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Democrats still trying to secure support for California budget -- Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic leaders called their budget deal Thursday a "conceptual agreement" for good reason. With floor votes planned in three days, Brown officials and lawmakers are still filling out major details of cuts to welfare-to-work and health care for low-income children that will determine exactly how the budget will impact programs. Kevin Yamamura SacBee Capitol Alert -- 6/24/12 ++ Gov. Jerry Brown reaches deal with largest state worker union -- California's largest state worker union announced Saturday that it reached a deal with Gov. Jerry Brown's administration to cut compensation for its members. Chris Megerian in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/24/12 Gov. Jerry Brown drops four-day workweek plan for state workers -- Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to move the state to a four-day workweek died Saturday with the news that California's biggest state worker union has tentatively agreed to furlough terms that don't include the compressed schedule. Jon Ortiz in the Sacramento Bee -- 6/24/12 State budget leans heavily on Facebook -- In California, there are at least $1.9 billion reasons to like Facebook. That’s the staggering amount of money Gov. Jerry Brown and lawmakers are counting on as investors cash in on Facebook’s Initial Public Offering. Michael Gardner UT San Diego -- 6/24/12 Walters: 'Declinists' debate 'denialists' on the California economy -- Each month, federal and state officials release new employment data, and the numbers are closely perused as a running barometer of the state's troubled economy. Dan Walters in the Sacramento Bee -- 6/24/12 County officials fight to keep transit funds loophole -- Last week, a sizable delegation of council members and city managers from Ventura County came to the state Capitol to lobby against a bill that would force them to start spending all the money they receive from a portion of state tax revenue intended for transit services on, well, transit services. Timm Herdt in the Ventura Star -- 6/24/12 From a McDonald's empire, and a drive to succeed, an immigrant shapes California politics -- Yin, 75, and trim at an energetic 163 pounds, has built a financial and philanthropic empire on Big Macs, Happy Meals and Chicken McNuggets. Stephen Magagnini in the Sacramento Bee -- 6/24/12
California bullet train faces tough vote in Senate -- Gov. Jerry Brown's request for $6 billion to start construction of the California bullet train will face a difficult vote in the Legislature in the coming days, prompting some last-minute political maneuvering that could significantly alter the structure of the project. Ralph Vartabedian and Chris Megerian in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/24/12
Vote Tuesday could send Stockton to bankruptcy court -- Barely five years ago, Stockton looked like a winner. Peter Hecht in the Sacramento Bee -- 6/24/12 California foreclosure prevention bill is likely to advance -- After six months of wrangling, California lawmakers put the finishing touches on what they hope will be compromise foreclosure-prevention legislation. Marc Lifsher in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/24/12 Budget mess could imperil San Diego military -- Four San Diego business groups have united to sound the alarm bell that looming defense cuts could cripple the regional economy, where 142,000 people get Pentagon or Veterans Affairs paychecks and another 169,000 jobs are tied to military spending. Jeanette Steele UT San Diego -- 6/24/12 County suddenly yanks $30 million in tax funds from San Francisco 49ers stadium -- Out of nowhere, Santa Clara County officials have yanked $30 million in tax funds promised for the San Francisco 49ers' new Santa Clara stadium, saying they would rather spend the money on teachers than install "little televisions in the back of stadium seats." Mike Rosenberg in the Contra Costa Times -- 6/24/12 Orange County's economy shows signs of a recovery -- One of the county's biggest economic drivers, tourism employment, has rebounded while other sectors are improving. Ricardo Lopez in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/24/12 Borenstein: It's time to develop reasonable pensions for all -- When it comes to retirement benefits, public employee unions have one thing right: We should not eliminate traditional pension plans. If anything, we should move in the opposite direction, making available stable retirement income for all workers, public and private. Daniel Borenstein in the Contra Costa Times -- 6/24/12
