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APRIL 22, 2010 By KATY GRIMES Yesterday Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Senate Minority Leader Dennis Hollingsworth, R-Murietta, announced that they’re supporting pension reform for state employees. The governor stated that while it is a compromise from his earlier hard line approach, something must
Read MoreAssembly confirms Maldonado
APRIL 22, 2010 Today the Assembly voted 51-18 to confirm Senator Abel Maldonado for Lieutenant Governor. Back in February, the Assemblyfailed to secure 41 votes for approval — or rejection — so Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger simply renominated him. The Senate, which
Read MoreBrown calls market 'dangerous'
APRIL 20, 2010 By CALWATCHDOG STAFF Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown, in response to a question from a TV reporter about the role of religion in public life, called for a living family wage and described the marketplace as “dangerous.”
Read MoreCalifornia’s Debt Bondage
APRIL 20, 2010 By JOHN SEILER In my previous article on finding ways to suspend some state spending for a year to help solve the $20 billion deficit problem, “Initiatives tax state budget,” I looked at initiatives voters passed that
Read MoreMoving California forward?
APRIL 20, 2010 By KATY GRIMES In one of the most relevant legislative hearings held recently, the Assembly Budget Committee heard testimony from members of California Forward, the group proposing the controversial voting threshold change from the current two-thirds vote
Read MoreFired official slams state 'fire sale'
APRIL 16, 2010 By KATY GRIMES A complex administration plan to sell state-owned properties and then lease them back from the new owners is being compared to a short-term money raising gimmick by a recently terminited member of the commission
Read MoreTax day spurs calls for activism
APRIL 15, 2010 By EVELYN STACEY On April 14, the eve of the tax-day Tea party, Americans for Prosperity, a free-market grassroots group, hosted a dinner fundraiser packed with speakers across the conservative political spectrum. “Spring is finally here —
Read MoreCARB acted like 'mob enforcer'
APRIL 14, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO The metaphor Kit Enger uses most often when talking about the California Air Resources Board (CARB) is that of the mob enforcer. As in, “It was like I was forced to buy protection from
Read MoreInitiatives tax state budget
APRIL 13, 2010 By JOHN SEILER Drastic times call for innovative measures. California’s budget problem this year certainly is so serious that new solutions are in order. One could be to look at the budget initiatives over the past 20
Read MoreSunset state agencies?
APRIL 12, 2010 By STEVEN GREENHUT Sen. Dennis Hollingsworth, R-Murrieta, has introduced legislation, on behalf of the Schwarzenegger administration, that would create the Office of the Chief Inspector “to act as an independent state entity with the sole mission to deter,
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