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2 minutes and $228 million: Here's how Industry spends its money -- The meeting last Thursday morning started a few seconds before 8. It was over by 8:02. In that flash of time, the Industry City Council approved a dozen city measures and a $228 million budget. Ben Baeder in the San Gabriel Tribune -- 7/1/12 Final California budget deal wasn't all about saving money -- Gov. Jerry Brown rejected the Legislature's first budget proposal in June because he said it was "not structurally balanced and puts us into a hole in succeeding years." Kevin Yamamura in the Sacramento Bee -- 7/1/12 Walters: Molly Munger's lawsuit escalates war against Jerry Brown's tax measure -- The lawsuit that civil rights attorney Molly Munger has filed, alleging that Gov. Jerry Brown's tax increase ballot measure was given preferential treatment over her rival tax proposal, is important unto itself. Dan Walters in the Sacramento Bee -- 7/1/12 Morain: Fighters KO'd in Capitol arena -- n his day, Frank Shamrock was a bright star in the world of mixed martial arts, kicking, kneeing and punching his way to championship titles. Dan Morain in the Sacramento Bee -- 7/1/12 Did Jerry Brown pull rank to get petition signatures processed? -- As the deadline loomed for verifying signatures for his tax initiative, Gov. Jerry Brown called some county officials to check the status. Critics are crying foul. Anthony York in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 7/1/12 Young people taking part in politics via new media, but they want help telling fact from fiction -- Young people are sharing information and engaging in politics and policy discussions online like never before, according to a new study co-authored by an East Bay professor. But a vast majority of them want help discerning Internet fact from fiction, the study shows -- a problem that some local civics teachers find all too familiar. Josh Richman in the Contra Costa Times -- 7/1/12 It's the law today -- A handful of new state statutes are taking effect today. Here are a few of them: Hannah Madans in the Sacramento Bee -- 7/1/12 New laws: Safer tattoos, car-buyer safeguards -- Californians have grown accustomed to a deluge of new laws on Jan. 1, but this year there is a sprinkle of mandatory measures taking effect Sunday that were passed in 2011. Michael Gardner UT San Diego -- 7/1/12 Foie gras, tattoo laws take effect July 1 in California -- Car buyers, ducks and geese, and those in search of tattoos or body piercing all get increased protections under new laws that take effect July 1. Don Thompson Associated Press -- 7/1/12 Krikorian shrugs off cash woes -- The Republican candidate in the 43rd Assembly District who has touted himself as a “business conservative” extinguished more than $49,000 in credit card debt after he and his wife emerged from Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection, court records show. Jason Wells and Mark Kellam in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 7/1/12 Peele: A primer on public records requests -- Once in a while I use this space to review the basic tenets of the state Public Records Act for citizens and also for government officials to whom it applies and who are all too often painfully ignorant of, or just ignore, their requirements under it. Thomas Peele in the Contra Costa Times -- 7/1/12
Siemens Rail's Sacramento plant on track to diversify to trolleys, bullet trains -- Sacramento has always been a train town. First it made steam locomotives and passenger coaches. Then light-rail cars. Now a German rail giant wants to greatly expand the types of trains built here, a move that could position Sacramento for years to come as a modern-era train manufacturing center. Tony Bizjak in the Sacramento Bee -- 7/1/12 Borenstein: Stockton bankruptcy resulted from common reckless borrowing -- After Stockton on Thursday became the nation's largest city to seek bankruptcy protection, government officials up and down California should look at their own debts and ask if their communities could be next. Daniel Borenstein in the Contra Costa Times -- 7/1/12 Orange County's toll roads to stop taking cash, cut toll-booth jobs -- The toll road operator is looking to save money by eliminating toll booth operators and phasing out cash payments, in addition to raising toll rates. Mike Reicher in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 7/1/12
L.A. district weighing graduation of students who failed class -- After three seniors failed a class, made it up in a few days and graduated, teachers criticized the turnaround. But officials say they worked within the system. Howard Blume in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 7/1/12 CSU pay rises to $2.6 billion, but cuts still loom -- The California State University system paid an additional $134.7 million in employee salaries last year, an increase of 5.5 percent from the previous year, according an Orange County Register analysis. FERMIN LEAL in the Orange County Register -- 7/1/12
