California State Legislature

New Laws Proposed To Curb Abuse In CA's Ballot Initiative Process

| Will Evans | Posted 09.24.2011

Read More: Kim Alexander, California Voter Foundation, California State Legislature, Ballot Initiative, California Watch, Kris Vosburgh, Jerry Brown, Los Angeles News

By Will Evans. Story comes courtesy of California Watch. One hundred years after California adopted the ballot initiative process, legislation ...

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Standard & Poor's: California Credit Rating At 'Crossroad'

Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: Dianne Feinstein, California State Legislature, Barbara Boxer, California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California State Budget, Municipal Debt, Jerry Brown, Business News

SAN FRANCISCO - California's credit rating is at a "crossroad," Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said on Tuesday, noting concerns about the stat...

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Saki Knafo

If An Earthquake Hits, Is Your Child's School Safe? California Legislators Vote For Audit Of School Construction Authority

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 07.12.2011

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This story was reported in collaboration with our partners at Patch.com. At a hearing in Sacramento Wednesday morning, a committee of state legisl...

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Legislature To Vote On Governor's Budget Proposal Today

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: California Budget Proposal, Governor Jerry Brown, California State Legislature, California Budget Crisis, California Budget Plan, Los Angeles News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The leaders of both legislative houses on Tuesday scheduled votes on California Gov. Jerry Brown's budget proposal, even though ...

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Jerry Brown's Big Gamble

Charles Feldman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Special Election, California State Legislature, Governor Brown, Tax Rates, Jerry Brown, Los Angeles News
Charles Feldman

Brown is smart and no doubt right that without the extension of the higher tax rates, the state is fiscally doomed. But it will likely be a hard sell.

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The Undervaluation of California Higher Education

Christina Gagnier | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: K-12 Education, University of California System, California State Legislature, Higher Education, California State University, University of California, California Budget Crisis, Jerry Brown, College News
Christina Gagnier

Today welcomed newly inaugurated California Governor Jerry Brown's unveiling of his proposed budget for 2011-2012. As with every budget cycle since th...

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Community Justice, Not Criminal Justice

Kaile Shilling | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Juveniles, California, Prevention, Life-Without-Parole, Juvenile Justice System, California State Legislature, Los Angeles, Juvenile Justice, Los Angeles News
Kaile Shilling

In rejecting the ban on juvenile life without parole sentences the California State Assembly missed an opportunity to bring our state into line with the rest of the Western world.

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As Goes California...

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joseph A. Palermo

The nation is catching up to California. The contempt directed at Sacramento politicians is already bleeding over on every other politician in the state.

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

sacbee.com | 3:45 PM | Posted 05.25.2011

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 ...

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Stealing From California's Young People

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

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.

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Drug Testing For State Lawmakers Proposed In California

Orange County Register | Posted 05.25.2011

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...

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California: The Trouble With Kicking the Can Down the Road

David G. Crane | Posted 05.25.2011

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.

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Statewide June Election Could Make Things Worse

Paul Hogarth | Posted 05.25.2011

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.

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

Paige Donner | Posted 05.25.2011

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.

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