Americans may become minority in UCSD engineering -- The number of international students enrolled in graduate programs at UC San Diego's Jacobs School of Engineering has risen for the past five years and is nearing the 50 percent mark, according to the campus. Gary Robbins UT San Diego -- 6/24/12 Morain: There's hope in California graduates -- We know the troubled story of California circa 2012 all too well. But there also is promise, renewed at this time each year in commencements across the state. Dan Morain in the Sacramento Bee -- 6/24/12
Preparations for reform may leave lasting changes -- Federal health care reform might not survive after a Supreme Court decision expected this week, but the preparations for an influx of new patients may have already changed the health care system. Mary Flynn HealthyCal.org -- 6/24/12
Hinkley residents face Aug. 31 deadline on life-changing choices -- For some 300 residents who have spent years - perhaps decades - drinking water laced with chromium 6, decision time is fast approaching for choosing either a newly pioneered whole house water replacement system or selling their home to Pacific Gas & Electric Co., which will bulldoze it. Jim Steinberg in the San Bernardino Sun -- 6/24/12 Sacramento Valley rice farmers helping migratory birds -- The hundreds of vast, flooded rice paddies that cover miles of interior northern California may seem like an unlikely safe haven for shorebirds, but changes occurring in the state's rice country may help improve the outlook for dozens of species in decline in recent decades. Jason Dearen Associated Press -- 6/24/12 Inglewood Oil Field's neighbors want answers about land shift -- Are the cracks that have appeared on some properties caused by Inglewood Oil Field drilling, an underlying fault line or other factors? So far, no one knows. Ruben Vives in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/24/12 Undeterred by freeway, bear returns to Glendale area -- The black bear known as Glen Bearian that was taken deep into the Angeles National Forest earlier this year has reappeared. Wildlife officials urge residents to keep areas around their homes free of food. Matt Stevens in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/24/12
Supreme Court on illegal immigration: Sides await ruling, prepare for battle -- With the Supreme Court expected to rule next week on Arizona’s tough law against illegal immigrants, activists on both sides are preparing to pounce on the issue, whether manning voter registration drives in Georgia and Arizona, reviving lawsuits in Alabama and Indiana or dusting off stalled copycat bills in Pennsylvania and Mississippi. Pamela Constable in the Washington Post -- 6/24/12
Foie gras: the long, controversial road to a food ban -- From secret videotaping of farms, to lawsuits and restaurant protests, one San Diegan was there every step of the way. Keli Dailey UT San Diego -- 6/24/12 Echo Park Lake discovery: Sunken wagon wheel's origin a mystery -- Pony express, stagecoach or grain wagon? Experts, historians go to work analyzing a wheel, axle and part of the undercarriage of a cart found under Echo Park Lake. Steve Lopez in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/24/12 'Mary Jane: The Musical' examines Humboldt County's pot industry -- Behind its original songs and humor, the play about marijuana cultivation is a bittersweet, multi-generational tale that celebrates the plant while laying bare the industry's dark side. Lee Romney in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/24/12
Obama taps overseas donor pool -- The all-consuming hunt for donors has led President Barack Obama’s campaign to England. And France. And China. ANNA PALMER and DARREN SAMUELSOHN Politico -- 6/24/12 With eye on female voters, Wasserman Schultz, Obama mark Title IX anniversary -- Lawmakers and President Obama on Saturday celebrated the 40th anniversary of Title IX, which ensured equal rights for men and women in education. Rachel Leven The Hill -- 6/24/12
Saunders: Obama's Justice - upside down -- The important question to ask about Attorney General Eric Holder is: Whom does he protect and whom does he pursue? Debra J. Saunders in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 6/24/12 Major Romney donors rewarded at lavish Utah retreat -- Top contributors to the Mitt Romney presidential campaign spend three days at what is billed as a 'senior leadership retreat' in Deer Valley. Seema Mehta and Matea Gold in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/24/12 Members of Congress trade in companies while making laws that affect those same firms -- One-hundred-thirty members of Congress or their families have traded stocks collectively worth hundreds of millions of dollars in companies lobbying on bills that came before their committees, a practice that is permitted under current ethics rules, a Washington Post analysis has found. Dan Keating, David S. Fallis, Kimberly Kindy and Scott Higham in the Washington Post -- 6/24/12 |
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