Forest Service ecologist expects California 'super fires -- Intense and deeply destructive "super fires," like Colorado's current Waldo Canyon fire, which has claimed two lives and burned 350 homes, are almost assured in Northern California's future, according to a U.S. Forest Service scientist. Edward Ortiz in the Sacramento Bee -- 7/1/12 Gas project worries regulators -- The projects are dissimilar in many respects. Yet the huge natural gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno in September 2010 is giving some state energy regulators pause about approving a plan to store 7.5 billion cubic feet of natural gas under a Sacramento neighborhood. Loretta Kalb in the Sacramento Bee -- 7/1/12 Delta waterways cleanup costly, time-consuming for agencies -- A slough next to the Sacramento River contains an illegal dumping site. It's largely invisible to the naked eye. Two abandoned cranes and a half-submerged boat hint at the waste in an area traveled by dozens of boats docked at a nearby marina. Brad Branan in the Sacramento Bee -- 7/1/12
At 102, North Hollywood man is happy to be an American -- Joaquin Arciago Guzman could barely recite the Oath of Allegiance but did get up from his wheelchair and put his hand over his heart to become - at age 102 - a naturalized American citizen Wednesday. Christina Villacorte in the Inland Daily Bulletin -- 7/1/12 Dems see ‘window of opportunity’ on immigration if Obama reelected -- Leading House Democrats say President Obama has a great opportunity to pass immigration reform next year if he keeps the White House, but warn his window to act will be short. Mike Lillis The Hill -- 7/1/12
City to pay LAPD crash victim's family $6.6 million -- Jovanna Lugo was killed when her car was struck by a police vehicle driven by Officer Richard Brubaker as she pulled out of her driveway in Sylmar in April 2010. Joel Rubin and David Zahniser in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 7/1/12 LAPD embracing 'predictive policing' -- Los Angeles police are aiming to beat suspects to the scene of a crime by using computers to predict where trouble might occur. Greg Risling Associated Press -- 7/1/12 Saunders: Ross Mirkarimi case: City Hall's latest witch trial -- Let's start with all the things Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi did wrong: Debra J. Saunders in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 7/1/12 Smog station owners face changing test program -- Smog stations statewide are transitioning from "old-fashioned" testing to a new approach that's meant to be faster, save consumers money and ensure more reliable inspections for the environment. Stephanie Hoops in the Ventura Star -- 7/1/12 Photo red-light tickets can be challenged -- These are the consequences of running a red light at a photo-enforced intersection in the city of San Diego: $480 minimum fine and $55 traffic school or a possible insurance rate increase. But they don’t have to be. Matt Clark UT San Diego -- 7/1/12 Rhee: Angela Madsen helps veterans heal through sports -- Noah Bailey didn't want to say much about how he lost both his legs to a roadside bomb in Afghanistan 6 1/2 years ago, or how he's tried to cope since. Foon Rhee in the Sacramento Bee -- 7/1/12 Lopez: Southland firehouse chefs invited to cook-off -- The best fire station cooks in Southern California are invited to show off their skills and test their mettle against Capts. Craig Nielsen and Mark Curry of the L.A. Fire Department. Steve Lopez in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 7/1/12
Boehner pledges to rip out healthcare law 'by its roots' -- Republican House Speaker John A. Boehner pledged Sunday that his caucus would "rip [the healthcare law] out by its roots" in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling to uphold the law last week. Melanie Mason in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 7/1/12 Poll: Most Americans want to keep Obamacare in some form -- In the wake of the Supreme Court’s health-care decision, what do Americans think should happen next? Suzy Khimm in the Washington Post -- 7/1/12 Vulnerable House Republicans backing repeat healthcare reform repeal vote -- House Republicans in tight races this fall say they are on board with the leadership’s plan to hold a repeat vote to repeal the 2010 healthcare law, even though they acknowledge it won’t go anywhere in the Senate. Russell Berman and Bernie Becker The Hill -- 7/1/12 McManus: Obama's victory is now his challenge -- The future of the Affordable Care Act depends almost completely on the November election. Doyle McManus in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 7/1/12 Roberts’s health-care ruling sends a message to politicians -- Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. delivered more than a historic ruling with his opinion upholding the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. Deliberately or not, he sent a message to politicians about the importance of protecting the vitality and reputation of public institutions. Dan Balz in the Washington Post -- 7/1/12 Trump, Koch brothers among megadonors looking down-ticket -- Conservative megadonors Sheldon Adelson, the Koch brothers and Donald Trump aren’t stopping with their efforts to swing the presidential election. Now, they’re shoveling cash into down-ticket races. ROBIN BRAVENDER Politico -- 7/1/12 |
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