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Brown poised to OK temporary limits on public records law -- Gov. Jerry Brown indicated that he would support protecting public access to government records in a constitutional amendment to be voted on next fall, but still supports temporarily weakening the law that ensures public access to official documents. Anthony York in the Los Angeles Times$ Amy Chance in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 6/20/13 Legislature plots new course following Public Records Act controversy -- Gov. Jerry Brown and Senate leaders appeared Wednesday to reject an Assembly proposal to uphold key provisions of the California Public Records Act, instead saying the issue should go before voters as a constitutional amendment next year. Melody Gutierrez and David Siders in the Sacramento Bee$ JIM MILLER in the Riverside Press -- 6/20/13 Assembly reverses course on open records limits -- Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez (D-Los Angeles) said his house would take up an amended version of a major budget bill on Thursday without the proposed limits on public access to open records. Anthony York in the Los Angeles Times$ Thomas Peele and Mike Rosenberg in the San Jose Mercury -- 6/20/13 California legislature creates confusion over records bill -- The California Legislature's Democratic leaders are pledging to address a budget bill that threatens public access to information held by local governments, but to do so in different ways. Judy Lin Associated Press John Myers News10 -- 6/20/13 Eric Garcetti wants state lawmakers to reverse course on records law -- Los Angeles Mayor-elect Eric Garcetti said he opposed a move by Gov. Jerry Brown and Sacramento Democrats to limit the scope of state open records laws. Anthony York in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/20/13 District attorneys, victims' advocates urge veto of budget trailer -- While open-records advocates urge Gov. Jerry Brown to veto legislation that would weaken California's open-records law, crime victim advocates are raising objections to language in the same bill that would relax requirements for how local agencies handle domestic violence cases. David Siders in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 6/20/13 Skelton: Gutting public's right to see records would be huge mistake -- Gov. Brown should veto the budget bill that would let official business escape scrutiny. Citizens' right to know what government is up to is paramount. George Skelton in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/20/13 Tom Calderon speaks: 'No idea' why Ron's office raided -- In his first comments since an FBI raid on his brother's legislative offices, former Assemblyman Tom Calderon denied any wrongdoing in his work for a Southern California water agency he has advised. Jeremy B. W hite in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 6/20/13 Legislators will make more money than 85 percent of California workers -- Legislators will make at least twice as much as most California workers following the roughly $5,000 pay bump approved by the California Citizens Compensation Commission Wednesday, census figures show. Phillip Reese in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 6/20/13 Pay commission grants five percent raise for California lawmakers, officials -- Pay for Gov. Jerry Brown, legislators and other top elected officials is going up, a state commission decided Wednesday. Jim Sanders in the Sacramento Bee$ Juliet Williams Associated Press Michael Gardner UT San Diego$ Patrick McGreevy in the Los Angeles Times$ Wyatt Buchanan in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 6/20/13 California appeals court overturns governor, orders parole for baby killer -- A state appellate court, brushing aside Gov. Jerry Brown's decision to keep Yolo County baby killer Chris Michael Fowler in prison, has ordered him released on parole. Denny Walsh in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 6/20/13 Maldonado pushes initiative as gubernatorial run nears -- Former California lieutenant governor and state legislator Abel Maldonado was in San Diego Wednesday to push his proposed initiative to repeal the 2011 legislation that shifted low-level offenders to county jails and what he says led to early release for some. Mark Walker UT San Diego$ -- 6/20/13 Court hears testimony on state of mental health care in California prisons -- Psychiatrists and other witnesses are testifying Wednesday that state hospital units charged with treating mentally ill prisoners are dangerously understaffed. Julie Small KPCC Paige St. John in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/20/13 New CalPERS rate-hike era begins with cost cut -- State pension costs drop slightly in the new fiscal year under CalPERS rates set yesterday, a short break before a new full-funding policy adopted in April is expected to boost costs nearly 50 percent during the next seven years. Ed Mendel Calpensions.com -- 6/20/13 House transportation bill denies high-speed rail funding in 2014 -- Congressional skeptics of California's high-speed rail project make their feelings known in a draft transportation spending bill made public this week. Michael Doyle in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 6/20/13 Feinstein faults force-feeding at Guantanamo -- Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein is calling on the Obama Administration to cut back its practice of force-feeding hunger striking detainees at Guantanamo Bay. JOSH GERSTEIN Politico Jane Sutton Reuters -- 6/20/13 Taliban offer to free US soldier -- The Afghan Taliban are ready to free a U.S. army soldier held captive since 2009 in exchange for five of their senior operatives imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay as a conciliatory gesture, a senior spokesman for the group said Thursday. KATHY GANNON Associated Press -- 6/20/13
