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Texas isn't stealing California jobs, workers or wealth, UCLA study finds -- Although businesses often say California has high tax rates, tough environmental regulations and difficult permitting systems, some of those accusations are untrue, the university says. Alana Semuels in the Los Angeles Times -- 3/10/11 Day 60: What now? -- It's Gov. Jerry Brown's original deadline day, and state leaders have failed to reach a budget deal. A splinter group of five Senate Republicans is negotiating with the Democratic governor. It remains to be seen whether they can strike a compromise. Kevin Yamamura in the Sacramento Bee -- 3/10/11 Jerry Brown asks for budget vote delay, says he's 'on track' for deal -- Gov. Jerry Brown, citing progress in budget talks with Republicans, asked Senate and Assembly Democrats on Wednesday to delay budget votes that were planned for today, missing his self-imposed deadline but giving him more time to negotiate. David Siders in the Sacramento Bee Anthony York LA Times PolitiCal Wyatt Buchanan Chronicle Politics Steve Harmon in the Contra Costa Times -- 3/10/11 Skelton: Gov. Jerry Brown's prophecy isn't pretty -- If the Legislature does not put his tax extension plan on the ballot, the governor says, the result will be 'a war of all against all.' George Skelton in the Los Angeles Times -- 3/10/11 Gov. Jerry Brown pitches his budget plan on Republican turf -- To persuade them to support his proposal for closing California's $25-billion budget gap, he has been bar-hopping with lawmakers, crashing private dinners and even braving a karaoke party (leaving the singing to the legislative branch). Michael J. Mishak and Shane Goldmacher in the Los Angeles Times -- 3/10/11 Weintraub: Democrats wanted the power to pass a budget but don’t want to use it -- As the Legislature moves closer to voting on a budget largely reflecting Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed spending plan, Democrats are learning that a power they have long sought — to pass a budget with a majority vote — might not be the lever they thought it was going to be. Daniel Weintraub HealthyCal.org -- 3/10/11 Fiscal fight shifting to the Hyatt -- That’s where Republicans gather at the end of next week for their spring convention, and GOP lawmakers who are perceived as too enthusiastic about putting taxes before the electorate may be in for a rough ride. John Howard Capitol Weekly -- 3/10/11 Agencies send 'Top 10' budget-cutting lists to Jerry Brown -- The Little Hoover Commission and the Bureau of State Audits this afternoon released their "Top 10" lists of ways to reduce waste and inefficiencies in government, encouraging Gov. Jerry Brown, among other things, to review state leases, to eliminate the state personnel Board and pursue reducing the two-thirds vote threshold for raising taxes. David Siders SacBee Capitol Alert Patrick McGreevy LA Times PolitiCal -- 3/10/11 Governor should consider commuting sentences for medically incapacitated inmates, state auditor says -- California's state auditor says releasing them could save the financially strapped state tens of millions of dollars. Thirty-two incapacitated inmates have been identified as possible medical parolees. Patrick McGreevy in the Los Angeles Times -- 3/10/11 GOP invites Brown to convention -- The California Republican Party has invited a surprise guest to its biannual convention in Sacramento next weekend: Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown. Seema Mehta LA Times PolitiCal Carla Marinucci Chronicle Politics -- 3/10/11 Legislature looks to take $1B from First 5, bypass voters -- State lawmakers are expected to vote soon on a budget that includes a $1 billion shift from Proposition 10 to Medi-Cal. The move will likely result in deep cuts to services and programs for early childhood development, with the state's most populous counties taking the hit. Joanna Lin California Watch -- 3/10/11 Brown's lawyer contract dripping with irony -- Furloughs, a controversial legacy of former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, created pangs in recent labor talks for Gov. Jerry Brown – although it's pain that he helped create. Jon Ortiz in the Sacramento Bee -- 3/10/11 Just the facts: Salary figure doesn't tell whole story at Caltrans -- State Sen. Joel Anderson, R-Alpine, wants to slash the size of Caltrans by handing its highway building and maintenance duties to local governments. Jon Ortiz in the Sacramento Bee -- 3/10/11 Budget cuts could mean lights out for state fairs -- The Legislative Analyst's Office recommended Feb. 10 that the