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Back to homepageSacramento redevelopment repackaged?
Katy Grimes: John Shirey, Sacramento’s latest city manager and former director of California’s defunct Redevelopment Agency, sent out an email this evening promoting local business “opportunities” connecting with “resources.” Only those “resources” are being repackaged as opportunities for small businesses as
Read MoreAll in favor say ‘mooo’
June 7, 2012 Katy Grimes: The Assembly just passed ACR 156 by Assemblyman David Valadeo, R-Hanford, recognizing June as ‘Dairy Month’ in California. Valadeo Comes from a dairy farm family, so it is no surprise he authored the resolution. Valadeo
Read MoreLegislating ‘justice for janitors’
June 7, 2012 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — California legislators are routinely approached by special interest groups to carry legislation—this is not news. The news is what that legislation is, and who it benefits. An Assembly Concurrent Resolution was in
Read MoreWalker win a repudiation of big labor
June 5, 2012 By Katy Grimes Commentary When the big news outlets called the Wisconsin election for Gov. Scott Walker early, it was apparent that blue is going to be the new red in November. Despite the Associated Press announcing
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CA shakedown headed for a breakdown
June 4, 2012 By Katy Grimes California legislators looked as if they were working hard last week, with hundreds of bills to debate and vote on. But it wasn’t difficult to see that much of it was for show. They
Read MoreBill to create ‘segregated’ school discipline
June 1, 2012 Katy Grimes: With all of the recent talk about nanny states and politicians interjecting themselves into the personal lives of citizens, another such bill was passed in the Assembly Thursday. But this bill will allow the state of
Read MoreBankruptcy bill stuck in Assembly
May 30, 2012 By Katy Grimes Californians can heave a sigh of relief for the moment; the Assembly did not pass the latest bill preventing cities and municipalities from filing for bankruptcy. But don’t think that this bill is dead
Read MoreAssembly passes bad Cap and Trade bill
May 29, 2012 Katy Grimes: The Assembly today passed the controversial Cap and Trade bill, Assembly Bill 1532, by Assembly Speaker John Perez, D-Los Angeles, which would deposit Cap and Trade carbon credit permit monies into a new Greenhouse Gas
Read MoreCalifornia counting its carbon tax riches
May 29, 2012 By Katy Grimes While the rest of the country shuns carbon trading schemes, California politicians continue to embrace the concept, and are forging ahead with a Cap and Trade carbon trading system. But eight states have dropped
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