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JULY 12, 2010 By KATY GRIMES Who is California state Controller John Chiang’s boss? The answer is surprisingly elusive. Right now, it appears that Chiang doesn’t even answer to the governor or the executive branch, much less the state’s judiciary.
Read MoreTeams spared to promote equality
July 12, 2010 By LAURA SUCHESKI Add “gender inequality” to the growing lists of frivolous objections to cuts in state-funded programs. The Select Committee on Gender Discrimination will meet this evening to put a moratorium on UC Davis Chancellor Linda
Read MorePension 'pain train' coming
JULY 8, 2010 By KATY GRIMES California’s private sector employees are not only paying for their own pensions and retirement funds, they are paying for the pensions of public sector employees, according to Governor Schwarzenegger. In his pension fund roundtable
Read MoreOT bill could hurt farm workers
JULY 7, 2010 By KATY GRIMES Agriculture workers aren’t the only employees exempted from the state’s overtime laws, however, SB1121, authored by Sen. Dean Florez, D-Shafter, would remove the overtime exemption for agricultural employees only. “SB 1121 would change the
Read MoreLA to shift sidewalk burden
JULY 6, 2010 By TORI RICHARDS As the infrastructure crumbles throughout California, the sidewalks laid down during the first half of the last century have no immunity. Initially responsible for the slab of concrete in front of their homes, Los
Read MorePensions a policy disaster
JULY 2, 2010 By K. LLOYD BILLINGSLEY In May, The Economist judged California a “lean” state, where waste is hard to find, based on the single measure of state employees per 10,000 residents. In “Sanity in the offing?” in the
Read MoreFined Russian firm gets Ft. Ross
JULY 1, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO Last week Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed an agreement with the Russian corporation Renova Group to help pay for the upkeep of Fort Ross State Park, on the Sonoma coast, even though the company is
Read MoreLegislators ignore budget mess
JULY 1, 2010 By KATY GRIMES With the Legislature continuing to work on every possible frivolous or taxation issue except the budget, many are expecting one of California’s legislators to let loose with, “Let them eat cake,” when the taxed
Read MoreDem incumbents’ sneaky ploy
JULY 1, 2010 By LAURA SUCHESKI California incumbents have started to pony up cash to protect their seats from bipartisan redistricting, hoping to restore the old system that favors safe seats and partisan gerrymandering. This week, the ballot measure to
Read MoreState mulls tough renewables law
JUNE 30, 2010 By JOHN SEILER The dream of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and a majority of the California Legislature is to move California into a green future. Carbon-based fuels will be sharply reduced in favor of battery power, which will
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