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Report: Single-payer health care in California would cost double state budget

SACRAMENTO – During the California Democratic Party convention in Sacramento last weekend, the spiciest news was outgoing chairman John Burton dropping an f-bomb on a group of activists demanding that the party embrace a single-payer health system. It’s not really

California “donor state” status a political football

James Poulos February 13, 2017

Some Californians have long complained of their state’s status as a so-called “donor state” — one that sends more money to Washington than it receives. But as political tensions with the White House have heated up, and some federal funding

Brown’s State of the State address is both conciliatory and defiant

Matt Fleming January 24, 2017

Jerry Brown teetered between conciliatory and defiant in his annual State of the State address on Tuesday. The popular Democratic governor echoed other Democratic leaders in the state by taking shots at Republican President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans

State finds savings in minimum wage increase, but counties get the bill

Matt Fleming January 12, 2017

The good news: Last year’s deal to increase the minimum wage won’t cost the state nearly as much as was projected. The bad news: Providing certain health care services just became way more expensive for the counties. The Brown administration is ending

Study: ACA repeal would have big economic consequences without adequate replacement

Matt Fleming December 28, 2016

California would suffer major economic consequences if Congress repeals the Affordable Care Act without an adequate replacement, according to a new study by the UC Berkeley Labor Center. Republicans in Washington appear poised to repeal the ACA, better known as Obamacare,

CalWatchdog Morning Read – November 9

CalWatchdog Staff November 9, 2016

Supermajority eludes Democrats Ballot measure breakdown Congressional update Good morning. As you know, Donald Trump will be the next president of the United States in what felt like another mini Republican wave election. In fact, Republicans seemed to have fought

Tobacco-tax fact checks miss the mark

Matt Fleming September 26, 2016

Twice now we’ve seen fact-checkers panning the anti-tobacco tax campaign’s claim in a radio ad that Prop. 56, an increase of $2 per pack on cigarettes and other tobacco and nicotine products, “cheats schools out of at least $600 million

Gov. Brown mulls bills overseeing psychotropic drugs for foster kids

Steven Greenhut September 20, 2016

SACRAMENTO – California’s foster-care system has long been plagued with unaddressed problems, but a recent exposé about the system’s alleged over-prescription of psychotropic drugs has propelled the Legislature into action. Gov. Jerry Brown currently has on his desk three bills that

CalWatchdog Morning Read – August 22

CalWatchdog Staff August 22, 2016

Legislators’ new campaign slush funds Casino hires dad to lobby his daughter? Two OC GOP legislative candidates running from Trump Holes in Denti-Cal Prop. 47 led to 52,000 fewer arrests Good morning. Happy Monday. Legislators begin another week of whittling

What initiatives are on the November ballot?

Matt Fleming July 1, 2016

Voters have been warned for a while to be prepared for a seemingly never-ending series of ballot measures, and on Thursday the secretary of state released the final list of what initiatives qualified. Seventeen total. And while voters will read