California Budget Crisis

Tuition Is Just the Headline

Lars Walton | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: California Tuition Hikes, UC System Budget Cuts, University of California Tuition Hike, California Budget Crisis, UC Regents, UC System, San Francisco News

Most Californians see the stress of the state cuts on UC in the faces of our students and represented on the front page headlines as tuition rises. The deeper story may be a few sections further back in the paper.

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The Golden State Gone Broke

Anthony Gregory | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Governor Jerry Brown, California Budget Crisis, Jerry-Brown-Tax-Cuts, Jerry Brown California Budget, California Taxes, California Jerry Brown, Politics News

Jerry Brown recognizes that something must give, and that cutting spending is unavoidable. This is, in some ways, marks an improvement over his fiscally reckless predecessor.

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A Bucket of Woe: Jerry Brown's Unsurprisingly Unhappy Budget

William Bradley | Posted 05.16.2012

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Does the air of shock around the latest in California's chronic budget crisis count as a failure of Gov. Brown's communications strategy? Or as a success? A bad shock may be what the electoral doctor ordered for Brown's November revenue initiative.

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50 Ways To Avoid Pepper Spraying Students (Thanks, Cal!)

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 05.11.2012

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If there's one thing the University of California's administration can improve upon, it could be summed up in one word: communication. That's accordin...

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Did We Just Find A Way To Save State Parks?

HuffingtonPost.com | Aaron Sankin | Posted 05.09.2012

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SAN FRANCISCO -- With only weeks to go before a full quarter of California state parks are scheduled to shut their gates due to budget cuts, a pair of...

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Can California Afford High Speed Rail? Jerry Brown Still Bullish, Likens it to Cathedral Building

Alison van Diggelen | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: High Speed Rail, Freshdialogues, Silicon Valley Leadership Group, Video, California Budget Crisis, Alison Van Diggelen, Jerry Brown, San Francisco News

Governor Jerry Brown responded to questions from Fresh Dialogues about high speed rail and electric vehicles. Can California afford to spend a penny on high speed rail?

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Back on the National Stage? Jerry Brown Brings An Incomplete Story

William Bradley | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: High-Speed Rail, California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barack Obama, San Francisco News, Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Los Angeles News, Gray Davis, California Budget Crisis, Jerry Brown, Los Angeles News

California is an important proving ground for new energy and transportation initiatives. Governor Jerry Brown is in Washington for a round of meetings and appearances. What will he say?

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The Persistence of Tunnel Vision: Another Problem for Jerry Brown

William Bradley | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Renewable Energy, High-Speed Rail, Los Angeles News, Gray Davis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Budget Crisis, San Francisco News, Jerry Brown, Politics News

Jerry Brown has a number of problems to deal with in his new/renewed governorship. One of the biggest of all is a persistent tunnel vision in California's frequently dysfunctional political culture.

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Jerry Brown Hits 74

William Bradley | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Meg Whitman, California, San Francisco News, Jerry Brown, Renewable Energy, High Speed Rail, Los Angeles News, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Budget Crisis, Barack Obama, California News, Home News

Jerry Brown, back for a third term after his fascinating two terms as governor in the 1970s and '80s is now California's oldest governor, with little sign of slowing down.

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Child Careless: Without Help, Working Poor Parents Struggling

HuffingtonPost.com | Peter S. Goodman | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Breakdown, Working Poor, Welfare, Child Care, Poverty, California, Jerry Brown, California Budget Crisis, Business News

SANTA ROSA, Calif. -- Every time she pulls away from her parent's house, leaving behind her 3-year-old daughter, Angelina, as she heads to work at a l...

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California Republicans in Crisis: Another Big Shoe Drops

William Bradley | Posted 05.29.2012

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Another big shoe dropped Wednesday in the ongoing crisis of the California Republican Party. One of its young rising stars, state Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher, dropped his party registration to become an independent.

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California Republicans Have Only Themselves to Blame

William Bradley | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Meg Whitman, California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Republican Party, Barack Obama, San Francisco News, Ronald Reagan, Right Wing, Los Angeles News, California Budget Crisis, John McCain, Jerry Brown, Politics News

There's a lot of hissing and moaning on the right in California, and among some avowedly middle-of-the-road pundits, about Governor Jerry Brown's compromise with a left-labor coalition on his November revenue initiative.

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Jerry Brown Deals Away Trouble on the Left

William Bradley | Posted 05.16.2012

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Governor Jerry Brown has dealt away some potential problems on the left to strengthen his chances of passing a revenue initiative in November.

