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California lawmakers pass budget on time

Written on 16 Jun, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 23 comments

California lawmakers raced up to the deadline Wednesday to send a budget proposal to Gov. Jerry Brown that contains further cuts to education, additional fees and many of the “gimmicks” that he repeatedly pledged to avoid in order to close... (Continue reading)

California city managers paid more than Brown

Written on 13 Jun, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 25 comments

Katie Lichtig gets $308,408 in total compensation as the manager of San Luis Obispo, a city with about 700 employees and 41,000 residents. That’s almost twice the salary of the governor, responsible for 44,000 employees and 37 million people. [Bloomberg]... (Continue reading)

70 state parks get the ax

Written on 14 May, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

Seventy state parks across California including Morro Strand State Beach will be closed starting in September and completed in July 2012, State Parks’ officials announced on Friday. The governor’s mansion, Limekiln State Park in Big Sur Redwood forests and some... (Continue reading)

Californians support raising taxes on the rich

Written on 28 Apr, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 64 comments

Fear of teacher layoffs and other cuts to public schools is leading a majority of Californians to support some combination of spending cuts and taxes in order to close the state’s $26 billion budget gap, according to a Public Policy... (Continue reading)

Governor Brown calls for better deal for prison guards

Written on 20 Apr, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

California Gov. Jerry Brown negotiated a contract with the politically powerful prison guards’ union that lets guards bank an unlimited amount of vacation time they get paid for when they retire at a substantial cost to taxpayers, a legislative analyst... (Continue reading)

Gov. Brown requests federal aid for Morro Bay

Written on 8 Apr, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Gov. Jerry Brown applied for federal disaster relief for Santa Luis Obispo County and five others affected by the March 11 tsunami that sank boats and damaged docks along the coast, he announced Wednesday. [MercuryNews] Brown’s request says the state... (Continue reading)

Enrollment to be slashed at Cuesta College

Written on 31 Mar, 2011 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 45 comments

Cuesta College could turn away more than 3,000 students next fall because of stalled Sacramento budget talks. “It is a disaster for the community,” said Cuesta College Marketing Director Stephan Gunsaulus who noted the cuts will affect current students, graduating high... (Continue reading)

Environmental coalition rejects Gibson for Coastal Commission

Written on 24 Mar, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

A coalition of 10 statewide environmental and coastal advocacy groups researched and interviewed five of the seven nominees for the Coastal Commission and put their support behind a Ventura and a Santa Barbara County public official while recommending that Gov.... (Continue reading)

Blakeslee and Achajdian traitors or saviors?

Written on 4 Mar, 2011 in Opinion | 25 comments

OPINION BY KEVIN P. RICE Senator Sam Blakeslee and Assemblyman Katcho Achadjian found their political heads figuratively impaled on sticks this week on a Los Angeles talk radio show and web site. The John and Ken Show on L.A.’s KFI... (Continue reading)

Spotlight on salaries for redevelopment officials

Written on 22 Feb, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

As Gov. Jerry Brown continues to push for state redevelopment funds to be shifted over to education, the spotlight is beginning to shine on the salaries being paid to some heads of local redevelopment agencies. [California Watch] The state’s 400... (Continue reading)