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Sept. 3, 2012 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO — City officials across California typically spare police officers from even modest reductions in the pay and pension packages that are a leading cause of municipal budget problems, even when the alternatives are
Read MoreCrazifornia: Dramatic car fleet cuts aren’t dramatic enough
Aug. 30, 2012 By Laer Pearce Gov. Jerry Brown didn’t cut any beat up old Plymouths from the state’s car fleet this Tuesday, but that enduring symbol of his Moonbeam years aside, he did give the fleet a bit of
Read MoreLegislature doubles public safety death benefit
Aug. 29, 2012 By Katy Grimes Don’t let all of the media coverage of the Legislature’s promise of pension reform fool you for one minute into thinking that they are serious. If serious “reform” was really on the table, Assembly
Read MoreCA to become sanctuary state?
August 27, 2012 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — Immigration issues within states are becoming more prevalent. The usual complaints are that the federal government isn’t doing enough to enforce U.S. policy. California is different. Earlier this year, it already embarked
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Video: Calif. meter maids making nearly $100,000?
Aug. 16, 2012 By Brian Calle Hermosa Beach meter maids make nearly $10,000 a year.
Read MoreTrial lawyers want more money
August 6, 2012 By Katy Grimes Trial lawyers are not content to win medical damages cases and get paid a chunk of the damages awarded to the plaintiff. They are going after a bigger piece of the insurance pie. Senate
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Obama’s General Motors bailout still ripping us off
July 26, 2012 By John Seiler One reason the American economic “recovery” is so weak is that, when General Motors went bankrupt in 2009, President Obama stole the company’s assets from bondholders to give to the UAW union. Yes, he
Read MoreState parks: Only in California is a government surplus scandalous
July 23, 2012 By John Hrabe California’s Department of Parks and Recreation has been holding onto $54 million in surplus funds for the past decade. The agency didn’t bother to tell anyone at the state Department of Finance about their
Read MoreSan Bernardino County eminent domain mortgage ripoff
June 29, 2012 By John Seiler Our colleague Steven Greenhut has a column up on Bloomberg on as scam in San Bernardino County: “Officials in San Bernardino County, California, believe they have figured out a clever way to solve the county’s, and possibly
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