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Jerry Brown Makes Some Splashy Moves

William Bradley | Posted 05.01.2012

Some imagine that Brown is at last embracing the way of his father, the legendary late Governor Pat Brown, widely credited as the builder of modern California, in developing what might be called an Edifice Complex. But that's not quite it.

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California State Nurses Take Home Big Paychecks As State Faces Budget Crisis

Posted 12.16.2011

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Picking up a few extra shifts apparently pays off in the Golden State. Forty-two California state nurses raked in more than $1 million since 2005 i...

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Jerry Brown Pulls a Trigger, Invokes Rome, and Focuses on Climate and Initiatives

William Bradley | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Climate Change, California, California Budget Crisis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2012 Election, Jerry Brown, Trigger, California Budget Cuts, Budget Cuts, Trigger Budget Cuts, Los Angeles News

As long expected, Jerry Brown found himself having to pull the trigger on mid-fiscal year budget cuts occasioned by lower than forecast California state revenues. But for less than feared.

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CHOP CHOP: Jerry Brown Imposes $1 Billion More In Budget Cuts

AP | JUDY LIN | Posted 02.12.2012

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday ordered $1 billion in midyear cuts to California's budget that will result in pain for students...

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Jerry Brown and the 2012 Initiative Wars

William Bradley | Posted 02.02.2012

Read More: Dianne Feinstein, California, California Budget Crisis, Barack Obama, Jerry Brown, California 2012 Initiatives, Jerry Brown 2012, California 2012 Ballot Initiatives, Los Angeles News

Working with the rest of the Democratic coalition, he is on the verge of rolling out a proposed initiative for the November 2012 ballot to raise an estimated $7 billion a year in new revenue.

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How A City's Affordable Housing Loans Became A $10 Million Mess

HuffingtonPost.com | Jackie Ginley | Posted 11.18.2011

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Reporters Bob Porterfield and Jackie Ginley are exploring the financial challenges facing Hercules for The Huffington Post and Hercules Patch. Read th...

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Emergency Financial Manager? Bring It On!

John K. Bennett | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Detroit Budget, Emergency Financial Managers, Dave Bing, Budget Cuts, Efm, Detroit Emergency Financial Manager, Detroit Mayor Bing, Detroit Budget Deficit, California Budget Crisis, Detroit News

It's high time Detroit finally got an EFM. For many years, especially the last 11 years, Detroit has really been drowning in red ink and leadership hasn't been able to stem the tide.

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City's Affordable Housing Initiative Spent Nearly $50 Million, Produced Nothing

HuffingtonPost.com | Jackie Ginley | Posted 11.17.2011

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Reporters Bob Porterfield and Jackie Ginley are exploring the financial challenges facing Hercules for The Huffington Post and Hercules Patch. Read th...

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How Hispanics Will (Unintentionally) Bring About Significant Shifts in Healthcare

Stephen Palacios | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Texas, Latinos, California, Obamacare, Health Care Reform, Hispanics, Diabetes, California Budget Crisis, Massachusetts, Health Care, Latino Politics, Latino Voices News

With innovation and close attention to the Hispanic market, the new American healthcare system will either rise to meet the needs of these cultural consumers, or go broke.

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California Legislature Passes Bill to Study State-owned Bank

Ellen Brown | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: California Budget, California Budget Problems, California Budget Crisis, California Bank, California Budget Cuts, California State-Owned Bank, Los Angeles News

California, like North Dakota, is resource-rich. A state-owned bank will allow it to capitalize on its resources to full advantage, by providing the credit needed to realize its potential.

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Tiny Tax Cut for Most Californians Equals a Huge, Hidden Tax on the State's College Students

Gary Orfield | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: College Students, College Tuition, Higher Education, California Budget Crisis, California Students, California College Students, California, Education News

The generation that voted itself huge tax cuts over the last few decades is now transferring the costs of the resulting fiscal crisis to college students in a way that will severely damage the state's future.

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Invest in Young Men and Boys of Color Now

Robert Schwartz | Posted 10.17.2011

Read More: Prison Reform, Latinos, Young Men, Sacramento, Education Reform, California Budget Crisis, Recidivism, African Americans, Boys and Men of Color, Boys and Men of Color California, Impact News

In reality, it does not take very much to make a positive difference in a young man's life. Unfortunately, it takes even less to make a negative difference. If we continue to ignore the issues in our state in relation to boys and men of color, we will squander the human capital talent we have in our state.

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