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Kings win the Stanley Cup with 6-1 victory over Devils -- Captain Dustin Brown has a goal and two assists to lead the 45-year-old franchise to its first NHL championship. Jeff Carter and Trevor Lewis each score twice. Chris Foster in the Los Angeles Times$ GREG BEACHAM Associated Press -- 6/11/12 Measures on 'three strikes,' GMO food labels qualify for ballot -- California's November ballot will include questions on modifying the state's "three strikes" sentencing laws and requiring labels for genetically modified foods. Torey Van Oot SacBee Capitol Alert -- 6/11/12 Legislative Democrats release CA budget plan with smaller cuts -- Assembly Democrats released a budget plan this afternoon that includes a lower reserve and smaller cuts in health and welfare programs than Gov. Jerry Brown proposed to bridge a $15.7 billion deficit. Kevin Yamamura SacBee Capitol Alert -- 6/11/12 Lawmakers prepare for Tuesday budget vote with no deal in place -- Both the Senate and Assembly budget committees have announced plans to vote on a budget plan Tuesday, even though both sides acknowledge that negotiations between top Democrats and Gov. Jerry Brown are ongoing. Anthony York and Chris Megerian LA Times PolitiCal$ -- 6/11/12 California Pension Fund Down Almost 5% As Year End Looms -- The California Public Employees’ Retirement System, the largest U.S. pension, has seen its market value decline 4.8 percent this year after stocks fell amid the brewing fiscal crisis in Europe and slowing of the U.S. economic recovery. Michael B. Marois Bloomberg -- 6/11/12 legislative leaders huddle before budget vote -- Legislative Democrats will vote by Friday's deadline on a state budget that has a "very substantial reserve" and is free of gimmicks to erase a $15.7 billion deficit, Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg said this morning. Kevin Yamamura SacBee Capitol Alert -- 6/11/12 With Friday budget deadline looming, California legislators have more at stake than paychecks -- Staring at a $15.7 billion budget deficit, legislators are under pressure to produce an on-time and balanced budget this week, but it isn't just to keep their paychecks coming. Steven Harmon in the San Jose Mercury -- 6/11/12 LAUSD to vote on dropping parcel-tax plan -- Gov. Jerry Brown was unable to get Molly Munger to drop her tax initiative, but he may be on the verge of keeping another major tax proposal off the ballot. Anthony York in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/11/12 Judge: LAUSD must rate teachers on pupil progress -- A Superior Court judge says Los Angeles Unified School District is violating state law by not including measures of pupil progress in teacher evaluations. CHRISTINA HOAG Associated press -- 6/11/12 Budget culprit is California tax code, ratings agency says -- While Gov. Jerry Brown and top Democratic lawmakers haggle over spending cuts this week, Standard & Poor's said Monday that they're missing the core problem leading to California's budget crisis. LA Times PolitiCal$ -- 6/11/12 Commerce agency: Secretary John Bryson had seizure linked to crashes -- U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson suffered a seizure in connection with two hit-and-run crashes Saturday in the San Gabriel Valley, an agency spokeswoman said Monday. Andrew Blankstein and Kate Mather in the Los Angeles Times$ KEN THOMAS Associated Press -- 6/11/12 Orange County Register sold -- The owner of The Orange County Register announced today that the paper has been bought by 2100 Trust LLC, a privately-held company led by a Massachusetts investor who previously planned to buy The Boston Globe. MARY ANN MILBOURN in the Orange County Register Walter Hamilton in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/11/12 Apple announces new MacBook Pro with retina display, deeper Facebook integration, Google Maps rival at WWDC -- Drawn to San Francisco by the lure of a pumped-up Apple operating system and other product-line surprises, software developers from across the country and around the globe descended on the Moscone West conference center Monday morning for the Worldwide Developers Conference 2012. Patrick May, Troy Wolverton and Jeremy C. Owens in the San Jose Mercury -- 6/11/12 Undoing health care law messy -- It sounds like a silver lining. Even if the Supreme Court overturns President Barack Obama's health care law, employers can keep offering popular coverage for the young adult children of their workers. But here's the catch: The parents' taxes would go up. Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Associated Press -- 6/11/12 Downtown L.A. hotel builder seeking $67.3 million tax break -- A Portland-based company planning a new 392-room hotel across from downtown’s bustling L.A. Live entertainment complex would receive $67.3 million in taxpayer funds over the next 25 years, under a plan heading to the Los Angeles City Council. David Zahniser in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/11/12 Barbara Boxer pressures rental car companies -- Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-CA, is taking up the crusade of a mother whose daughters were killed in a rental car from Capitola, insisting that rental car companies do not rent or sell cars under product recalls until they have been fixed, planning a press conference Tuesday to hold rental car companies’ feet to the fire, especially Enterprise. Carolyn Lochhead Chronicle Politics -- 6/11/12