Is San Diego’s Housing Market Headed For Another Bubble? -- Economists are warning that there are signs that housing prices are going up a little too high, a little too quickly. Megan Burke, Maureen Cavanaugh KPBS -- 6/20/13 California Legislature approves money for state jobs website -- Despite a slight procedural speed bump, lawmakers signed off on giving $821,000 to the Department of Human Resources to upgrade the state's jobs website. Jon Ortiz in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 6/20/13 49ers new stadium seats 80 percent sold -- The 49ers have sold more than 80 percent of the seats and suites at their new Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, up from 75 percent in March. Greg Baumann Silicon Valley Business Journal -- 6/20/13
Budget simplifies special education money -- Just as Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders moved last week to make overall school funding more simple and transparent, the 2013-14 budget also includes a number of changes to special education funding with the same objective. Tom Chorneau SI&A Cabinet Report -- 6/20/13 Salary tracker shows earning power of community college grads – often more than graduate degree holders -- With the right major, California community college graduates can out-earn workers with bachelor’s and master’s degrees – often by a lot. Kathryn Baron EdSource Nanette Asimov in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 6/20/13 San Diego Teacher Prep Programs Dismiss New Ratings -- A report from the National Council on Teacher Quality and U.S. News withheld its highest marks, three or more out of four stars, from all but 9 percent of the 1,200 teacher preparation programs reviewed for the first time by the council. Kyla Calvert KPBS -- 6/20/13 Senators Scramble to Prevent Doubling of Student-Loan Rates -- As the clock ticks down toward the doubling of some student-loan interest rates, a group of senators has been scrambling to come to an agreement to solve the problem. Elahe Izadi National Journal -- 6/20/13 San Diego Unified Hopes To Feed 600,000 With Summer Meal Program -- San Diego Unified is a partner in the Summer Fun Café program, which hands out free lunches to students who would otherwise not be able to afford them during the summer. Erik Anderson KPBS -- 6/20/13 LAUSD spending $30 million to buy 30,000 iPads for students -- The Los Angeles Unified board Tuesday approved a $30 million contract to buy iPads for 30,000 students, the first phase in an ambitious plan to equip every pupil with a tablet computer within the next 14 months. Barbara Jones in the Los Angeles Daily News -- 6/20/13 Camp: Guess how much we invest in our students -- In the course of a public K-12 education, how much money will be invested in the average California student? How much does a basic, public K-12 education actually cost? Jeff Camp EdSource -- 6/20/13
Covered California to decide on vision and dental plans -- VSP Vision Care has advice for board members from Covered California when they meet Thursday to decide how and when to offer stand-alone vision and other supplemental benefits in the new health insurance marketplace: look at Colorado. Kathy Robertson Sacramento Business Journal -- 6/20/13 CalPERS health plan rate hike is lowest in years -- The California Public Employees’ Retirement System is poised to raise overall health premiums an average of 3 percent in 2014 — the lowest average increase since 1998 and well below the 9.6 percent average rate hike in 2013. Kathy Robertson Sacramento Business Journal Chad Terhune in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/20/13 Yes, Young Adults DO Value Health Insurance, Poll Shows -- A strong majority of young adults, whose participation in the health law may be key to its success or failure, strongly believe health insurance is important for them and worth the money, according to a new poll. Jordan Rau KQED -- 6/20/13 Lawmakers float bill for Medicare to cover obesity treatment -- A day after the American Medical Association classified obesity as a disease, U.S. lawmakers introduced bipartisan bills in the Senate and House of Representatives that would require Medicare to cover more obesity treatment costs. Yasmeen Abutaleb Reuters -- 6/20/13
State sued over Big Basin plan and threat to marbled murrelet -- An environmental group sued the state Wednesday over a plan to give Big Basin State Park a makeover, saying the agency should do more to protect an endangered seabird that nests high in the limbs of old-growth redwoods. Jason Hoppin in the Santa Cruz Sentinel -- 6/20/13 Air quality near LAX within state standards, airport study says -- Air quality near Los Angeles International Airport falls within national and California standards for pollutants, according to the results of a study released this week by the airport. Brian Sumers in the Los Angeles Daily News -- 6/20/13 Silicon Valley City to be Carbon-Neutral by 2017 -- The Silicon Valley city of Palo Alto, home to Stanford University and a frillion startups, says it will be run on entirely carbon-neutral electrical power by 2017. Chris Clarke KCET Rewire -- 6/20/13
