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Contra Costa Times editorial – Posted: 02/18/2012 04:00:00 PM PST
California faces a fiscal dilemma — how to raise enough money in the short term to fund suffering basic government programs now without undermining an economic …
Fox & Hounds – By Tony Quinn – Political Commentator and Former Legislative Staffer – Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
It has never happened before. The Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court, Tani Cantil Sakauye, accusing …
The Sacramento Bee – February 14, 2012
Assemblyman Mike Feuer made his candidacy for Los Angeles City Attorney official today.
The Los Angeles Democrat, who is termed out of the Assembly this year, issued a campaign announcement …
The Sacramento Bee – February 8, 2012 -
A group that hoped to put a sweeping public employee pension reform measure on the November ballot is suspending its campaign.
“It’s a sad day for pension reform in …
The Los Angeles Times – February 7, 2012
The public-interest nonprofit Californians Aware has sued the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, citing more than two occasions in which the officials allegedly violated the Ralph M. …
SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments.
Joseph Bielanski, Jr., 61, of San Francisco, has been reappointed to the California Community College Board of Governors, where he has served since 2011. …
SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments.
Kimiko Burton, 47, of San Francisco, has been appointed to the State Personnel Board. Burton has been a deputy city attorney for San Francisco …
The Los Angeles Times – January 31, 2012
Thousands of Riverside County workers have launched a one-day strike to protest the pension cuts imposed on employees after contract negotiations reached an impasse late last year.
Members of …
Los Angeles Times – January 30, 2012
Los Angeles County supervisors violated the law last fall by holding a closed-door meeting with Gov. Jerry Brown to discuss a plan to shift nonviolent state prisoners to county …
1-17-2012 - SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments.
John Banuelos, 67, of Elk Grove, has been appointed to the California Boating and Waterways Commission. Banuelos worked at the California Conservation Corps …
Written by Chris Caskey, The Union Democrat January 16, 2012 12:19 pm
The Tuolumne County Board of Supervisors will likely begin the process of finding a new District Attorney this week.
The topic is on the agenda …
1-9-2012
SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments.
Denise Brown, 60, of Fair Oaks, has been appointed director of the California Department of Consumer Affairs. Brown was an advisor to the executive …
12-28-2011
SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments.
Kristoffer Applegate, 34, of Sacramento, has been appointed chief of legislative affairs for adult operations at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Applegate …
GOVERNOR APPOINTS THREE TO RIVERSIDE COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT
12-27-2011
SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the appointments of Raquel A. Marquez, Otis Sterling III and John W. Vineyard to judgeships in the Riverside County …
The Sacramento Bee – December 27, 2011
Two public pension reform plans aimed for the November 2012 ballot wouldn’t make much of a dent in government costs for decades, and the savings to employers’ retirement expenses …
By Dana M. Nichols – Record Staff Writer - December 04, 2011 12:00 AM
SAN ANDREAS – Attorney David Singer announced Wednesday that he is running for Calaveras County district attorney.
For the 2012 elections, Singer will attempt …
December 5, 2011 – The Sacramento Bee
Everybody knows that voters don’t like tax increases, which spells trouble for the ballot initiative that Gov. Jerry Brown submitted Monday to raise nearly $7 billion in taxes. Hoping …
Drug agents sue California officials over impending layoffs - http://defender411.us/ugBRDS
The Sacramento Bee – November 23, 2011
State drug enforcement agents sued Gov. Jerry Brown and his finance director, Ana Matosantos, on Wednesday over 206 layoffs they consider …
By Jonathan Larsen and Ken Olshansky, MSNBC TV
A well-known Washington lobbying firm with links to the financial industry has proposed an $850,000 plan to take on Occupy Wall Street and politicians who might express sympathy …
By Ed Mendel – Calpensions.com
Details of a major federal-style overhaul of state and local public pension funds proposed by Gov. Brown last week are expected to emerge from a study, which could take about a …
