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Back to homepageIs California 'lean'?
MAY 4, 2010 K. LLOYD BILLINGSLEY The May 1-7 issue of The Economist magazine, in a section under California government, includes the article “Looking for Waste,” subtitled “easier blamed than found.” The article attempted to find waste through one measure,
Read MoreGreece as preview for California
MAY 3, 2010 By CHRISS STREET Californians should pay close attention to the painful consequences to the Greeks from the downgrade of their country’s credit rating to “junk.” As one of the smallest members of the European Union (EU), representing
Read MoreCounties stingy with ballot info
MAY 3, 2010 By KATY GRIMES Ballotpedia recently did an analysis of California’s county election websites, with a focus on what information they make available about local ballot measures. What’s interesting is that California’s county election Web sites vary greatly
Read MoreCA Forward's intentions awry
MAY 3, 2010 By KATY GRIMES “There’s the perfect world, and then there is the political world where the majority party makes the rules,” said Assemblywoman Diane Harkey, R-Dana Point, discussing the “reform” group California Forward. After first saying that
Read MoreEducation waste: a textbook case
APRIL 29, 2010 By LLOYD BILLINGSLEY State Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, seeks to block California from adapting textbooks from Texas, currently revising its curriculum along what Yee and other critics view as right-wing lines. The senator has not submitted
Read MoreCritics slam state property sale
APRIL 28, 2010 By KATY GRIMES Recently, Department of General Services (DGS) Director Ron Diedrich removed several of the oversight appointees from building authorities in San Francisco and Los Angeles for making waves about the 11 state properties for sale, replacing the critics
Read MorePrisoner-transfer bans rejected
APRIL 27, 2010 By KATY GRIMES In a sometimes contentious Public Safety Committee hearing earlier this month, Sen. Jeff Denham, R-Merced, presented SB1078 dealing with the transfer of California’s prison inmates to out-of-state prisons, as well as prisons out of the
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PG&E bankrolls Proposition 16
APRIL 27, 2010 By JOHN SEILER For better or worse, California’s initiative and referendum laws allow initiatives that might or might not help the state, letting the people – sometimes not always well-informed – make the final choice on Election
Read MoreBill could sunset state agencies
APRIL 26, 2010 By KATY GRIMES Should all state agencies be subject to possible dissolution after 12 years, following a review by The Little Hoover Commission and the Legislature? State Senator Dennis Hollingsworth, R-Murrieta, thinks they should and proposed SB887 creating
Read MoreJobs panel seeks new porn regs
APRIL 26, 2010 By DAVE ROBERTS The California Occupational Safety & Health Standards Board (OSHSB) has probably been one of the less interesting boards to sit on. It usually concerns itself with such matters as the high-visibility apparel and number
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