Gov. Jerry Brown, Democratic leaders seek common ground on budget cuts -- Democratic lawmakers have vowed all spring to fight spending cuts to programs that serve the poorest Californians, including welfare-to-work and Cal Grant scholarships. Kevin Yamamura in the Sacramento Bee -- 6/11/12 California deficit drives shift in state's welfare philosophy -- Pressured by a $16 billion budget deficit, Gov. Jerry Brown is proposing a major overhaul of the state's welfare-to-work program with the strategy of slashing people's benefits to motivate them to get jobs faster. Christina Hoag Associated Press -- 6/11/12 State results dim Dems' hopes for House takeover -- California voters threw a wrench Tuesday into fellow Californian Nancy Pelosi's plans. Carolyn Lochhead in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 6/11/12 San Jose, San Diego pension reforms go to court -- Two California cities attracting national attention for big pension-reform votes look like they are on the same path — court filings last week to speed up legal decisions, and city council meetings this week to consider plans for new hires. Ed Mendel Calpensions.com -- 6/11/12 Tuesday’s school bond sweep can’t hurt Brown’s chances in November -- If there are no guarantees in California politics, voter support for local school bonds comes pretty close. Kimberly Beltran SI&A Cabinet Report -- 6/11/12 Walters: California budget process has reverted to secrecy -- As the Capitol churns toward Friday's deadline for a new state budget, the macro-issues are well known, such as whether health, welfare and child care services should be slashed by billions of dollars to close the deficit. Dan Walters in the Sacramento Bee -- 6/11/12 Election was a turnout disaster for Democrats -- There have been many explanations for Democrats' CD-31 fiasco and the fact that the party won't have a November candidate in what had been a prime pickup opportunity. High on the list, though, has to be turnout. Jim Miller in the Riverside Press -- 6/11/12 Top-two fallout: Is this goodbye to the little guy? -- Key selling points for California’s new two-two primary were that it would get centrists and moderates into the state Legislature, bridge the gap between polarized Democrats and Republicans and even heal a fractured electorate. Amy Wong Capitol Weekly -- 6/11/12 Schrag: The June Primary: This is Democracy? -- Contrary to first impressions, there were a few signs of sanity in last week’s Top Two primary election results. Peter Schrag Cal Progress Report -- 6/11/12 Wildermuth: Mail Ballots Are Shortening Election Nights -- Thanks to the rapidly rising number of vote-by-mail ballots, California’s political animals will be getting to bed a lot earlier on election nights. John Wildermuth Fox & Hounds -- 6/11/12 Los Angeles Appraisals Probed -- Property values in the ritzy communities of Beverly Hills and Brentwood have fallen along with those elsewhere amid the recession. But prosecutors here say that for some of those houses and businesses the drop isn't because of the economy, it's criminal. TAMARA AUDI and ERICA E. PHILLIPS in the Wall Street Journal$ -- 6/11/12 Foie gras fight over -- With state ban of force-feeding birds taking effect July 1, Sonoma man closing 26-year business long targeted by activists. DEREK MOORE in the Santa Rosa Press -- 6/11/12 Commerce Secretary John Bryson accused in hit-and-run crashes -- Authorities are investigating a series of traffic collisions in the San Gabriel Valley involving U.S. Secretary of Commerce John Bryson, authorities said Saturday. Bryson was found unconscious in his vehicle and has been hospitalized, officials said. Andrew Blankstein in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/11/12 Los Angeles County officials considering welfare crackdown -- Surge in welfare cases has L.A. County looking at ways to save money. Critics worry that some possible measures would hurt those who most need the help. Alexandra Zavis in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/11/12
Environmental objections in path of bullet train -- Rail construction could create more emissions in an area that already has dirty air and high asthma rates. Resolving the issues could delay the project and boost costs. Ralph Vartabedian in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/11/12
