoreShould state hike park fees?
AUG. 11, 2010 By KATY GRIMES Even with recent hefty park fee hikes, a battle between supporters of state funded parks and anti-tax groups resumed in the Legislature yesterday, over an upcoming ballot initiative that would add $18 to every
Read MoreBerkeley DNA plan draws ethics concerns
AUGUST 11, 2010 By LAURA SUCHESKI Two professors from UC Berkeley testified before the Assembly Committee on Higher Education Tuesday, answering some questions about their controversial “Bring Your Genes to Cal” freshmen orientation project, but spurring new questions into the
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