Legislature adopt the cost-saving measure and stop spending $32 million each year to subsidize fairs. Sam Pearson California Watch -- 3/10/11 Brown's Medi-cal plan questioned -- For Keith Dixon, an unemployed single father, $20 means putting gas in his car and paying for his son's lunches. LORA HINES in the Riverside Press -- 3/10/11 Subsidized Childcare Costs Will Increase for the Working Poor -- For the state’s working poor, the Legislature’s proposed budget restores a child care option vetoed last year by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger but increases each family’s share of costs. Greg Lucas California's capitol weblog -- 3/10/11 Court, not Capitol, will have last word in budget battle -- Two of the high-profile issues in Gov. Brown’s fiscal proposals – the elimination of enterprise zones and abolishment of redevelopment agencies – are all but certain to wind up in state or federal court, and other budget pieces may prompt legal battles, too. John Howard Capitol Weekly -- 3/10/11 Saunders: Jerry Brown backs off deadline on special election -- Gov. Jerry Brown's strategy to win the governor's seat has led California to this moment. Debra J. Saunders in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 3/10/11 With numbers now established, redistricting debate begins -- If drawing political districts could be done in a vacuum — without having to worry about how the numbers work out in the rest of the state — creating new congressional districts along California's central coast could be a pretty tidy task. Timm Herdt in the Ventura Star -- 3/10/11 In the Capitol, it rains bills: 139 a day to be exact -- February 18 is the 49th day of the year. It’s also the day, in 1930, Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto which, he’d be sad to learn, is no longer considered a planet. Greg Lucas Capitol Weekly -- 3/10/11 L.A. council race renews debate on labor's clout -- Los Angeles' public employee unions put their muscle into defeating Bernard C. Parks. They now trail by a thin margin. Maeve Reston in the Los Angeles Times -- 3/10/11 Measures pass muster with voters -- Although they may have lacked radical fervor, Los Angeles voters gave significant victories Tuesday to ballot measures placing new oversight on the DWP, reducing pensions for some new city employees and reining in political contributors. Kevin Modesti in the Los Angeles Daily News -- 3/10/11
Pension reform activists meet to plan statewide movement -- A group of pension reform advocates, including several East Bay residents, stealthily met Wednesday in San Francisco to discuss how to spark a regional fire under the hot-button issue of reducing public employee retirement costs. Bonnie Eslinger in the Contra Costa Times -- 3/10/11 New CalPERS earnings forecast would raise rates -- CalPERS actuaries are recommending a small decrease in the investment earnings forecast used to offset or “discount” future pension obligations, from 7.75 to 7.5 percent, but it would be another rate increase for struggling state and local governments. Ed Mendel Calpensions.com Dale Kasler in the Sacramento Bee -- 3/10/11
Alameda County takes over land from redevelopment agency -- Alameda County supervisors approved the transfer of nearly a dozen properties from its redevelopment agency to the county, as local governments brace for the possible end of local redevelopment agencies. Chris Metinko in the Oakland Tribune -- 3/10/11
Teachers union wants Supreme Court to overturn layoff ban -- The biggest teachers union in Los Angeles will likely ask the state Supreme Court to overturn a recent appellate court decision blocking teacher layoffs at 45 struggling schools. Corey G. Johnson California Watch -- 3/10/11 San Francisco Mid-Market tax breaks get support in poll -- More than two-thirds of San Franciscans support the city's effort to offer tax breaks to draw the microblogging firm and other companies to the long-depressed Mid-Market area, a San Francisco Chamber of Commerce poll to be released today found. John Coté in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 3/10/11 San Francisco Pushes to Expand Scope of Local-Hiring Law -- Two weeks before a new law takes effect requiring San Francisco construction contractors to hire local workers, city officials will ask the federal government to allow it to impose local-hiring rules on federally funded transportation projects. John Upton Bay Citizen -- 3/10/11