Tea party protesters jeer Marco Rubio, CBO -- A large gathering of tea party supporters met outside of Capitol on Wednesday to express their frustrations over immigration legislation moving forward in Congress — including boos for Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and other lawmakers working on the bill. JOSE DELREAL Politico -- 6/20/13 House: Senate immigration bill DOA -- Senators, powerful outside groups and the White House are working intently to ensure that the Senate produces an immigration bill that could glide through the Republican House. Wait until it reaches the parallel universe of the House of Representatives. JAKE SHERMAN and SEUNG MIN KIM Politico -- 6/20/13 Sequester furloughs avoided for Customs and Border Protection -- Congress has approved a plan to avoid furloughs for U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees during fiscal 2013, according to a Wednesday statement from Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. Josh Hicks in the Washington Post -- 6/20/13 Senators broker tentative deal to end immigration bill logjam -- Key senators brokered a tentative deal Wednesday to strengthen the border security provisions in the immigration bill, a compromise that could break a logjam by satisfying Republican demands for tougher enforcement without jeopardizing a path to citizenship for immigrants. Lisa Mascaro in the Los Angeles Times$ Fawn Johnson National Journal -- 6/20/13 The immigration bill goes local -- The strategy for passing immigration reform through the Senate isn’t just about striking a deal on border security. CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN Politico -- 6/20/13 Americans Want Immigrants with Skills, Just Not High-Tech Skills -- United Technologies/National Journal Congressional Connection Poll finds support for more agriculture workers, but not much else. Scott Bland National Journal -- 6/20/13
Chief Beck's Hit-and-Run Crisis -- Experts pan an LAPD probe into the city's crash epidemic. Patrick Range McDonald LA Weekly -- 6/20/13 FBI tells Congress it uses drones in U.S. -- FBI Director Robert Mueller acknowledged Wednesday that the bureau has used unmanned aerial drones for surveillance in the United States and suggested that government needs to develop guidelines as their use grows. William Douglas and Kevin Thibodeaux McClatchy DC -- 6/20/13 AP boss: Sources won’t talk anymore -- Associated Press president Gary Pruitt on Wednesday slammed the Department of Justice for acting as “judge, jury and executioner” in the seizure of the news organization’s phone records and he said some of the wire service’s longtime sources have clammed up in fear. MACKENZIE WEINGER Politico -- 6/20/13 Abcarian: Michael Hastings: The importance of not following the rules -- He brought down an American general. He could brutalize his peers. But Michael Hastings was never accused of not telling the truth. And given the outrage that often accompanied the publication of his stories, that’s saying something. Robin Abcarian in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/20/13 Questionable journalism ethics or smart business? Orange County Register ad deal with universities raises eyebrows -- Since its new publisher took over last summer, The Orange County Register has been praised for being one of the few newspapers in the country that is hiring reporters, and expanding its print edition. Ben Bergman KPCC -- 6/20/13 Woman buries husband in yard, says she couldn't afford funeral -- A 59-year-old Apple Valley woman apparently buried her husband in her backyard because she was too poor to "give him a proper burial," authorities said Wednesday. Robert J. Lopez in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/20/13 Some Orange County state beaches to boost parking rates on Fourth of July -- Visitors to state beaches in Orange County will pay as much as $5 more to park on the Fourth of July, following a recommendation by the California Coastal Commission. Bryce Alderton in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/20/13 Calabasas wrestles with the Bieber effect -- Quiet Calabasas generally has done well by the celebrities who live there, but Justin Bieber's fast ways have some residents upset. Frank Shyong in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/20/13
At liberal gathering, Howard Dean prods Obama to explain spying -- Former Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean said Wednesday that President Obama needs to justify his administration's surveillance policies to the American people. Seema Mehta in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/20/13
IRS Draws New Criticism Over $70M Employee Bonuses -- Already reeling from a pair of scandals, the Internal Revenue Service is drawing new criticism over plans to hand out millions of dollars in employee bonuses. Stephen Ohlemacher Associated Press -- 6/20/13
Silicon Valley and Spy Agency Bound by Strengthening Web -- When Max Kelly, the chief security officer for Facebook, left the social media company in 2010, he did not go to Google, Twitter or a similar Silicon Valley concern. JAMES RISEN and NICK WINGFIELD in the New York Times$ -- 6/20/13 Senators say NSA phone records played little role in stopping terror plots -- The National Security Agency’s massive collection of Americans’ phone records has “played little or no role” in the disruption of dozens of terrorist plots, contrary to Obama administration assertions, said two U.S. senators who have access to classified information. Ellen Nakashima in the Washington Post -- 6/20/13
Tom Steyer ups climate change pressure on Obama -- On Thursday, San Francisco billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer is launching a new online campaign Thursday in Washington, D.C. to turn up the heat on his friend President Obama to do more to take on climate change — starting with urging him again to oppose the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. Joe Garofoli in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 6/20/13 At tea party rally, the IRS is a useful villain -- God bless the IRS. That was the unlikely slogan coming from thousands of cheering tea party supporters who came to the Capitol to highlight the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of conservative political groups. Emily Wax in the Washington Post -- 6/20/13 |
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