Holiday News| More...
 

California State Legislature

Britney Spears: A Budget Guru The Public Can Count On?

sacbee.com | 3:45 PM | Posted 12.15.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: California State Legislature, California Budget Crisis, Britney Spears, California Legislature, Los Angeles News

Now here's one way to measure the public's faith in their elected officials. Californians would just as soon allow the meltdown-prone pop princess ...

Read Whole Story

Stealing From California's Young People

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Student Fee Hikes, Prison Spending, CSU Board of Trustees, California State University, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Oil Severance Tax, Senate Republicans, Oil Tax, Exxonmobile, CSU Chancellor Charles Reed, CSU System, California Republicans, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Pay Cuts, Higher Education, California Budget, Shell Oil, Higher Education Cuts, California State Legislature, Tobacco Tax, Teachers, Nurses, Chico State University, Arnold, California Republican Minority, Assemblyman Alberto Torrico, California Faculty Association, President Paul Zingg, California Prisons, Budget Cuts, California Budget Crisis, Furloughs, Cfa, Csu, ab656, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

By blocking any new revenue streams to fund higher education, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Senate Republican minority are not only taxing California's young people and their families, they are crippling the state's future.

Read Post

Drug Testing For State Lawmakers Proposed In California

Orange County Register | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: California State Legislature, California, Marijuana, Alcohol, Drug Testing, Drugs, Californai Ballot Measure, Pot, Politics News

Do our state legislators behave as though they're on drugs? Somebody thinks so, as there is a petition in circulation for a proposed ballot measure th...

Read Whole Story

California: The Trouble With Kicking the Can Down the Road

David G. Crane | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Governor Schwarzenegger, California, General Motors, Gm, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Speaker Bass, California State Legislature, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Budget Crisis, Politics News
David G. Crane

It didn't have to be this way. Had California accounted for its promises, billions would not have to be taken from discretionary programs, which is just the first wave of a massive tsunami: our underfunding is simply staggering.

Read Post

Statewide June Election Could Make Things Worse

Paul Hogarth | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: California State No Money, California State Legislature, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California State Budget, Two-Thirds Rule, Politics News
Paul Hogarth

The California legislature is expected to vote on a mid-year budget later this week. It's bound to have horrific cuts, but no one has details because it's being crafted in secret.

Read Post

Greening Hollywood: Arianna on The Green Carpet at The Millennium Awards

Paige Donner | Posted 07.04.2008 | Green

Read More: Slam Poetry, Greening the Home, Webby Awards, Eco-Friendly, Green, Presidential Campaign, Greening Hollywood, Cabinet Post, Net Zero Energy Bill, Prius, Carbon Offsets, Anna Getty, Arianna Huffington, California State Legislature, Aclu, LA Unified School District, Global Green Millennium Awards, Steven Connell, Carbon-Neutral Building Bill, Global Green USA, Green Reporting, Norman Lear, Terrapass, Environmental Media Association, Matt Petersen, Sustainable, Lyn Davis Lear, Environment, Architecture 2030, 2008 Presidential Race, Green News
Paige Donner

Arianna was chosen to present the California Environmental Leadership Award to the LA Unified School District at Global Green's annual Millennium Awards held in Santa Monica June 14th.

Read Post