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Crime jumps as prisoners flood into county jails

CalWatchdog Staff July 13, 2012

July 13, 2012 By Dave Roberts California’s experiment in incarcerating tens of thousands of criminals in local jails or their homes rather than in state prisons is 10 months old, so the verdict is not yet in on whether it’s

First pensions, and now bankruptcy tsunami

CalWatchdog Staff July 12, 2012

July 12, 2012 By Steven Greenhut First Vallejo, then Stockton, then Mammoth Lakes and now San Bernardino. As Orange County Supervisor John Moorlach told Bloomberg News, the bankruptcy dominoes are starting to fall. One California city after another — following

The train that broke California’s back

CalWatchdog Staff July 12, 2012

July 12, 2012 By Chriss Street The state of California was already facing a $19 billion budget deficit, had shorted K-12 public schools $8 billion and are releasing imprisoned rapists into the “community probation” when the California Legislature’s Democratic majority

Video: Los Angeles faces bankruptcy

Video: Los Angeles faces bankruptcy

CalWatchdog Staff July 10, 2012

July 10, 2012 By Brian Calle

California employment back to 2009

CalWatchdog Staff July 9, 2012

July 9, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi California’s current employment rate is about at the same as in 2009, a year after the bank panic and mortgage meltdown of 2008. While California’s unemployment rate has dropped from a high of 12.3

Gov. Brown’s budget deficit: mandate or tax?

CalWatchdog Staff July 3, 2012

July 3, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi The entire country has been focused on the recent Supreme Court redefinition of the Obamacare individual “mandate” to buy health insurance as a “tax.” Obamacare has been redefined to ObamaTAX. The power to define

‘ObamaTAX’ May Force School Boards to Cut Nonessentials

CalWatchdog Staff July 2, 2012

July 2, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi Local school boards in California are going through their annual Kabuki dance ritual claiming there will be teacher layoffs unless Gov. Jerry Brown’s or Molly Munger’s state tax hike propositions are passed by the

Time to bring back Calif. Justices of the Peace

CalWatchdog Staff July 2, 2012

July 2, 2012 By Michael Warnken Upon recent news of the state’s $16 billion dollar budget deficit, the legislature began making deep cuts in numerous programs. One of the most devastating cuts of $544 million was to the state judiciary.

Gov. Brown signs another fraudulent budget

CalWatchdog Staff June 28, 2012

June 28, 2012 By John Seiler When he was inaugurated on Jan. 3, 2011, Gov. Jerry Brown solemnly promised in his address to the people of California: “First, speak the truth. No more smoke and mirrors on the budget. No

Skelton misleads on car tax

CalWatchdog Staff June 28, 2012

June 28, 2012 By John Seiler Los Angeles Times columnist George Skelton recently was feted by liberal journos and others for reporting on California for 50 years. Actually, usually he’s been just a rubber stamp for the centralized tyranny known

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