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No Assembly video for Donnelly, but ok for Speaker Perez

Last week gubernatorial candidate Tim Donnelly was warned he was about to receive a cease and desist notice from Assembly administrator Jon Waldie, telling him he was not allowed to use Assembly video footage in his political campaign. Yet the

AG Kamala Harris’ blatant-but-legal corruption

Chris Reed November 15, 2013

California Attorney General Kamala Harris isn’t exactly alone in abusing her powers as the state’s top law-enforcement official when it comes to ballot measures. When they had the post, Gov. Jerry Brown and Treasurer Bill Lockyer reveled in using the

Gov. Brown’s ambitious school reform morphs into union payoff

Chris Reed November 13, 2013

In 2013, maybe more than ever, the key to figuring out how California works is understanding that by far the most powerful forces in state politics are the California Teachers Association and the California Federation of Teachers and the 500,000

Californians, you can “keep your insurance” a little longer

Katy Grimes November 13, 2013

I received my notice of cancellation from Anthem Blue Cross October 14, stating my company’s health insurance plan will no longer be available Jan. 1, 2014. But as a 20-year former Human Resource professional, panic did not set in. Instead,

Opponents of transgender law seek repeal

Adam O'Neal November 12, 2013

A coalition of conservative groups, collectively known as Privacy for all Students, has submitted more than 600,000 petition signatures to get an initiative to repeal a law that grants certain rights to transgendered students in California. AB 1266—which was passed

CA suffers highest percentage of poor

John Seiler November 7, 2013

This kind of puts a kink in Gov. Jerry Brown’s insistence that “California is back.” According to a new study by the U.S. Census Bureau, when housing is factored in, California has the nation’s highest poverty rate, at 23.8 percent.

Friday hearing: Will judge ‘have the [guts]’ to shut down bullet train?

Chris Reed November 7, 2013

On Aug. 16, Sacramento Superior Court Judge Michael Kenny handed down a landmark ruling against the $68 billion California bullet-train project. Kenny held that the state High-Speed Rail Authority’s plan to begin construction in the Central Valley in coming months