The Los Angeles Times reported that Van Tran and other California state legislators are working overtime – but not to solve the state’s yawning budget crisis. Instead, Tran and others are busy pocketing millions in campaign donations.
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Arnold Vetos Budget for Battered Women
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Eve Ensler, author of “The Vagina Monologues,” penned this extraordinary opinion piece about the Governor of California’s decision to terminate funding in the budget for battered women. From the piece: I try to imagine what the governor thinks as he draws…
Gavello Discovers Tustin Investment Policies Were Politically Motivated.
by Misha Houser • • 2 Comments
In the YouTube below (h/t OCProgressive), Tustin Councilwoman Deborah Gavello asks questions regarding the city investment decision making process and discovers that the decision to withdraw Tustin investments from the County investment pool prior to the 2008 election was politically…
Assembly Passes Final Budget Bills
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They’re done in the Assembly. We have budget legislation on the way to the Governor. The Assembly budget solutions are short $1.1 billion from the Senate solutuoins. It should be noted that the drilling expansion bill of DeVore’s died. Anyone…
Cities Threaten to Sue over Budget Deal
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Yesterday the California League of Cities hosted a press conference to announce their intention to sue the State of California over the raid on gas tax and redevelopment funds to “balance” the state budget. Martin Wisckol of the Orange County…
Local Governments Slapped Hard By CA Budget Deal
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This just went up on the PublicCEO blog: Budget Deal Condemned by Cities and Counties Almost as soon as a deal to close the state’s $25 billion shortfall was announced Monday evening, a call went out from local government to…
Yes Virginia; there is a Budget Deal and it ain’t pretty.
by Chris Prevatt • • Comments Off
The Big 5 in our state government announced this evening that they have reached an agreement on the solution for California’s $26.3 billion budget shortfall. Steinberg: we have faced a cumulative $60 billion defecit since Jan. 1 Here is the…