L.A. Community College District trustees fire head of construction program -- The Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees voted Wednesday to terminate the contract of Larry Eisenberg, the head of its troubled bond-financed construction program, effective Saturday. Michael Finnegan and Gale Holland in the Los Angeles Times -- 3/10/11 Fensterwald: Kirst: Expedite parent trigger regs -- State Board of Education President Michael Kirst said Wednesday that the State Board does not plan to ask the Legislature to fix the parent empowerment law known as the parent trigger – to the great relief of the embattled law’s advocates. John Fensterwald educatedguess -- 3/10/11 Merger of 2 organizations would create California's largest charter school operation -- Talks are underway between struggling ICEF Public Schools and Alliance College-Ready Public Schools, both based in Los Angeles. The combined group would be one of the biggest in the United States. But a merger could take away choices for parents, one expert says. Howard Blume in the Los Angeles Times -- 3/10/11
New $15 million effort launched to preserve land around Silicon Valley -- Hoping to preserve farmland, redwood forests and coastal bluffs from development before real estate prices rebound, five land trusts on Thursday will announce a new $15 million effort to join forces with a goal of protecting 10,000 acres in Silicon Valley and its neighboring communities over the next three years. Paul Rogers in the San Jose Mercury -- 3/10/11
Study: Long-term supply of the pill means fewer abortions -- Research from UC San Francisco suggests that Medi-Cal, California's version of Medicaid, could save money and decrease abortion rates by allowing women to stockpile the pill. Marie C. Baca California Watch -- 3/10/11 Dead crow in Elk Grove tests positive for West Nile virus -- A dead crow found in the Elk Grove area is the first bird to test positive in the state this year for West Nile virus. Bill Lindelof in the Sacramento Bee -- 3/10/11
L.A. asks appeals court to allow enforcement of medical marijuana law -- Los Angeles asked the state Court of Appeal on Wednesday to halt an injunction that bars the city from enforcing key parts of its medical marijuana ordinance. John Hoeffel in the Los Angeles Times -- 3/10/11 California goes after pot shops for back taxes -- As one of California's pioneering marijuana dispensaries, the Berkeley Patients Group served thousands of medical marijuana users and handled tens of millions of dollars in pot transactions a year. Peter Hecht in the Sacramento Bee -- 3/10/11 San Jose moves to crack down on pot clubs -- After seeing the number of medical marijuana dispensaries surge for more than a year as they weighed how to control them, San Jose leaders decided Wednesday that enough is enough. John Woolfolk in the San Jose Mercury -- 3/10/11
In closing arguments, prosecution accuses Bell's Robert Rizzo of stealing more than $5 million -- A judge will determine whether Rizzo and others, accused of enriching themselves with the city of Bell's treasury, can be tried for misappropriation of public funds. Corina Knoll in the Los Angeles Times -- 3/10/11 Bell's all-new, all-novice council faces nasty choices -- With the city on the edge of insolvency, immediate budget cuts — including possible closure of the Police Department — will be needed. Christopher Goffard, Paloma Esquivel and Ruben Vives in the Los Angeles Times -- 3/10/11 Dozens of Cases to Be Dropped In San Francisco Police Scandal -- With a group of undercover police officers under suspicion of perjury and conducting illegal searches, the San Francisco district attorney said Wednesday that his office would drop dozens of drug and robbery cases and continue to investigate scores more for possible dismissal. JESSE McKINLEY in the New York Times -- 3/10/11 Police in Los Angeles Step Up Efforts to Gain Muslims’ Trust -- Sgt. Mike Abdeen, on duty in the county Sheriff’s Department, got a call last year from a Muslim father who was worried about his son. LAURIE GOODSTEIN in the New York Times -- 3/10/11
House Republicans vow to uphold Defense of Marriage Act -- The party's leaders vote to join a legal battle against granting federal rights and benefits to same-sex couples. Lisa Mascaro in the Los Angeles Times -- 3/10/11 Issa: Obama pay freeze a farce -- Rep. Darrell Issa called President Barack Obama’s pay freeze on the federal workforce a farce, since it doesn’t bar raises for workers who are promoted. SIMMI AUJLA Politico -- 3/10/11 Freshman class: Millionaire's club -- Times are good for the freshman members of Congress. Like their more senior counterparts, the new members of the 112th session are an exceptionally wealthy bunch. MARIN COGAN Politico -- 3/10/11 |
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