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Brown budget sends extra $2.9 billion to education

By: Associated Press 05/14/13 5:52 PM
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Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday proposed a revised budget that would send an extra $2.9 billion to California schools this year, including $1 billion in one-time funding to help districts implement more rigorous academic standards. Read More

Calif. objects to moving inmates because of fungus

By: Associated Press 05/06/13 9:03 PM
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It is premature to move more than 3,000 inmates out of two state prisons until more is known about an airborne fungus that is being blamed for nearly three-dozen inmate deaths and hundreds of hospitalizations, Gov. Jerry Brown's administration said in a court filing Monday night. Read More

Governor signs bill to speed up gun seizures

By: Associated Press 05/01/13 10:46 PM
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Judges deny California bid to end prison oversight

By: The Associated Press 04/11/13 7:28 PM
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SACRAMENTO — A federal judicial panel on Thursday denied Gov. Jerry Brown's request to lift a court-ordered prison population cap and threatened him and other state officials with contempt of court if they fail to comply. Read More

UC faculty leaders blast bill on Internet courses

By: The Associated Press 03/19/13 6:10 PM
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — University of California faculty leaders have endorsed a letter that opposes legislation to allow public college students to earn degree credits for online courses from outside education providers, officials said Tuesday. Read More

Lawmakers bought cars provided, fixed by State of California

By: The Associated Press 12/06/12 9:10 PM
At least a dozen California lawmakers repaired or upgraded their state-provided vehicles at taxpayers’ expense in the final weeks before the one-of-its-kind perk was ending, then later bought those vehicles for personal use. The improvements ranged from cosmetic changes such as fixing dents and replacing wheel covers, to getting tires, multipoint inspections and new parts such as fuel pumps that cost hundreds or even thousands of dollars. Read More

Prop. 30 might not help schools

By: Harmeet K. Dhillon 10/28/12 7:35 PM
The San Francisco Examiner has it all wrong (“Support both tax increases for education,” Oct. 10 editorial). A yes vote on Proposition 30 will not guarantee any new funding for education — not even one cent. Gov. Jerry Brown is making empty threats to cut education in order to scare voters, and Prop. 30 is not a “millionaires tax” — it will negatively impact every California taxpayer and resident. Read More

Winter gas comes early to fight increasing costs at California pumps

By: The Associated Press 10/08/12 8:34 PM
State air pollution regulators said Monday that California’s air quality is not expected to worsen appreciably after the governor ordered the release of a dirtier blend of gasoline to help slash record-high pump prices. The California Air Resources Board issued a regulatory advisory a day earlier after Gov. Jerry Brown ordered them to allow so-called “winter-blend” gasoline to be sold in California earlier than usual to increase supply. Read More

Backers of California ban on gay therapy support other states as opponents plan lawsuit

By: Lisa Leff 10/01/12 8:09 PM
Gay rights advocates are making plans to get other states to join California in banning psychotherapy aimed at making gay teenagers straight, even as opponents prepared Monday to sue to overturn the first law in the nation to take aim at the practice. Read More

Redevelopment efforts could lurch from grave

By: Dan Walters 09/13/12 8:31 PM
Redevelopment is dead — or so proclaimed Gov. Jerry Brown and legislators last year when they canceled the legal authorization for the six-decade-old urban renewal program and seized its assets to close the state’s budget deficit. Since then, state and local officials have been dismantling hundreds of local redevelopment agencies and squabbling over payment of their debts and disposition of their assets. Redevelopment is dead. Long live redevelopment. Read More
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