Bill Lockyer

Is The Nadia Lockyer Soap Opera Finally Over?

Aaron Sankin | Posted 04.24.2012

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Embattled Alameda County Supervisor Nadia Lockyer resigned from her position on Friday saying she needed time to focus on getting her personal life in...

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California Treasurer's Marital Saga Turns Even More Bizarre

AP | By DON THOMPSON | Posted 04.17.2012

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California state treasurer Bill Lockyer is used to the public spotlight. Just not like this. After a political career spanning ...

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SEX TAPE RUMORED: Plot Thickens For Embattled Supervisor

Robin Wilkey | Posted 02.27.2012

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The developing tale of Alameda County Supervisor Nadia Lockyer and her husband, California State Treasurer Bill Lockyer, has thickened, as the San Fra...

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State Borrowing Billions To Stave Off Debt Crisis

AP | By JUDY LIN | Posted 09.25.2011

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California borrowed $5.4 billion from private investors Tuesday as a hedge against a possible default by the federal government....

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CA Prepared To Borrow $5 Billion If Feds Default

AP | JUDY LIN | Posted 09.12.2011

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California's treasurer says the state is preparing to borrow as much as $5 billion in short-term loans if the federal gover...

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State Of California Could Be Forced To Issue IOUs By April

AP | JULIET WILLIAMS | Posted 05.25.2011

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BERKELEY, Calif. — State Treasurer Bill Lockyer says California could be forced to issue IOUs as early as April or May if state lawmakers don't cut ...

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A National Right-Wing Attack on California

Richard H. Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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Richard H. Smith

If all those liberal Democrats were actually to solve California's very real political, economic and social problems, it would endanger the right's dearly-beloved dream of a Palin-esque future.

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Retiree Gives $10K To Pay Back California For Unemployment Benefits

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO — A South Carolina retiree is doing his part to help California close its massive budget deficit. More than four decades after De...

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California Mayor Was Set To Receive $500,000 'Finders Fee' Upon Sale Of Public Buildings

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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The mayor of Santa Ana would receive a $500,000 "finder's fee" if the controversial sale of 24 state buildings goes through, according to interviews a...

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The Top Vote-Getter in America? Lockyer of California

Richard H. Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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Richard H. Smith

On election night last month, a small crowd of political enthusiasts gathered at a golf clubhouse in Hayward, California to cheer their winning candid...

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The Last Hurrah of Jerry Brown

Richard H. Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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Richard H. Smith

Some forty years ago, the late Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., my friend and mentor, asked me what I thought of Jerry Brown, who had just burst upon the nati...

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Investment Banking and California's Municipal Bonds

Dennis Santiago | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dennis Santiago

California State Treasurer Bill Lockyer is a man with a lot of questions. On March 29, 2010 his office sent letters to Bank of America, Barclays, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley asking about their credit-default swap practices.

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The F Word: CA Banks: Who Are They Working For?

Laura Flanders | Posted 05.25.2011

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Laura Flanders

Does it seem right to you that a state's ability to stay afloat should be the stuff of secretive betting pools? That's just what's happening. While st...

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Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jerry Brown, Bill Clinton and That Crazy California Governorship

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

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William Bradley

California's next governor is likely someone who's already won a landslide election as governor, albeit 30 years ago. That's Jerry Brown, who won his latest landslide for Attorney General in 2006.

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Goldman Advises Bets Against Bonds It Sold

ProPublica | Sharona Coutts | Posted 05.25.2011

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Goldman, Sachs & Co. urged some of its big clients to place investment bets against California bonds this year despite having collected millions of do...

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