A formal state audit will now examine waste, fraud, and abuse at the OCBE. I intend to discuss what this…
Content being a Pink Toad? I guess it depends on an amphibian's level of sef-awareness. The lower, the happier. In…
If we're talking about Dan C, he has never seemed "happy."
Yes, I know that's the impulse but you gotta know what the Guatemalan hill folk know: you get poisoned and…
If it touches me first, all bets are off.
You're absolutely right that California should adopt it statewide -- and should already have done so. And you're absolutely right…
If I were Fiona ma or Rob Bonta I’d be scared.
RCV should be adopted statewide so cities and counties don’t have to do it piecemeal. It saves money, discourages negative…
My advice to Mr. Moore, who seems like an eminently reasonable man is the same as I always give Vern.…
state legislature Archive
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State Legislature looking at new private sector retirement plan
Posted on June 2, 2012 | 6 Comments. Legislation to authorize the establishment of a new private sector retirement plan, known as SB-1234, seems to be moving along in the State Legislature and could soon reach the […] -
Why Did Orange County Lose $48 Million in State Funds?
Posted on September 27, 2011 | 3 Comments. . . We have read in this blog and elsewhere that the State budget this year deleted $48 million that had been earmarked to come to Orange County as […] -
Big Week for the State Budget
Posted on March 5, 2011 | 24 Comments. . . The following is from an e-mail report issued by the Orange County Employees Association. It was sent to me by a friend. And, yes, that Association is […] -
Reversing the Sacramento Power Grab – Is it time?
Posted on September 15, 2010 | No CommentsEvery time there is a perceived crisis of some kind people run to Sacramento seeking to have a Legislator author a new state law so that the particular crisis will […] -
State Legislator Pay Highest in Nation
Posted on March 30, 2010 | No CommentsThe Los Angeles Times has reported that a survey by the California Citizens Compensation Commission responsible for setting the pay of California legislators has found that California’s legislators are the […] -
Stealth State Income Tax Increases
Posted on August 28, 2009 | 2 CommentsRemember all that rhetoric from Sacramento just a couple months ago about no new or increased taxes? Well, it is sounding like more deception and sleight of hand has been […]
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So you're gonna write a piece about this audit? Good, folks have been asking us to cover that on this…