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Gov. Brown maintains sizable fundraising lead over GOP opponents

California Governor Jerry Brown begins his re-election campaign with $17 million in the bank. The incumbent Democrat governor, according to state disclosure reports released recently, raised $9.9 million last year — with the overwhelming majority of those funds coming from big corporations,

Boehner crosses Rubicon in CA drought war

Wayne Lusvardi January 22, 2014

In 49 B.C., Julius Caesar and his army crossed the Rubicon River in Italy and triggered a civil war. Thereafter, the term “crossing the Rubicon” has meant a limit that, when passed, permits no return and an irrevocable commitment. Speaker

Brown on Drought: Governors can’t make it rain

John January 10, 2014

As the rest of the country remains in a deep freeze, California’s weather is making headlines of its own. 2013 was one of the driest years on record in California. Los Angeles, which sees average annual rainfall of 14.90 inches,

Discrepancies found in Brown aides’ FPPC reporting

Katy Grimes January 6, 2014

Several recent CalWatchdog.com stories about some of Gov. Jerry Brown’s appointees have looked at reports filed on conflicts of interest and financial disclosure. Specifically, Form 700 is a Statement of Economic Interests required of “designated” government employees, meaning the governor’s

Gov. Brown's school plan pushes money, not reform

Wayne Lusvardi October 18, 2013

A year ago, Gov. Jerry Brown convinced voters to pass Proposition 30 on the November 2012 ballot. It raised taxes $7 billion, with most of the money promised for K-12 schools. This year, Brown included his school-financing reform package

Govt. global warming hoax ‘hilarious incoherence’

Katy Grimes September 30, 2013

“Global warming deniers,” we skeptics have been called. Much of our climate change skepticism stems from the government’s involvement and manipulation of the scientific data, and the subsequent creation of a cap and trade system, designed to punish and tax

Cap and trade could tax cities for out-of-state pollution

CalWatchdog Staff May 24, 2013

May 24, 2013 By Wayne Lusvardi Utility companies reportedly bought most of the $280 million in total pollution permits, about $162 million worth, at last week’s statewide cap-and-trade auction. It was the third auction held since last November. Several city-run municipal power

Is CA ‘Echo Boom’ financing tax flight to Fort Alamo?

CalWatchdog Staff February 8, 2013

Feb. 8, 2013 By Wayne Lusvardi By now most Californians have heard the radio ads by Texas Gov. Rick Perry urging businesses to move to Texas. California Gov. Jerry Brown has inferred that the Texas governor is an annoying person.

Oakland violent crimes No. 3 in country

CalWatchdog Staff January 13, 2013

Jan. 13, 2013 By Katy Grimes A tiny blurb tucked away on page A4 of the Sunday Sacramento Bee today, told about four bloody murders in Oakland on Friday didn’t do the tragic story justice, nor give the whole picture.

Study confirms exodus from Golden State

CalWatchdog Staff September 26, 2012

Sept. 27, 2012 By Steven Greenhut Anyone who has lived in California for some time realizes that middle- and upper-income Californians frequently talk about where they are going when they leave California. Most people never actually leave, of course, and