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In-home care back in budget

Written on 20 Jan, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A budget-mandated reduction of in-home care for 372,000 elderly and disabled Californians was blocked Thursday by a federal judge. [SF Chronicle] Gov. Jerry Brown’s current budget would slash 20 percent from a program called In-Home Supportive Services if revenue projections... (Continue reading)

Brown’s tax plan falls short

Written on 9 Jan, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 22 comments

A tax hike that Gov. Jerry Brown plans to put before voters in November will raise less than he hoped, according to the Legislative Analyst, which probably will require much deeper budget cuts than previously anticipated. The plan would raise... (Continue reading)

Court eradicates redevelopment agencies

Written on 29 Dec, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

State budget writers can scrub redevelopment funds used by California cities to redevelop blighted areas, the state’s supreme Court ruled today. [LATimes] As a result of the decision, San Luis Obispo County’s five redevelopment agencies stand to lose a combined... (Continue reading)

California’s battling tax hike initiatives

Written on 12 Dec, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

Californians overwhelmingly support raising taxes to support public education, but three such competing initiatives could be defeated because of voter confusion. [LosAngelesTimes] Funding for California’s public school system ranks 42nd among states in student spending. In addition, university students face... (Continue reading)

Voters favor public pension reform

Written on 7 Dec, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 26 comments

By a slim majority, California voters tilt in favor of Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan to reduce public pensions. [Field Poll] The governor’s 12-point plan introduced last month has gained the favor of 51 percent of those polled, said Mark DiCamillo,... (Continue reading)

Brown tosses tax plan to voters

Written on 6 Dec, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 108 comments

The governor wants you to approve a new, $7 billion tax package “to get the state back on track.” In an “open letter” emailed Monday to Californians, Gov. Jerry Brown said he has filed an initiative to place on the... (Continue reading)

Developers using environmental laws to fight the competition

Written on 14 Nov, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

To stop a competitor from building a project near a southern California university, a student housing firm used the state’s environmental quality laws as an effective cheap weapon of destruction. [LATimes] Conquest Student Housing has 17 buildings rented to USC... (Continue reading)

Rural residents to pay higher fire fee

Written on 11 Nov, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 41 comments

Rural homeowners in San Luis Obispo County will be helping the state pay for fire prevention and protection with a $150 fee approved this week by a state board stacked with new appointees of Gov. Jerry Brown. Brown has said... (Continue reading)

Governor Brown fires anti-oil regulators

Written on 5 Nov, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

Oil industry representatives voiced their approval of California Gov. Jerry Brown’s decision to fire two state regulators who they said played a role in a slowdown in permitting for new drilling projects. [Bloomberg] “The governor made the right decision,” said... (Continue reading)

Governor targets fat public pensions

Written on 27 Oct, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 31 comments

A higher retirement age and a less benevolent pension system await new state workers in the future if a plan to be unveiled Thursday by Gov. Jerry Brown succeeds. Brown also will be targeting the purchase by current state employees... (Continue reading)