3 top California educators' departures a sobering development -- The impending departures of the heads of CSU, the California Community Colleges and UC Berkeley leave some wondering how they will be replaced in a time of uncertainty. Carla Rivera in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/11/12 New education standards end rote learning, cursive -- Like fashion, trends in public education come and go. What's in vogue depends on the decade and often reflects which way the political wind blows and what shiny gadgets have hit the market. Jill Tucker in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 6/11/12 Adult ed falls to flexibility -- The sun was still melting through the gray morning sky as teacher Don Curtis rode his bicycle into a warehouse yard belonging to Oakland Unified School District, opened a large garage door, and backed his classroom into the parking lot. Kathryn Baron TopEd -- 6/11/12 Building the next generation of student readiness assessments -- As lawmakers and education officials in Sacramento continue to grapple with bringing the new common core curriculum into California schools, designers of new tests based on those standards are approaching major mid-point milestones. Tom Chorneau SI&A Cabinet Report -- 6/11/12 UC, CSU pushed to cut low-enrollment programs -- It sounds like an obesity epidemic in higher education: program bloat. But rather than some sort of elephantine curriculum, the phrase refers to the hundreds of degree programs at California's public universities with fewer than 10 graduates in a given year - at a time when many students are turned away from more popular programs because of budget cuts. Nanette Asimov in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 6/11/12 CSU schools spend $1M on presidential home maintenance -- The California State University system has spent an average of $21,880 per year, per home on maintenance of 10 presidential homes over five years, much more than virtually all American homeowners who responded to a national housing survey. Erica Perez California Watch -- 6/11/12 Adult schools targeted as school districts find ways to trim budgets -- Their stories may be different, but the goal of many students attending local adult schools is the same - getting a shot at a better life. But with local school districts slashing adult school budgets, that goal is becoming more elusive. Maritza Velazquez in the San Gabriel Tribune -- 6/11/12
As adult cancer cases drop, rates go up among children -- New cases of cancer among adults in California are declining, but rates of childhood cancers are increasing, according to a new study by a statewide health organization. Christina Jewett California Watch -- 6/11/12 Residency program grows local docs -- Primary care doctors have an increasingly significant role in health care reform. Mary Flynn HealthyCal.org -- 6/11/12 Landlord imposes smoking ban on 2,000 California apartments -- It recently became legal for California landlords to forbid apartment renters from smoking in their units, but few property owners do so. Roger Vincent in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/11/12
Caltrain moves from doom to boom, but forecast could get gloomy -- A year after a last-minute bailout saved broke Caltrain from shutting down half its stations and trains, the commuter line is so flush with cash that for the first time in four years it is adding service and keeping most fares intact. Mike Rosenberg in the San Jose Mercury -- 6/11/12 Hunters, animal-rights groups face off over California ban on using dogs to hunt bears, bobcats -- For a thousand years, dogs and hunting have gone together like bows and arrows, guns and bullets, predators and prey. Paul Rogers in the San Jose Mercury -- 6/11/12 Giant SDG&E line sparks rural activism -- Alpine is looking more like its rural-flavored self again now that San Diego Gas & Electric has completed the construction of its Sunrise Powerlink transmission line through the heart of the East County community. Steve Schmidt UT San Diego -- 6/11/12
Undocumented Chico man passed the bar, but can he practice law? -- Sergio C. Garcia's case is pending before the California Supreme Court. It could be precedent-setting for other undocumented students who want to be lawyers. Paloma Esquivel in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/11/12
Medical probation bill would release some inmates early -- Faced with an influx of inmates, sheriffs across the state are backing a bill that would allow some felons to leave jail before they have completed serving their sentences. The legislation would apply to inmates who are dying or are so physically incapacitated that they pose no threat to the public. KATHARINE MIESZKOWSKI Bay Citizen -- 6/11/12 Santa Cruz entrepreneurs build new business on predicting crime -- Attorney Caleb Baskin and Councilman Ryan Coonerty have taken the experimental "predictive policing" program used by the Santa Cruz Police Department and created software that they hope to sell to law enforcement agencies around the nation. Shanna McCord in the Santa Cruz Sentinel -- 6/11/12 How did the justice system fail Brian Banks? -- Ten years ago, a 17-year-old boy sat in the Long Beach Superior Courthouse and was asked to make an impossible decision. Greg Mellen in the Los Angeles Daily News -- 6/11/12
Obama tests the theory of likability -- The polls agree: President Barack Obama is likable. The question is whether he’s likable enough to get reelected. ALEXANDER BURNS and MAGGIE HABERMAN Politico -- 6/11/12 Obama's report card on education policy -- President Barack Obama’s reelection campaign boasts in a recent TV spot that his national education policy borrows from his personal academic success: It can be chalked up to hard work and student aid. JENNIFER EPSTEIN Politico -- 6/11/12 |
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